US Thanksgiving Guide: How to Celebrate a Sordid and Genocidal History Table set for thanksgiving in Siem Reap. (Photo: Andre Vltchek)Andre Vltchek NEOA table was set up for two, an advertisement table, a table with a photo of a giant turkey, two elegant plates, and a U.S. flag sticking out into the air. Thanksgiving at Angkor Royal Cafe , a flier read. And:  23rd November  Join us for a traditional Thanksgiving Feast .This was at one of the international hotels in Siem Reap, a Cambodian city near the world architectural treasures of Angkor Wat and the ancient Khmer capital, Angkor Thom.The same day I read an email sent to me from the United States, by my Native American friends, with a link to an essay published by MPN News, called  Thanksgiving Guide: How to Celebrate a Sordid History . It began with a summary: While millions of Americans prepare this week to get into the holiday spirit, beginning with Thanksgiving, how many are prepared to view the day through an accurate lens? While to many Americans the holiday serves as a reminder to give thanks, it is seen as a day of mourning by countless of others. The truth is: European migrants brutally murdered Native Americans, stole their land, and continue to do so today . The day became an official day of festivities in 1637, to celebrate the massacre of over 700 people from the Pequot Tribe.In a hotel, I approached a cheerful French food and beverage manager and asked him whether he was aware of what he was suggesting should be celebrated in one of his restaurants? Oh I know I know,  he replied, laughing.  It is a little bit controversial, isn t it? Bit controversial?  I wondered.  It appears more like you are inviting people to celebrate genocide, a holocaust, with free flowing wine and a giant turkey. I am trying to see things positively,  he continued grinning at me. Then he summarized:  So I guess you won t be joining us tonight? What a pity What a pity,  I thought,  what a pity.  I won t get to eat that famous American pie tonight and turkey and who knows what else, just because I am not eager at all to celebrate the massacres and land grabs perpetrated by the Empire.The manager couldn t help asking:  Where are you from? I knew he would ask. No European would say what I was saying. I m Russian,  I replied. Oh I see,  he gave me that  I should have guessed smile . Russian-American,  I added.I m convinced that the French manager has been sincerely oblivious about what I was stating. He is supposed to be oblivious. There are, after all,  our genocides , and  the genocides of the others .  Our genocides , those that we triggered or committed, should never be discussed. Or more precisely, it is extremely impolite to discuss them. Most of the people don t even know about them, including many of the victims. On the other hand, the genocides committed by the others, particularly by adversaries of the West, are widely discussed, publicized, analyzed, inflated and very often even fabricated (All this described in detail in my 840-page book  Exposing Lies Of The Empire ).Cambodia is the textbook case of the latter. Here, several decades ago, the U.S. and its allies first supported the hopelessly corrupt and brutal government in Phnom Penh, while triggering a monstrous carpet-bombing campaign of the Cambodian countryside, mainly near the border with Vietnam. This was supposed to prevent the country from  going Communist , or at least  Ho Chi Minh style Communist . Hundreds of thousands of villagers were murdered by the bombing. Millions were forced to hit the road, leaving their dwellings, as the countryside was converted into a giant minefield, covered by unexploded ordnance.Further hundreds of thousands died from starvation and diseases. Furious, mad from suffering, the people of Cambodia rose against the collaborators with the West in Phnom Penh. Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge took the capital virtually unopposed. Recently, deep in the jungle, I spoke to the former Pol Pot s personal guards. I asked them point-blank whether they knew anything about Communism.  Nothing at all,  I was told.  The U.S. was murdering our families, for no reason. Corrupt elites were selling the country to the West. We were all outraged, and ready for revenge. We would follow anybody calling for revenge.  However, the West is passing the events, to this day, as a  Communist genocide .Rwanda is yet another  case  of a twisted narrative. I made an entire full-length documentary film   Rwanda Gambit   on the subject. There, the West turned the history upside down, reducing the entire tragedy into a primitive and easy-to-digest narrative of bad Hutus killing good Tutsis. Yet even the former U.S. ambassador Robert Flatten told me that his country groomed, armed and supported the deadly RPF, mainly Tutsi army, which had been, before 1994, raiding the Rwandan countryside from neighboring Uganda, burning villages and killing civilians.While a former Australian lawyer and U.N. investigator, Michael Hourigan, supplied me with information about the downing of the plane, which, in April 1994, killed both the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira, while on the final approach to Kigali airport. The orders to shoot down the plane were given by the RPF leader Paul Kagame, who was in turn sponsored by the West. This event triggered the terrible bloodletting on 1994. The next year, in 1995, the Rwandan army entered the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and participated in the killing of at least 9 million people, mainly civilians, on behalf of Western governments and multi-national companies, making it the worst crime against humanity