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It can be in the format of documentaries, articles or books. I would like to know more about this other side.

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[–] What_Religion_R_They@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/main/us_atrocities.md

The one crime I bring up is the biological warfare that the US wages opportunistically. The most prominently documented was the biological crimes during the war of subjugation of Korea [PDF], where the US dropped bombs with infected insects (plague, cholera, anthrax) on Chinese and Korean civilians and armymen. The report, issued by a multinational team of scientists, strongly supports this claim. The former members of Japanese Unit 731 are thought to be culpable in these warcrimes, although it's corroborated more completely in a separate report from 1981. The pages 61, conclusion, would be of interest, as well as some photos on 709. This report was released by IADL, which the US subsequently labeled as communist, and tried to sentence a journalist who widely publicized the facts presented with sedition, and dropped charges against him after 5 years.

You can also see another instance of biological warfare in the github link which talks about a manufactured Dengue Fever outbreak in Cuba in 1981.

[–] nayminlwin@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the links!

[–] nayminlwin@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Your essays are a great read as a starting point!

Thank you, but they are not my essays! They are by @dessalines@lemmy.ml, one of the creators of lemmy.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wikipedia has a list which isn’t specific to that or complete, but still might be a good starting point.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To be clear, that's with respect to regime change, not general interference like biological warfare or mass bombing campaigns, slaughtering civilians, etc. Or other standard US war crimes against lefties worldwide.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah. It’s not a perfect fit but there’ll be a certain amount of overlap and all sorts of fascinating stuff in there.

[–] stmcld@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Best to ask your question on hexbear or lemmygrad. I'm sure that there are at least a few people there that will have answers for you

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nah, asking here will get much more reasonable lists.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think you'll get more of a highlight list of the really atrocious actions by the west - there were some absolutely awful actions taken "to defeat socialism".

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't see why Lemmy.ml would be better than Hexbear or Lemmygrad in listing US interference.

[–] c0smokram3r@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

I, too, am curious πŸ‘€

[–] Majestic@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

β€œKilling Hope” was written by former intelligence officer Bill Blum (think that was the name) and details such operations (though not limited to socialist countries).

I’ll try to find some links on the subject and edit my reply to include them but it may be a day or two.

[–] nayminlwin@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the suggestion

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 4 points 3 months ago

Some of that info was declassified/made public.

[–] TheBigBrother@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

It's classified.