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Part one of this series uncovers the complex origins of the Rwandan Genocide, revealing how Belgian and German colonial powers created and exacerbated artificial ethnic distinctions between Hutus and Tutsis for political control. It examines the evolution from a fluid class system to a rigid, racially-defined caste, detailing the systematic oppression, political maneuvering by figures like Kayabanda and Habyarimana, and the economic decline that fueled deep-seated hatred. The episode concludes with the formation of the RPF and the "first rehearsal" of mass violence, setting a chilling precedent for the catastrophe that followed.
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This is a preview. for the entire episode support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109639734?pr=true GET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-83V5QD
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GET YOUR TICKETS FOR OUR BELFAST SHOW: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-83V5QD Vote for us to win a podcast award: https://www.podcastawards.com/ Alvin York started WWI as a conscientious objector and finished it as a bloodthirsty demon built for war. Sources: https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/sergeant-alvin-york-personal-accounts-that-reveal-his-true-story/ https://www.historynet.com/alvin-york-hero-argonne/ Alvin York: A New Biography of the ...
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The horrors continue! part 2/3 Sources: Anthony Arthur. The Tailor King: The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Munster Peter Vansittart. The Siege. Paul Ham. New Jerusalem: The short life and terrible death of Christendom's most defiant sect
Support the show on Patreon and get the rest of the series right now: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Check out our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 What starts as a rational critique of the Reformation turns into a wild, sex crazed, blood thirsty, and heavily armed cult ruled by a man who thinks he can cure blindness by spitting in someone's eye while mass executions take place via comically oversized anime sword. The Anabaptists of Munster eventually tur...
SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys A colonial American uprising that united white men who wanted to steal more native land, slaves, and indentured servants against a corrupt Governor. GET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-led-by-donkeys-live-from-the-hague-tickets-912551134007 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 Sources: https://virginiahistory.org/learn/bacons-rebellion-virginia-years-1675-1676 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/ai...
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SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sinking forts, suicide gun boats, and one very dumb fake country. Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 Sources: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/new-orleans-civil-war https://64parishes.org/entry/fall-of-new-orleans-and-federal-occupation-adaptation https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1962/april/fall-new-orleans https://www.historynet.com/big-trouble-big-easy-confederacy/ https...
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SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Tom takes the wheel and tells Joe about the time a man created a terror organization in order to get laid.