in recent history.In fact, almost all the major genocides committed by the West or its allies in modern history, are  silent ones , including those in Iraq, Syria, Iran, West Papua, East Timor, DRC, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Angola, and dozens of other unfortunate places all over the world.The gruesome genocides committed by the West all over the world, during the last 2,000 but especially during the last 500 years, are never defined as such; never as  genocides . Throughout history, European countries have been destroying, systematically, most of the cultures on all continents of the Planet, enslaving virtually all the non-white nations, plundering and looting its colonies (read: almost all the non-white nations of the world), while exterminating hundreds of millions of men, women and children. The death toll has been rising, accumulating, to near 1 billion, according to the testimony of one of my friends, a senior U.N. statistician.I will return to the  Cambodian story  soon, on the pages of this magazine. And I will be returning, again and again, to the genocides committed by Europe and North America, virtually everywhere. Unless the history is understood and acknowledged, the world has no future, and there can be no solutions to the terrible problems that our humanity is facing.But for now, let me conclude this brief essay by saying that I did not participate in the consumption of turkey and American pies on Thanksgiving holiday, in the Cambodian city of Seam Reap.My thoughts went to those 700 people from the Pequot Tribe who rebelled, stood firm and died for freedom, almost 400 years ago. These were some of the first fighters against Western imperialism. These were the  Americans  that I admire, this is America that had been terribly damaged but not yet completely destroyed. No overly sugary, sentimental and empty words could fully choke its essence, as no gluttony and food orgies could ever fully silence the screams of the pain of those who died in the hands of the European invaders, during and after the conquest of what has been so cynically christened as the  New World .***Andre Vltchek is a philosopher, novelist, filmmaker and investigative journalist. He has covered wars and conflicts in dozens of countries. Three of his latest books are his tribute to  The Great October Socialist Revolution  a revolutionary novel  Aurora  and a bestselling work of political non-fiction:  Exposing Lies Of The Empire . View his other books here. Watch Rwanda Gambit, his groundbreaking documentary about Rwanda and DRCongo and his film/dialogue with Noam Chomsky  On Western Terrorism . Vltchek presently resides in East Asia and the Middle East, and continues to work around the world. He can be reached through his website and his Twitter.SUPPORT 21WIRE   SUBSCRIBE & BECOME A MEMBER @21WIRE.TV US_News
us thanksgiving guide how celebrate oldid genocide history table set thanksgiving seem reap photo andre vltchek andre vltchek neo table set two advertisement table table photo giant turkey two elegant plates flag sticking air thanksgiving anchor royal cafe flies read and november join us traditional thanksgiving feast one international hotels seem reap cambodia city near world architectural treasures anchor wat ancient her capital anchor day i read email sent united states native american friends link essay published men news called thanksgiving guide how celebrate oldid history it began summary while millions americans prepare week get holiday spirit beginning thanksgiving many prepared view day accurate lens while many americans holiday serves reminder give thanks seen day mourning countless others the truth european migrants brutally murdered native americans stole land continue today the day became official day festivities celebrate massacre people quot hotel i approached cheerful french food beverage manager asked whether aware suggesting celebrated one restaurants oh i know i know replied laughing it little bit controversial bit controversial i wondered it appears like inviting people celebrate genocide holocaust free flowing wine giant turkey i trying see things positively continued grinding then summarized so i guess joining us tonight what pity what pity i thought pity i get eat famous american pie tonight turkey knows else i eager celebrate massacres land grabs perpetrated manager help asking where i knew would ask no european would say i saying i russian i replied oh i see gave i guessed smile i convinced french manager sincerely oblivious i stating he supposed oblivious there genocide genocide others our genocide triggered committed never discussed or precisely extremely polite discuss most people even know including many victims on hand genocide committed others particularly adversaries west widely discussed publicized analyzed inflated often even fabricated all described detail book exposing lies of the empire textbook case latter here several decades ago allies first supported hopelessly corrupt brutal government whom pen triggering monstrous campaign cambodia countryside mainly near border vietnam this supposed prevent country going communist least ho chi min style communist hundreds thousands villagers murdered bombing millions forced hit road leaving dwellings countryside converted giant minefield covered unexplored hundreds thousands died starvation diseases furious mad suffering people cambodia rose collaborators west whom pen pol pot her rouge took capital virtually unopposed recently deep jungle i spoke former pol pot personal guards i asked whether knew anything communism nothing i told the murdering families reason corrupt elites selling country west we outraged