In Memory of the Armenian Genocide
Featuring The Great War series
New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of taking bribes from the Turkish government. One of the things that Adams did not do as Mayor was to say anything about the Armenian Genocide, no doubt to keep that particular grift flowing.
The Turks are still in denial about it, but I have no sympathy for them. After all, if I can squarely face the sins of my own ancestors, then so can they and everybody else as far as I’m concerned.
This video is from the excellent Great War series, which gives a week by week synopsis of that whole cataclysm which changed the world forever.
I started it at the 4:30 mark, which is when they start talking about the genocide itself and what led up to it.
Genocides must not be forgotten or else they will be repeated.
Thanks for watching and have a great day.
And it repeats, generation after generation. We see it now in Gaza, the West Bank and now Lebanon conducted by two supposed 'enlightened' modern governments, the United States and Israel. With Trump's standard fascist demonizing of immigrants and minorities the groundwork for the same thing is coming together here and now.
Part of family were refugees.