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Before I head out for the day ->
Recommended #documentary film.
Between 1952 and 1960, Britain fought a vicious war in Kenya against the anticolonial Mau Mau movement. It was an exceptionally bloody conflict, with atrocities committed on both sides. For decades, many of the worst abuses by British colonial forces were kept hidden. Piecing together survivor testimonies and expert analysis from British and Kenyan historians, this film tells a complete and detailed story for the first time of how Britain was involved in systemic torture – including accounts of murders, rapes and forced castrations.
A Very British Way of Torture is a film by Ed McGown and produced by Rob Newman.
Document archive is courtesy of the UK National Archives.
This documentary was originally recommended to me by a survivor from the massacres in Kenya. They came to Canada under asylum & live in Nanaimo now.
@PhoenixSerenity thanks for posting
@PhoenixSerenity and STILL Brits will go on about the Empire like it was a good thing.
Fun fact, a lot of those colonial overlords came back to the UK and joined the Police, hence the way they are still today......
@Lazarou Tomorrow, I'll share educational info on roots of colonialism in Rwanda & how that eventually led to the mass genocide that shook world audiences, when the news broke.
@PhoenixSerenity I was a teenager when that happened, between that and Bosnia it was a rude awakening, even in cosy old England. And I bet we didn't even get half of the real story...
@Lazarou I remember so much evil shit done by Western powers (mostly by US, UK, Germany, France, Australia & also by China & USSR) post cold war. Post Vietnam invasion by US.
I won't forget what colonial media manipulation did to create multiple ethnic cleansing campaigns via proxy wars for geopolitical controls. US government should be sent to the Hague.
US imperialism & Western media has lied about all of these nations below, to manipulate public into supporting mass militarized atrocities on #BIPOC peoples - almost all in impoverished #GlobalSouth areas:
Cuba, Sarajevo/Bosnia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Kuwait, Iraq, Chile, Libya, Palestine, Lebanon, Angola, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Grenada, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Phillipines, Honduras, Guyana, Mexico, Syria, Congo.
@PhoenixSerenity colonial forces rarely treat the indigenous population with respect and compassion. If anything, they tend to bring out the worst of human behaviour. The former British empire is filled with atrocities. India, Ireland, Kenya, South Africa... The list goes on and on...
@jmrubillon @PhoenixSerenity
Australia, New Zealand…