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so my Euro history class is having us read Cannibal Island: Death in the Siberian Gulag by Nicholas Werth (lemmy.ml)

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I have my suspicions about its historical accuracy based on my college being notoriously conservative and my professor being an anticommunist. I was wondering if anyone here had read it or knew of a review that dissects its sourcing. I don't have the time to heavily investigate this book unfortunately.

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[–] miz@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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anything to keep the discussion off of the very real PRESENT prison conditions in the heavily racialized American system

Georgia man found dead in bed bug-infested jail cell died of 'severe neglect': Independent autopsy

LaShawn Thompson died in the Fulton County Jail on Sept. 13, 2022.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/georgia-man-found-dead-bed-bug-infested-jail/story?id=99506592

but I am sure we can draw no systemic conclusions about capitalism from that