ready revenge we would follow anybody calling revenge however west passing events day communist genocide yet another case twisted narrative i made entire documentary film rwanda gambit subject there west turned history upside reducing entire tragedy primitive narrative bad huts killing good thesis yet even former ambassador robert flatter told country groomed armed supported deadly ref mainly tutti army raiding rwanda countryside neighboring uganda burning villages killing former australian lawyer investigator michael hourigan supplied information downing plane april killed rwanda president juvenile habyarimana burundian president cyprien ntaryamira final approach kigali airport the orders shoot plane given ref leader paul game turn sponsored west this event triggered terrible bloodletting the next year rwanda army entered democratic republic congo drc participated killing least million people mainly civilians behalf western governments companies making worst crime humanity recent fact almost major genocide committed west allies modern history silent ones including iraq syria iran west papua east timor drc indonesia afghanistan angola dozens unfortunate places gruesome genocide committed west world last especially last years never defined never genocide throughout history european countries destroying systematically cultures continents planet engraving virtually nations plundering looting colonies read almost nations world terminating hundreds millions men women children the death toll rising accumulating near billion according testimony one friends senior return cambodia story soon pages magazine and i returning genocide committed europe north america virtually everywhere unless history understood acknowledged world future solutions terrible problems humanity let conclude brief essay saying i participate consumption turkey american pies thanksgiving holiday cambodia city seam thoughts went people quot tribe rebelled stood firm died freedom almost years ago these first fighters western imperialism these americans i admire america terribly damaged yet completely destroyed no overly sugar sentimental empty words could fully choke essence gluttony food tries could ever fully silence screams pain died hands european invaders conquest typically christened new world andre vltchek philosopher novelist filmmaker investigative journalist he covered wars conflicts dozens countries three latest books tribute the great october socialist revolution revolutionary novel aurora bestselling work political exposing lies of the empire view books watch rwanda gambit groundbreaking documentary rwanda congo nom chomsky on western terrorism vltchek presently resides east asia middle east continues work around world he reached website subscribe become a member us_news
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: US Thanksgiving Guide: How to Celebrate a Sordid and Genocidal History Table set for thanksgiving in Siem Reap. (Photo: Andre Vltchek)Andre Vltchek NEOA table was set up for two, an advertisement table, a table with a photo of a giant turkey, two elegant plates, and a U.S. flag sticking out into the air. Thanksgiving at Angkor Royal Cafe , a flier read. And:  23rd November  Join us for a traditional Thanksgiving Feast .This was at one of the international hotels in Siem Reap, a Cambodian city near the world architectural treasures of Angkor Wat and the ancient Khmer capital, Angkor Thom.The same day I read an email sent to me from the United States, by my Native American friends, with a link to an essay published by MPN News, called  Thanksgiving Guide: How to Celebrate a Sordid History . It began with a summary: While millions of Americans prepare this week to get into the holiday spirit, beginning with Thanksgiving, how many are prepared to view the day through an accurate lens? While to many Americans the holiday serves as a reminder to give thanks, it is seen as a day of mourning by countless of others. The truth is: European migrants brutally murdered Native Americans, stole their land, and continue to do so today . The day became an official day of festivities in 1637, to celebrate the massacre of over 700 people from the Pequot Tribe.In a hotel, I approached a cheerful French food and beverage manager and asked him whether he was aware of what he was suggesting should be celebrated in one of his restaurants? Oh I know I know,  he replied, laughing.  It is a little bit controversial, isn t it? Bit controversial?  I wondered.  It appears more like you are inviting people to celebrate genocide, a holocaust, with free flowing wine and a giant turkey. I am trying to see things positively,  he continued grinning at me. Then he summarized:  So I guess you won t be joining us tonight? What a pity What a pity,  I thought,  what a pity.  I won t get to eat that famous American pie tonight and turkey and who knows what else, just because I am not eager at all to celebrate the massacres and land grabs perpetrated by the Empire.The manager couldn t help asking:  Where are you from? I knew he would ask. No European would say what I was saying. I m Russian,  I replied. Oh I see,  he gave me that  I should have guessed smile . Russian-American,  I added.I m convinced that the French manager has been sincerely oblivious about what I was stating. He is supposed to be oblivious. There are, after all,  our genocides , and  the genocides of the others .  