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Many people remember the historic demonstrations that shut down the summit of the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999 as a breakthrough for anarchist direct action. The mobilization against the summit of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC the following April confirmed the movement's strength, popularizing tactics that are widely used today.

This oral history explores the A16 mobilization in depth:

https://crimethinc.com/A16

The photo shows the black bloc driving back police by charging them with two sections of fencing. 🏴

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On this day, 17 April 1975, the Communist Party of Kampuchea (aka the Khmer Rouge) seized power in Cambodia after overthrowing the corrupt military dictatorship of Lon Nol, which was backed by Western powers. Support for the Party had increased dramatically amid a massive campaign of bombing by the US, during which around 500,000 tons of bombs were dropped on the country, killing 150,000 people.The Khmer Rouge then forcibly evacuated the cities, attempting to create an agrarian society to produce rice to sell on the world market to fund industrialisation. They turned the country into what resembled a labour camp, with uniform clothing for everyone, widespread malnutrition, and an atmosphere of paranoia and coercion. They also launched a brutal genocide, in which up to 500,000 Cham Muslim people were exterminated. Ethnic Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese people were persecuted, as were Christians and Buddhists. Others designated as intellectuals were murdered, along with their families – this included doctors, teachers, lawyers, scientists, engineers, professionals, people speaking a second language, or even people who wore glasses. Having exterminated experts, the government was unable to irrigate crops or manage agriculture effectively, and the healthcare system collapsed. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed by famines and disease. In total, the Khmer Rouge were responsible for the deaths of approximately 2 million people, around a quarter of the total population, until they were eventually toppled following an invasion by Vietnam. The US, UK and China then began to funnel military aid to the Khmer Rouge, enabling them to continue their reign of terror in areas they still controlled. The US sent them $85 million in arms and aid, while Margaret Thatcher's government in the UK sent SAS special forces troops to help train their fighters. In 1992, the United Nations handed control of around one quarter of Cambodia back to the Khmer Rouge.More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8854/khmer-rouge-seize-powerTo access this hyperlink, click our link in bio then click this photo

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