Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim00:00 Introduction and Framing03:27 Background, Reform-History and Class Comp...
I think I might have an old post somewhere with more info, but I remember the highlights on the protests being:
Multiple credible witnesses saw no massacre within the square
There are wikileaks cables that contradict what the US later claimed happened
There was violence happening elsewhere, but at least some of that violence was confirmed to have been done by rioters (not peaceful protestors) and casualty numbers are nowhere near what was later claimed
It was documented that the CIA was assisting the protestors. I believe I first saw this on the Qiao Collective page, then found the actual clipping from a newspaper archive website:
CIA also assisted in helping the protest leaders later flee China
US Army Psyops actually put out a recruitment video bragging about manipulating media coverage of the event: https://youtu.be/VA4e0NqyYMw Not sure if that particular group would have been involved back then but it is still interesting they chose to include that.
I think I might have an old post somewhere with more info, but I remember the highlights on the protests being:
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: