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February 15, 2022

Suharto’s US-Backed Coup in Indonesia Supplied a Template for Worldwide Mass Murder

Daniel Finn, Interviewer Jacobin

Under the leadership of Sukarno, postcolonial Indonesia was an optimistic country finding its place on the world stage. Suharto’s 1965 coup drowned that experiment in blood, with US politicians and media cheering on his campaign of mass killings.

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