Gideon Polya, “Racist Mainstream ignores “US-Imposed Post-9/11 Muslim Holocaust & Muslim Genocide””, Countercurrents, 17 July 2020: https://countercurrents.org/2020/07/racist-mainstream-ignores-us-imposed-post-9-11-muslim-holocaust-muslim-genocide/ .
I am a long-time Countercurrents correspondent and on 4 June 2020 published in Germany a large book entitled “US-Imposed Post-9/11 Muslim Holocaust & Muslim Genocide” that is substantially based on articles I have published in Countercurrents as well as in other progressive media over the last 2 decades. Despite thousands of Mainstream journalists around the world being informed over the last 40 days, the Silence has been Deafening. Evidently black and brown lives don’t matter to the English-speaking Western Mainstream.
(1). The essence of this exhaustively documented, 400-page book is as follows:
While holocaust means a huge number of deaths, genocide is defined by the UN Genocide Convention as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group”. Articles 55 and 56 of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War demand that an Occupier must supply life-sustaining food and medical services to its Conquered Subjects “to the fullest extent of the means available to it”. “Deaths from violence and imposed deprivation” are well known for the Germany-imposed WW2 Jewish Holocaust (5-6 million) but are largely ignored for the Germany-imposed WW2 European Holocaust of Slavs, Jews and Roma (30 million), the Australia-complicit, British-imposed WW2 Bengali Holocaust (6-7 million), the Japan-imposed WW2 Chinese Holocaust (35-40 million), and ongoing atrocities such as the Australian Aboriginal Genocide (2 million), the Palestinian Genocide (2 million), the Global Avoidable Mortality Holocaust (1,500 million post-1950 deaths from deprivation), and the post-9/11 Muslim Holocaust and Muslim Genocide (over 30 million).
Holocaust ignoring and genocide ignoring are far, far worse than repugnant holocaust denial and genocide denial because the latter at least permit refutation and public debate. My new book “US-imposed Post-9/11 Muslim Holocaust & Muslim Genocide” quantitatively records 60 such genocidal atrocities, and in particular focusses on exposing and detailing the Mainstream-ignored, huge mortality in the ongoing, US-imposed post-9/11 US War on Muslims (over 30 million deaths from violence and imposed deprivation) and the ongoing Global Avoidable Mortality Holocaust (15 million avoidable deaths from deprivation annually; see Gideon Polya, “Body Count. Global avoidable mortality since 1950”, that includes a succinct history of all countries and is now available for free perusal on the Web: http://globalbodycount.blogspot.com/ ). These atrocities will be dwarfed by the worsening Climate Genocide in which, in the absence of requisite urgent action, 10 billion people will perish prematurely this century en route to a sustainable human population of only 0.5-1.0 billion in 2100 (see “Climate Genocide”: https://sites.google.com/site/climategenocide/ ). Peace is the only way but silence kills and silence is complicity.
The book concludes: “Decent people must oppose the neoliberal Gadarene rush to global suicide by (a) informing everyone they can, (b) following the example of the marvellous Greta Thunberg and the School Strikers and launching a Climate Revolution (peaceful and nonviolent of course) with millions out in the streets, and (c) urging and applying Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against all people, politicians, parties, collectives, corporations and countries disproportionately involved in the worsening climate emergency, climate genocide and Biosphere destruction. There is no Planet B and there must be zero tolerance for the neoliberal, genocidal and terracidal climate criminals. However, as argued in the Introductory comments, fundamentally we must all rigorously adhere to the principle that “all men are created equal and have an inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” – and that means an end to Mainstream mendacity, the ongoing Global Avoidable Mortality Holocaust, the ongoing Muslim Holocaust and Muslim Genocide, and the worsening Climate Genocide”.
(2). Over the last 40 days I have written versions of the following message to thousands of Mainstream journalists as well as to Alternative media, scholars, MPs and activists:
LETTER. Dear Dr/ Professor/Senator/ Honorable Member/ fellow journalist/ fellow humanitarian etc,
New book: Climate Genocide & Muslim Holocaust
2 decades in the making, my 400 page, science-informed, humanitarian book has just been published in Germany – Gideon Maxwell Polya, “US-imposed Post-9/11 Muslim Holocaust & Muslim Genocide”, Korsgaard Publishing, Germany, 2020 (for details see: https://korsgaardpublishing.com/portfolio/23945/ and https://www.amazon.com/US-Imposed-Post-9-Muslim-Holocaust-Genocide/dp/8793987056 ).
A picture says a thousand words – for a complete image of my big “Manhattan Madonna” painting (1.3 x 2.9 metres) that was used for the front and back cover of the book see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/3429196820/in/set-72157616584873236/ . See also my huge painting for West-Muslim World friendship entitled “Isfahan Matisse”: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4290121654 .
