Analysts or Apologists? The Left Media on Kampuchea by Paul Kelemen, critically dissects Western leftist media narratives that justify Vietnam’s occupation of Kampuchea. It exposes how publications like New Statesman and Marxism Today distort history by portraying the Vietnamese invasion as liberation while dismissing Kampuchea’s right to self-determination. Kelemen challenges claims that Democratic Kampuchea was merely a Chinese proxy, instead highlighting its independent revolutionary path, which conflicted with Vietnam’s regional ambitions. The Vietnamese occupation, far from aiding the Kampuchean people, has prolonged suffering through war, famine, and repression, revealing the ideological bankruptcy of those who defend it.