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With all the furore around that well paid upper class guardian columnist calling for the end of anonymity, here's a thread dedicated to numerous occasions throughout history where people with even left leanings were rounded up, and usually murdered. Let's start the show.
Argentina
From 1976 to 1983, the military dictatorship of Argentina, National Reorganization Process, organized the arrest and execution of between 9,000 and 30,000 civilians suspected of communism or other leftist sympathies during a period of state terror.
From 1976 to 1983, the military dictatorship of Argentina, National Reorganization Process, organized the arrest and execution of between 9,000 and 30,000 civilians suspected of communism or other leftist sympathies during a period of state terror.
Guatemala
Massacres, forced disappearances, torture and summary executions of guerrillas and especially civilian collaborators of the communist Guerrilla Army of the Poor at the hands of United States-backed security forces had been widespread since 1965.
Massacres, forced disappearances, torture and summary executions of guerrillas and especially civilian collaborators of the communist Guerrilla Army of the Poor at the hands of United States-backed security forces had been widespread since 1965.
An estimated 200,000 Guatemalan civilians were killed during the Guatemalan Civil War – 93% by government forces - including at least 40,000 persons who "disappeared"
East Timor
By broadcasting false accusations of communism against the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor leaders, the Indonesian government fostered instability in East Timor and according to observers created a pretext for invading it.
By broadcasting false accusations of communism against the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor leaders, the Indonesian government fostered instability in East Timor and according to observers created a pretext for invading it.
During the Indonesian invasion of East Timor and the subsequent occupation of it, the Indonesian military killed and starved around 150,000 citizens of East Timor or about a fifth of its population.
Indonesia
A violent anti-Communist purge took place shortly after an abortive coup in the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, which was blamed on the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI).
A violent anti-Communist purge took place shortly after an abortive coup in the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, which was blamed on the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI).
Most estimates of the number of people who were killed by the Indonesian security forces range from 500,000 to 1,000,000. The bloody purge constitutes one of the worst, yet least known, mass murders since the Second World War.
Korea
During the Korean War, tens of thousands of suspected communists and communist sympathizers were killed in what came to be known as the Bodo League massacre. According to Prof. Kim Dong-Choon at least 100,000 people were executed on suspicion of supporting communism.
During the Korean War, tens of thousands of suspected communists and communist sympathizers were killed in what came to be known as the Bodo League massacre. According to Prof. Kim Dong-Choon at least 100,000 people were executed on suspicion of supporting communism.
I'll leave it there. Ignore people dismissing your views because you don't have "skin in the game". The most offensive bit of that is the comfortable and secure position she spouts this bs from, she has very little skin in the game when it comes to the problems of working people.