While the terms “holocaust”, “genocide” and “Geneva Convention observance” are precisely defined, the terminology and shocking underlying substance of most of the chapter headings (see below) are overwhelmingly ignored by Western Mainstream politicians, academics and journalists in a process of ongoing holocaust ignoring and genocide ignoring that is far, far worse than repugnant holocaust denial and genocide denial because the latter at least permit refutation and public debate.
This appalling catalogue of human suffering and premature death in the 21st century Muslim Holocaust and Muslim Genocide should be considered in the context of atrocities in the 20th century and earlier. The Epilogue succinctly, quantitatively and comprehensively details deaths from violence and deprivation in man-made famines, holocausts, and genocides from the 19th century Irish Famine, the “forgotten” 1757-1947 Indian Holocaust, and the “forgotten” WW2 Bengali Holocaust to the 21st century Muslim Holocaust, and including the worsening Climate Genocide (Chapters 1, 19 & 21) and the ongoing Australian Aboriginal Genocide that is quantitatively compared with the ongoing Palestinian Genocide in Chapter 16.
Peace is the only way but silence kills and silence is complicity. We are obliged to bear witness. Please tell everyone you can.
Yours sincerely, Dr Gideon Polya, Melbourne, Australia
Table of Contents
Foreword by S. Korsgaard: Accountability and Freedom of Press……iii
Foreword by K. Barrett: Holocaust Studies…………….……………..xx
Introductory Comments by G. Polya………………….……….………xxvi
Chapter 1: Global Avoidable Mortality Holocaust…..………..……….3
Chapter 2: Mainstream media fake news through lying by omission…17
Chapter 3: “Forgotten” WW2 Bengali Holocaust (1942-1945)……….27
Chapter 4: American Empire (1776-)…………………………………41
Chapter 5: US state terrorism & 9-11 (2001-)………………………..53
Chapter 6: Afghan Holocaust & Afghan Genocide (2001-)………….65
Chapter 7: Iraqi Holocaust & Iraqi Genocide (1990-2011)…………..77
Chapter 8: Muslim Holocaust & Muslim Genocide (2001-)…………89
Chapter 9: Libyan Genocide (2011-)…………………………………111
Chapter 10: Iranian Holocaust & Iranian Genocide (1978-)…………125
Chapter 11: Iraqi Genocide resumed (2012-)…………………………143
Chapter 12: Syrian Holocaust & Syrian Genocide (2012-)…………..157
Chapter 13: Somali Holocaust & Somali Genocide (1992-)…………191
Chapter 14: Yemeni Genocide (2015-)…………………………….…203
Chapter 15: Opiate Holocaust (2001-)…………………………….….219
Chapter 16: Palestinian Genocide (1916-)……………………………235
Chapter 17: Indian Avoidable Mortality Holocaust (1757-)………….261
Chapter 18: Rohingya Genocide (2016-)………………………….….275
Chapter 19: Air pollution deaths…………………………………..….293
Chapter 20: American Holocaust…………………………………..…307
Chapter 21: Climate Genocide & War on Terra……………………….321
Chapter 22: War on Truth……………………………………………..339
Epilogue…………………………………………………………………357
END LETTER.
(3). This appalling catalogue of human suffering and premature death in the 21st century Muslim Holocaust and Muslim Genocide should be considered in the context of atrocities in the 20th century and earlier as listed in the Epilogue of the book and set out below:
Deaths in holocausts, genocides and famines and deriving from actual violence or from imposed deprivation are given in brackets as follows for the following alphabetically listed atrocities:
1978-1997 Afghan Genocide and Afghan Holocaust (6 million),
2001 onwards Afghan Genocide and Afghan Holocaust (7 million),
15th – 19th century African Holocaust (slave trade; 6 million),
16th century onwards Amerindian Genocide, American Holocaust (90 million),
19th century Argentinian Indian Genocide (1 million),
1915-1923 Armenian Genocide (1.5 million),
post-1950 Asian Holocaust due to Australia-complicit US Asian Wars (40 million),
1914-1924 Assyrian Genocide (Syriac Genocide; 0.2-0.3 million),
1788 onwards Australian Aboriginal Genocide and Aboriginal Ethnocide (2 million),
1769-1770, Bengal Famine (10 million),
1942-1945 WW2 Bengali Holocaust, WW2 Bengal Famine and WW2 Indian Holocaust (6-7 million),
1971-1972 Bengali Holocaust and gendercide (3.0 million),
1967-1970, Biafran Genocide (2 million),
1990s Bosnian Genocide (circa 0.1 million),
20th century Brazilian Indigenous Genocide (1 million),
1969-1998 Cambodian Genocide (6.0 million),
19th century Chinese Holocaust (Opium wars and Tai Ping rebellion; 20-100 million),
1937-1945 WW2 Chinese Holocaust (35 million),
1958-1961 Chinese Holocaust of the Great Leap Forward (20-30 million),
19th -20th century Congo Genocide (Belgian Congo) (10 million),
1960 onwards Congolese Genocide and Congolese Holocaust (20 million),
1984-1985 Ethiopian famine (1 million),
1939-1945 WW2 European Holocaust (30 million Slavs, Jews and Roma killed),
