Political Violence: Comparing State-Sponsored Violence in Cambodia & Indonesia –
William Noseworthy compares the political violence in Indonesia under Suharto and in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge. Although Cambodia’s communist-sponsored violence was quickly labeled “genocide,” both events pursued policies of genocide in their actions.
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Interview with Felix Jiménez Botta
Political Violence: The Politics of Cold War Humanitarianism –
Felix Jiménez Botta discusses the connections between humanitarianism and political violence in Cold War relationships between South America and Germany.
Interview with Alex Macartney
Political Violence: Right to Violence & the Japanese Left –
Alex Macartney discusses political violence practiced by Japanese and West German “Red Armies” in the 1960s and ’70s, calling attention to global developments, transnational connections, and gendered violence.
Interview with William Marotti
Political Violence: A Strategy of Resistance –
Join us, as professor William Marotti defines “political violence” for us and explains why political groups – such as the Japanese New Left in the late 1960s – chose to use violence as a tactic of political protest and activism.