[–] 0 points 6 days ago*

Approximately 215 people were indicted under the legislation, including alleged communists, anarchists, and fascists.

indicted [..] including fascists

press X to doubt, fascists got off scot free

  • source
  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

    It wasn't the murder that led to a widespread state repression against the left. No, it was the authoritarian police that wanted to find an excuse to consolidate its power and sow fear.

    When the far-right Israeli militia in Palestine increasingly got terrorist, they weren't stopped actively by the police. On the contrary.

  • source
  • [–] 11 points 3 weeks ago

    promising that they would be protected from any consequences.

    Because, as we know, it was found some fifteen years earlier that "just following orders" is a perfectly acceptable excuse for commuting crimes against humanity.

  • source
  • [–] -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Slavery was never legal. People just arbitrarily decided that black folks weren't human. Actually READ the 13th Amendment. It legalized slavery for the first time.

    America has the highest incarcerated population in the world for a reason.

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • [–] 7 points 4 weeks ago

    The Bolivian dictator decided to put Che's body on display for the local indigenous people to see as an example. It backfired. While his campaign never materialized significant support from them while he was alive, they turned out in droves to file past the body of the man who died for their liberation. It even sparked worship as a saint among them. Santo Che.

  • source
  • view more: next ›