1941-1950 German Genocide and German Holocaust (9 million),
Global Avoidable Mortality Holocaust (1,500 million since 1950),
1960-1996, Guatemala Mayan Indian Genocide (1.9 million),
1757-1947 Indian Holocaust from famine and deprivation (1,800 million),
1947 Indian Holocaust due to Partition (1.0 million),
1918-1920 Influenza epidemic (50-100 million),
1917-1919 Iranian Famine (2 million),
1978 onwards Iranian Holocaust and Iranian Genocide (3 million),
2003-2011 21st century Iraqi Genocide and Iraqi Holocaust (2.7 million),
1990-2011 Iraqi Genocide and Iraqi Holocaust (4.6 million),
1914-2011 Iraqi Genocide and Iraqi Holocaust (9 million),
1939-1945 WW2 Jewish Holocaust, Shoa (5-6 million),
1950-1953 Korean Genocide and Korean Holocaust (5.2 million),
1840s Irish Famine (2 million),
1955-1975 Laotian Genocide (1.2 million),
2011 Libyan Genocide (0.2 million),
19th century Maori Genocide in New Zealand (0.2 million),
2000 onwards 21st century Muslim Genocide and Muslim Holocaust (32 million),
1900s Namibian Genocide (0.1 million),
17th – 19th century North American Indian Genocide (up to 18 million),
1916 onwards Palestinian Genocide and Palestinian Holocaust (2.2 million),
1865-1870 Paraguay Genocide (1 million)
1939-1945 WW2 Polish Genocide and Polish Holocaust (6 million),
21st century Rohingya Genocide (circa 0.1 million),
1921-1922 Russian famine, Povolzhye famine (5 million),
1930-1953 Russian Holocaust under Stalin (20 million),
1994 Rwandan Genocide (0.9 million),
1992 onwards Somali Genocide and Somali Holocaust (2.2 million),
19th century South Pacific Genocide via disease (0.1 million),
1930-1953 Soviet Holocaust under Stalin (20 million),
1955-2018 Sudan Genocide and Sudan Holocaust (13 million),
2011 onwards Syrian Genocide (1.0 million),
1990-2018 Tamil Genocide in Sri Lanka (0.2 million),
1975-1999 East Timorese Genocide (0.3 million),
1930s Ukrainian Famine, Holodomor (7 million),
1945-1975 Vietnamese Genocide and Vietnamese Holocaust (15.3 million),
2015 onwards Yemeni Genocide (circa 0.1 million) (my sincere apologies for any absences or underestimates).
Final comments.
One can envisage monuments listing the above catalogue of atrocities being erected in every city in every country in the world. Holocaust ignored yields holocaust repeated. Genocide ignored yields genocide repeated. History ignored yields history repeated. Peace is the only way but silence kills and silence is complicity. Please tell everyone you can.
Dr Gideon Polya taught science students at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia for 4 decades. He published some 130 works in a 5 decade scientific career, most recently a huge pharmacological reference text “Biochemical Targets of Plant Bioactive Compounds” (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, New York & London , 2003). He has published “Body Count. Global avoidable mortality since 1950” (G.M. Polya, Melbourne, 2007: http://globalbodycount.blogspot.com/ ); see also his contributions “Australian complicity in Iraq mass mortality” in “Lies, Deep Fries & Statistics” (edited by Robyn Williams, ABC Books, Sydney, 2007: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/australian-complicity-in-iraq-mass-mortality/3369002#transcript ) and “Ongoing Palestinian Genocide” in “The Plight of the Palestinians (edited by William Cook, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2010: https://countercurrents.org/polya170612.htm ). He has published a revised and updated 2008 version of his 1998 book “Jane Austen and the Black Hole of British History” (see: http://janeaustenand.blogspot.com/ ) as biofuel-, globalization- and climate-driven global food price increases threaten a greater famine catastrophe than the man-made famine in British-ruled India that killed 6-7 million Indians in the “forgotten” World War 2 Bengal Famine (see recent BBC broadcast involving Dr Polya, Economics Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen and others: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history/social-economic-history/listen-the-bengal-famine ; Gideon Polya: https://sites.google.com/site/drgideonpolya/home ; Gideon Polya Writing: https://sites.google.com/site/gideonpolyawriting/ ; Gideon Polya, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Polya ). He has recently published Gideon Polya, “US-imposed Post-9-11 Muslim Holocaust & Muslim Genocide”, Korsgaard Publishing, Germany, 2020 (for details see: https://korsgaardpublishing.com/portfolio/23945/ ).When words fail one can say it in pictures – for images of Gideon Polya’s huge paintings for the Planet, Peace, Mother and Child see: http://sites.google.com/site/artforpeaceplanetmotherchild/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/ .