Our genocides , those that we triggered or committed, should never be discussed. Or more precisely, it is extremely impolite to discuss them. Most of the people don t even know about them, including many of the victims. On the other hand, the genocides committed by the others, particularly by adversaries of the West, are widely discussed, publicized, analyzed, inflated and very often even fabricated (All this described in detail in my 840-page book  Exposing Lies Of The Empire ).Cambodia is the textbook case of the latter. Here, several decades ago, the U.S. and its allies first supported the hopelessly corrupt and brutal government in Phnom Penh, while triggering a monstrous carpet-bombing campaign of the Cambodian countryside, mainly near the border with Vietnam. This was supposed to prevent the country from  going Communist , or at least  Ho Chi Minh style Communist . Hundreds of thousands of villagers were murdered by the bombing. Millions were forced to hit the road, leaving their dwellings, as the countryside was converted into a giant minefield, covered by unexploded ordnance.Further hundreds of thousands died from starvation and diseases. Furious, mad from suffering, the people of Cambodia rose against the collaborators with the West in Phnom Penh. Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge took the capital virtually unopposed. Recently, deep in the jungle, I spoke to the former Pol Pot s personal guards. I asked them point-blank whether they knew anything about Communism.  Nothing at all,  I was told.  The U.S. was murdering our families, for no reason. Corrupt elites were selling the country to the West. We were all outraged, and ready for revenge. We would follow anybody calling for revenge.  However, the West is passing the events, to this day, as a  Communist genocide .Rwanda is yet another  case  of a twisted narrative. I made an entire full-length documentary film   Rwanda Gambit   on the subject. There, the West turned the history upside down, reducing the entire tragedy into a primitive and easy-to-digest narrative of bad Hutus killing good Tutsis. Yet even the former U.S. ambassador Robert Flatten told me that his country groomed, armed and supported the deadly RPF, mainly Tutsi army, which had been, before 1994, raiding the Rwandan countryside from neighboring Uganda, burning villages and killing civilians.While a former Australian lawyer and U.N. investigator, Michael Hourigan, supplied me with information about the downing of the plane, which, in April 1994, killed both the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira, while on the final approach to Kigali airport. The orders to shoot down the plane were given by the RPF leader Paul Kagame, who was in turn sponsored by the West. This event triggered the terrible bloodletting on 1994. The next year, in 1995, the Rwandan army entered the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and participated in the killing of at least 9 million people, mainly civilians, on behalf of Western governments and multi-national companies, making it the worst crime against humanity in recent history.In fact, almost all the major genocides committed by the West or its allies in modern history, are  silent ones , including those in Iraq, Syria, Iran, West Papua, East Timor, DRC, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Angola, and dozens of other unfortunate places all over the world.The gruesome genocides committed by the West all over the world, during the last 2,000 but especially during the last 500 years, are never defined as such; never as  genocides . Throughout history, European countries have been destroying, systematically, most of the cultures on all continents of the Planet, enslaving virtually all the non-white nations, plundering and looting its colonies (read: almost all the non-white nations of the world), while exterminating hundreds of millions of men, women and children. The death toll has been rising, accumulating, to near 1 billion, according to the testimony of one of my friends, a senior U.N. statistician.I will return to the  Cambodian story  soon, on the pages of this magazine. And I will be returning, again and again, to the genocides committed by Europe and North America, virtually everywhere. Unless the history is understood and acknowledged, the world has no future, and there can be no solutions to the terrible problems that our humanity is facing.But for now, let me conclude this brief essay by saying that I did not participate in the consumption of turkey and American pies on Thanksgiving holiday, in the Cambodian city of Seam Reap.My thoughts went to those 700 people from the Pequot Tribe who rebelled, stood firm and died for freedom, almost 400 years ago. These were some of the first fighters against Western imperialism. These were the  Americans  that I admire, this is America that had been terribly damaged but not yet completely destroyed. No overly sugary, sentimental and empty words could fully choke its essence, as no gluttony and food orgies could ever fully silence the screams of the pain of those who died in the hands of the European invaders, during and after the conquest of what has been so cynically christened as the  New World .***Andre Vltchek is a philosopher, novelist, filmmaker and investigative journalist. He has covered wars and conflicts in dozens of countries. Three of his latest books are his tribute to  The Great October Socialist Revolution  a revolutionary novel  Aurora  and a bestselling work of political non-fiction:  Exposing Lies Of The Empire . View his other books here. Watch Rwanda Gambit, his groundbreaking documentary about Rwanda and DRCongo and his film/dialogue with Noam Chomsky  On Western Terrorism . Vltchek presently resides in East Asia and the Middle East, and continues to work around the world. He can be reached through his website and his Twitter.SUPPORT 21WIRE   SUBSCRIBE & BECOME A MEMBER @21WIRE.TV US_News
