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A Notorious Photo From a US Massacre in the Philippines Reveals an Ugly Truth

A shocking image of the 1906 atrocity survived but failed to become a humanitarian touchstone.

by Kim A. Wagner via New Lines on June 17, 2024

Massacre In the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History

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US soldiers posing with the bodies of Moro people after the massacre of Bud Dajo, Jolo Island, Philippines, March 7, 1906.

Massacre Under the Starry Flag

The history of a single photograph reveals how an atrocity in the Philippines was forgotten by its American perpetrators.

by Vicente L. Rafael via New York Review of Books on October 2, 2025

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