Nate Thayer, Part 2 | Peter Maguire:
‘After his passing, much was made of Nate’s Pol Pot interview… The stories about the shaved-headed, hard living, tobacco chewing Gonzo journalist made for good copy, but overlooked was the most significant and meaningful work of Nate’s career. Thayer’s 1992 Phnom Penh Post and Far Eastern Economic Review stories about FULRO’s “Forgotten Army” opened the world’s eyes to the plight of the Montagnards…’ https://open.substack.com/pub/petermaguire/p/nate-thayer-part-2?r=7p2cc&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post #Cambodia #NateThayer #Montagnards

Nate Thayer, Part 2 | Peter Maguire:
“After his passing, much was made of Nate’s Pol Pot interview… The stories about the shaved-headed, hard living, tobacco chewing Gonzo journalist made for good copy, but overlooked was the most significant and meaningful work of Nate’s career. Thayer’s 1992 Phnom Penh Post and Far Eastern Economic Review stories about FULRO’s “Forgotten Army” opened the world’s eyes to the plight of the Montagnards…” https://open.substack.com/pub/petermaguire/p/nate-thayer-part-2?r=7p2cc&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post #Cambodia #NateThayer #Montagnards

February 25: “…Reverend Y Hin Nie will host a public memorial for his old friend #NateThayer at the United #Montagnard Christian Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. The pair met…in the forest of Mondulkiri, Cambodia, in 1992. ‘Thayer [wrote]… about “The Forgotten Army” for Far Eastern Economic Review & The Phnom Penh Post…“Without Nate Thayer, nobody would know about the Montagnards.”’
https://open.substack.com/pub/petermaguire/p/nate-thayer-memorial?r=7p2cc&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Nate Thayer… and Stories That Still Resonate: Among his many scoops, Thayer’s work also foreshadowed the rapid growth of Chinese influence in Cambodia. | Luke Hunt, The Diplomat
https://thediplomat.com/2023/01/nate-thayer-dead-at-62-and-stories-that-still-resonate/ #China #Cambodia #NateThayer

Here is an obituary for journalist Nate Thayer in the Falmouth Enterprise.
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Nathaniel T. Thayer | Falmouth Obituaries | capenews.net

https://www.capenews.net/falmouth/obituaries/nathaniel-t-thayer/article_8631656d-2fc6-5008-9352-0f56210b9e80.html #NateThayer #Cambodia #Journalist

Wake for Nate Thayer at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand today. 2 hours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7ZU0It2Vs #NateThayer

and if you've never read #NateThayer's early reporting on the bizarre political formations which would eventually grow into the neo-Nazi "atomwaffen division" organization - it is one of the weirdest pieces of reporting I've ever encountered, & I really can't recommend it highly enough.
http://web.archive.org/web/20221205151842/https://natethayer.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/white-power-and-apocalyptic-cults-pro-dprk-homegrown-u-s-terrorist-groups-are-pyongyang-chosen-favorites/

for folks left pondering the lack of criticisms re law enforcement in the #January6th committee reports, this 2019 interview with the late #NateThayer by @slackbastard & @sexenheimer is a pretty crucial & prescient document.

The state is never going to be good at combating fascism, but it’s flaunted an ostentatiously malicious blind eye in recent years. https://www.3cr.org.au/yeahnahpasaran/episode/rip-nate-thayer-nate-atomwaffen-division-april-2019

Nate Thayer, a fearless reporter
He scored an interview with Pol Pot
He chased scoops worldwide
But his life has been tied
His legacy will never be forgot

#natethayer #polpot #journalism #legacy #limerick #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/world/asia/nate-thayer-dead.html

Nate Thayer, 21 April 1960 – 3 January 2023, RIP

Wake at the FCCT, Bangkok, Friday, 13 January, from 7pm

More info: https://www.fccthai.com/events/163 #NateThayer

Peter Maguire’s obituary of Nate Thayer (1960-2023) - Part One. “The Rise and Fall of a Gonzo Journalist” https://petermaguire.substack.com/p/nate-thayer-1960-2023-part-one #NateThayer

Peter Maguire’s obituary of Nate Thayer (1960-2023) - Part One https://petermaguire.substack.com/p/nate-thayer-1960-2023-part-one #NateThayer

Nate Thayer, reporter who interviewed Pol Pot, dies

#NateThayer #PolPot #Cambodia

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Posted by Sebastian Strangio about #NateThayer: “Nate Thayer's remarkable dispatch from Anlong Veng, #Cambodia, documenting his meeting and interview with Pol Pot. Published in the Far Eastern Economic Review, Oct. 30, 1997.” https://twitter.com/sstrangio/status/1610846623927799809?s=12&t=BlqNtNmTIRtXUhAJ1gvgUQ and https://twitter.com/sstrangio/status/1610847046738792448?s=46&t=BlqNtNmTIRtXUhAJ1gvgUQ

Kip Hale wrote about #NateThayer: “A prime example of an investigative journalist who contributed greatly to future accountability for #atrocitycrimes. Evidence from Nate was critical to our prosecution case @KRTribunal. #ECCC #Cambodia #KhmerRouge” https://twitter.com/kiphale/status/1611081080370601985?s=12&t=BlqNtNmTIRtXUhAJ1gvgUQ

Short thread on the death of a great journalist #NateThayer, the man who interviewed Pol Pot. #Cambodia

RT @nickmartin@twitter.com

I'm really sad to learn of the death of journalist Nate Thayer. I talked to him a few times in recent years while we investigated some of the same neo-Nazi groups. He was generous and humble, and he really disliked Nazis. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/01/04/nate-thayer-journalist-pol-pot-dies/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/nickmartin/status/1610879894040481793

RT @RodWebber
A journalism legend is dead.

The man who spent 15 years in the jungle successfully hunting down Cambodian dictator Pol Pot has passed.

Long live #NateThayer.

https://rodwebber.wordpress.com/2023/01/04/nate-thayer-is-dead-long-live-nate-thayer/

RT @RodWebber@twitter.com

A journalism legend is dead.

The man who spent 15 years in the jungle successfully hunting down Cambodian dictator Pol Pot has passed.

Long live #NateThayer.

https://rodwebber.wordpress.com/2023/01/04/nate-thayer-is-dead-long-live-nate-thayer/

https://mastodon.social/@RodWebber/109630931454736288
Re-tooting Rod Webber's lovely, heartfelt post with #AltText on photo of Journalist Extraordinaire Nate Thayer, who has passed away, may he rest in peace. 🙏
#NateThayer #Journalist
#AntiFascist #GreatGuy
cc: @RodWebber

https://mastodon.social/@RodWebber/109630931454736288
Re-tooting Rod Webber's lovely, heartfelt post with #AltText on photo of Journalist Extraordinaire Nate Thayer, who has passed away, may he rest in peace. 🙏
#NateThayer #Journalist
#AntiFascist #GreatGuy
cc: @RodWebber