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In history, religion and political science, a purge is a position removal or execution of people who are considered undesirable by those in power from a government, another, their team leaders, or society as a whole. A group undertaking such an effort is labeled as purging itself.
There have been serious outbreaks of inter-ethnic violence on the island of Kalimantan since 1997, involving the indigenous Dayak peoples and immigrants from the island of Madura. In 2001 in the Central Kalimantan town of Sampit, at least 500 Madurese were killed and up to 100,000 Madurese were forced to flee.
In the process of the purge, every Communist was subpoenaed in front of a purge commission and forced to justify their credentials as a revolutionary; Lenin argued this was necessary as to not cause the direction of the revolution to be deviated from its original aim.
Voters must check if they’re still registered or if they have been placed on a suspend list, which may result in “more barriers for their votes to count,” a Democratic state legislator said.
Social media erupted Sunday with claims that Trump advocated for a Purge-like approach to reducing crime in America, following the 78-year-old's rally in Pennsylvania during which he spoke about ...
The purge covered top-level government figures down to local officials, and included CCP General Secretary Zhao Ziyang and his associates. [1] The purge took the form of a massive ideological campaign that lasted 18 months. At least 4 million Communist Party members (a tenth of the total) were under some sort of investigation.
In North Carolina, Republican Party leaders are seeking to purge 225,000 voters just weeks before early voting begins. This is part of the national Republican playbook — sow doubt and confusion ...
Articles relating to political and cultural purges, position removal or execution of people who are considered undesirable by those in power from a government, another organization, their team leaders, or society as a whole.