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TEXT: us thanksgiving guide how celebrate oldid genocide history table set thanksgiving seem reap photo andre vltchek andre vltchek neo table set two advertisement table table photo giant turkey two elegant plates flag sticking air thanksgiving anchor royal cafe flies read and november join us traditional thanksgiving feast one international hotels seem reap cambodia city near world architectural treasures anchor wat ancient her capital anchor day i read email sent united states native american friends link essay published men news called thanksgiving guide how celebrate oldid history it began summary while millions americans prepare week get holiday spirit beginning thanksgiving many prepared view day accurate lens while many americans holiday serves reminder give thanks seen day mourning countless others the truth european migrants brutally murdered native americans stole land continue today the day became official day festivities celebrate massacre people quot hotel i approached cheerful french food beverage manager asked whether aware suggesting celebrated one restaurants oh i know i know replied laughing it little bit controversial bit controversial i wondered it appears like inviting people celebrate genocide holocaust free flowing wine giant turkey i trying see things positively continued grinding then summarized so i guess joining us tonight what pity what pity i thought pity i get eat famous american pie tonight turkey knows else i eager celebrate massacres land grabs perpetrated manager help asking where i knew would ask no european would say i saying i russian i replied oh i see gave i guessed smile i convinced french manager sincerely oblivious i stating he supposed oblivious there genocide genocide others our genocide triggered committed never discussed or precisely extremely polite discuss most people even know including many victims on hand genocide committed others particularly adversaries west widely discussed publicized analyzed inflated often even fabricated all described detail book exposing lies of the empire textbook case latter here several decades ago allies first supported hopelessly corrupt brutal government whom pen triggering monstrous campaign cambodia countryside mainly near border vietnam this supposed prevent country going communist least ho chi min style communist hundreds thousands villagers murdered bombing millions forced hit road leaving dwellings countryside converted giant minefield covered unexplored hundreds thousands died starvation diseases furious mad suffering people cambodia rose collaborators west whom pen pol pot her rouge took capital virtually unopposed recently deep jungle i spoke former pol pot personal guards i asked whether knew anything communism nothing i told the murdering families reason corrupt elites selling country west we outraged ready revenge we would follow anybody calling revenge however west passing events day communist genocide yet another case twisted narrative i made entire documentary film rwanda gambit subject there west turned history upside reducing entire tragedy primitive narrative bad huts killing good thesis yet even former ambassador robert flatter told country groomed armed supported deadly ref mainly tutti army raiding rwanda countryside neighboring uganda burning villages killing former australian lawyer investigator michael hourigan supplied information downing plane april killed rwanda president juvenile habyarimana burundian president cyprien ntaryamira final approach kigali airport the orders shoot plane given ref leader paul game turn sponsored west this event triggered terrible bloodletting the next year rwanda army entered democratic republic congo drc participated killing least million people mainly civilians behalf western governments companies making worst crime humanity recent fact almost major genocide committed west allies modern history silent ones including iraq syria iran west papua east timor drc indonesia afghanistan angola dozens unfortunate places gruesome genocide committed west world last especially last years never defined never genocide throughout history european countries destroying systematically cultures continents planet engraving virtually nations plundering looting colonies read almost nations world terminating hundreds millions men women children the death toll rising accumulating near billion according testimony one friends senior return cambodia story soon pages magazine and i returning genocide committed europe north america virtually everywhere unless history understood acknowledged world future solutions terrible problems humanity let conclude brief essay saying i participate consumption turkey american pies thanksgiving holiday cambodia city seam thoughts went people quot tribe rebelled stood firm died freedom almost years ago these first fighters western imperialism these americans i admire america terribly damaged yet completely destroyed no overly sugar sentimental empty words could fully choke essence gluttony food tries could ever fully silence screams pain died hands european invaders conquest typically christened new world andre vltchek philosopher novelist filmmaker investigative journalist he covered wars conflicts dozens countries three latest books tribute the great october socialist revolution revolutionary novel aurora bestselling work political exposing lies of the empire view books watch rwanda gambit groundbreaking documentary rwanda congo nom chomsky on western terrorism vltchek presently resides east asia middle east continues work around world he reached website subscribe become a member us_news