A Visit to a Democratic Kampuchean Cooperative is a brief firsthand report on the organization and daily life within the Ang Tasom Cooperative in 1978. The document details how Kampuchea’s population was organized into cooperatives, producing rice and industrial goods while eliminating the capitalist wage system. Visitors from The Call witnessed free healthcare, education, and communal decision-making, where mass meetings were held every 10 days to disc…

Democratic Kampuchea: A Workers' and Peasants' State in South-East Asia, provides a detailed account of the political, economic, and cultural developments in Democratic Kampuchea under the leadership of the Revolutionary Organization. Published in 1977, it includes speeches, reports, and cultural narratives that highlight the country's achievements in agriculture, national defense, and social reconstruction following the liberation from American imperia…

This document is a detailed report by the Chinese Journalists Delegation visiting Cambodia in March 1975, capturing the heroic struggles of the Cambodian people during their five-year liberation war against U.S. imperialism and the Lon Nol regime. It highlights the revolutionary spirit, self-reliance, and unity of the Cambodian people, showcasing their victories on the Phnom Penh, Mekong, and Angkor fronts. The report emphasizes the people's war tactics…

"Impressions of Kampuchea: Visit of Ambassador Sato and Delegation – September 1978" provides an account of a Japanese diplomatic visit to Democratic Kampuchea, offering observations on the country’s governance, economy, and society. The delegation met with top leaders, including Pol Pot and Ieng Sary, discussing diplomatic relations and national development. They toured Phnom Penh, noting its cleanliness, functional industries, and structured workf…

Inside a Secret Khmer Rouge Base by Dan Burstein is an on-the-ground report detailing the 1980 resistance movement of Democratic Kampuchea, following the Vietnamese invasion that overthrew Pol Pot’s government. Written by American Marxist journalist Dan Burstein, this document provides rare insight into the organizational strength, guerrilla tactics, and evolving political strategy of the Khmer Rouge in exile. Khieu Samphan, serving as the movement’s po…

"Inside Democratic Kampuchea" by Michael McColgan offers a rare on-the-ground perspective of the resistance movement following Vietnam’s invasion in 1979. The report details how, despite foreign claims that Democratic Kampuchea had been 'destroyed,' entire communities continued to thrive, with new villages housing over 30,000 people, supported by collective agriculture and production efforts​. It documents the presence of fully functioning schools,…

"Kampuchea Will Win!," is an eyewitness account by the last foreign delegation to visit Kampuchea (Cambodia) before the Vietnamese-Soviet invasion in December 1978. Written by members of the Canadian Communist League (Marxist-Leninist) and journalists from The Forge, it provides a detailed look at the country's progress under socialism, its preparations for war, and its resistance to the invasion. The report includes interviews with leaders like Pol Pot…

"Kampuchea: August 1978" contains firsthand reports from a Swedish delegation that visited Democratic Kampuchea in August 1978, witnessing the revolutionary transformation of the country just months before the Vietnamese invasion. It provides rare insight into the achievements of Democratic Kampuchea, where over 90% of the population lived in cooperatives, working together to increase rice production to record levels, allowing for surplus exports by 197…

"Starvation and Revolution," Gareth Porter and George Hildebrand presents a thorough examination of the U.S. intervention in Cambodia and the revolutionary policies of the Khmer Rouge during the final years of the war. It examines the causes of starvation in Phnom Penh under the Lon Nol regime, the evacuation of cities, and the agricultural revolution led by the Khmer Rouge to achieve self-reliance and food security. The study highlights the contrast be…

The Kampuchean Experience 1979, written by Esrom Mokgakala, who lived among the people before the Vietnamese invasion; provides a firsthand account of the revolutionary transformation of Democratic Kampuchea before the Vietnamese invasion. As a member of the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania, the author analyzes the principles of self-reliance, the mobilization of the peasantry, and the construction of a socialist state free from foreign interference.

"The Kampuchean-Vietnamese Conflict", written by scholar Stephen P. Heder, provides an in-depth analysis of the Kampuchean-Vietnamese conflict, a struggle rooted in historical tensions, competing revolutionary ideologies, and geopolitical ambitions. It traces the conflict’s origins to territorial disputes and the breakdown of diplomatic relations in the mid-1970s, when Democratic Kampuchea accused Vietnam of expansionist designs aimed at incorporating…

"The Struggle for National Independence and Socialism in Kampuchea" by Samir Amin provides an exhaustive examination of the struggle for national independence and socialism in Kampuchea, with a particular focus on the revolutionary period from 1970 to 1975 and the subsequent challenges that ensued. It delves into the strategic approach employed by the Communist Party of Kampuchea, the distinctive characteristics of its peasant-led revolution, and the ge…