Today in Labor History March 12, 1967: Suharto took power from Sukarno in Indonesia. He ruled Indonesia as an authoritarian, kleptocratic dictator for 31 years, and is widely considered one of the most brutal and corrupt dictators of the 20th century. During that time, he amassed a fortune worth $38 billion. Suharto rose to power under Sukarno during the 1965-1966 genocide. During that ostensibly anti-Communist purge, Suharto’s troops murdered 1-3 million communists, labor activists, peasants and ethnic minorities. During that genocide, he received support military and economic from both the U.S. and the U.K. In 1974, the Suharto regime, with approval of U.S. president Gerald Ford, invaded East Timor, killing over 200,000 Timorese. Another 75,000-200,000 died from starvation and disease. The current Indonesian government is considering awarding him the posthumous honor of National Hero.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #genocide #indonesia #easttimor #massacre #deathsquads #suharto #sukarno #dictator #communist #union #torture #imperialism #coldwar #starvation

"Since the atrocities of October 7, 2023, a number of American and Israeli negotiators — among them Robert Malley and Daniel Levy — have spoken openly about how deeply flawed and performative past peace efforts have been. Behind closed doors, they acknowledge what was long known: that the so-called “peace process” was never designed to deliver a Palestinian state."
#IsraelWarCrimes #WesternComplicity #Gaza #Palestine #Genocide #EastTimor

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/13/timor-leste-and-the-future-of-palestine-lessons-in-freedom-and-the-failure-of-power/

“It is white people supporting white people being attacked. But then they are silent on Israel as it bulldozes the whole of Palestine; carpet bombing, killing tens of thousands of civilians.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/12/qa-east-timors-president-ramos-horta-on-diplomacy-gaza-and-the-west

#gaza #ramoshorta #easttimor

Yesterday in Labor History, November 29, 2023: Mass murderer and War Criminal Henry Kissinger is finally dead!

He won the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Lê Đức Thọ, for their work in orchestrating a ceasefire in the Vietnam War. Two Nobel Prize committee members resigned in protest. During his diplomatic career, Kissinger was involved in orchestrating and/or supporting the Chilean coup and Pinochet dictatorship (over 3,000 killed); the Argentine Dirty War (up to 30,000 killed); the Pakistani genocide in Bangladesh (3 million killed); and the Genocide in East Timor (up to 300,000 killed).

#kissinger #WarCrimes #genocide #HumanRights #imperialism #MassMurder #dictatorship #NobelPrize #vietnam #chile #EastTimor #bangladesh #argentina

East Timor still searches for justice, 50 years after Indonesian invasion | Human Rights News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/28/east-timor-still-searches-for-justice-50-years-after-indonesian-invasion

#EastTimor #Indonesia #Genocide

📰 Zélia Pereira foi entrevistada pela Agência Lusa acerca dos resultados do projecto #DecTiL, que coordena com Pedro Aires Oliveira.

O projecto está a estudar o chamado Relatório "Riscado" — elaborado pela comissão para a análise e esclarecimento do processo de descolonização de #TimorLeste — e novos arquivos que foram, entretanto, desclassificados. 🇹🇱

👉 https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/pais/2892689/relatorio-riscado-sobre-descolonizacao-de-timor-leste-vai-ser-reeditado

#Histodons #Decolonization #Decolonisation #ColonialHistory #Descolonização #HistóriaColonial #EastTimor

“GAZA: BRITAIN’S SEVENTH GENOCIDE”

by Mark Curtis in Declassified UK

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“Since the 1960s, Labour and Conservative governments have supported or acquiesced in several cases of genocide across Africa, the Middle East and Asia”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/gaza-britains-seventh-genocide/

#Press #UK #Britain #Genocide #Gaza #Biafra #Nigeria #Iraq #Kurds #Halabja #EastTimor #Indonesia #Zimbabwe #Rwanda #Bosnia #CrownImmunity

#ClimateCrisis #EastTimor

"As countries gather in Brazil for the COP 30 climate change conference, FRANCE 24 travels to East Timor, where global warming is wreaking havoc on the fishing industry. The isolated island nation and its 1.4 million people face coastal erosion, rising sea levels and dwindling marine resources. In response, local people are using imaginative methods to tackle overfishing."

video:

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251115-fighting-climate-change-with-imaginative-methods-in-east-timor