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The Banana Massacre of 1928 allegedly saw the Colombian military, at the behest of the United States government, kill over a 1000 people during a strike against the United Fruit Company. How accurate was this figure, and what was the historical context of this event?	674
20 years ago on this day, the Zapatista rebellion broke out in Chiapas, Mexico. What are the important things to know about the lead-up to the rebellion, and how it played out in 1994?	188
The Bengal famine of 1770 killed 10 million people, or around 25% of Bengal's population at the time. How much did the policies of the East India Company exacerbate the famine?	150
What are some good books on the 1992 Los Angeles Riots?	97
I am trying to find more information about the Fakir-Sannyasi Rebellion, an insurgency that took place against British rule in northern India in the late 1700s, when thousands of Hindu and Muslim holy men allegedly carried out guerrilla attacks against the British.	17
What was political, economic, and social life like in areas of Colombia under FARC control during the '70s, '80s, and early '90s?	12
Exactly how much wealth did European/Western nations extract from the nations they colonized? How much did this extraction influence the West's rapid growth and industrialization?	10
During the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, how much collaboration and solidarity was there between Hindus and Muslims?	8
What were the consequences of the 1992 LA Riots in terms of the political, economic, and social dynamics of the area?	7
How did the socio-economic policies of the Pinochet regime (1973-1990) affect workers, peasants, and other typically marginalized populations?	5

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