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Revisiting the Indonesian Massacres of 1965-1966

January 17, 2021

Of all the tragic events of the 20th Century, the 1965-1966 campaign of mass killing in Indonesia is among the least known in the U.S. Researchers estimate that the Washington-backed Indonesian military and its civilian militias killed up to one million people. Around a million others were arbitrarily imprisoned with little to no legal process, […]

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Ben Terrall is a writer living in the Bay Area. He can be reached at: bterrall@gmail.com

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