Educational Resources

High School Student Essay on MLK’s Beyond Vietnam Speech

“Seeing [MLK] address a deeper issue that connects to all aspects of American life was a new experience for me,” notes student essayist.

To the Men and Women Lost in the Vietnam War

May 4, 2020

“He is close in age with many of you … My friend is currently stationed in Kansas, and patiently awaiting his deployment to Afghanistan.”

My Lai Memorial Exhibit Now Available for Online Viewing

April 21, 2020

In 2018-2019, the My Lai Memorial Exhibit was hosted by Veterans for Peace chapters in 16 cities. The tour wrapped up at the end of 2019, but much of the exhibit is now viewable online. Visit the My...

In a Fallen, Violent World

April 7, 2020

by Emma Paradis. There are not many prominent figures whose message is so aggressively stifled and twisted as Jesus Christ. Would you list him alongside anti-capitalist, anti-cis-hetero-patriarchy revolutionaries?

Mapping May 1970 Student Antiwar Strikes

February 26, 2020

This project is filed under Mapping American Social Movements, a project of the Civil Rights and Labor History...

Mounting the Waging Peace Exhibit: What Does It Take?

December 28, 2019

Here's what it takes to mount the Waging Peace Exhibit at your university, college or other institution Space: The...

War, What is it Good For?

December 19, 2019

by Peyton Hart November 11, 2019 WAR, WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Not only is this a great song by Edwin...

The Voices behind Vietnam

December 19, 2019

by Miranda Smith, November 15, 2019 It is not without reason that some therapists recommend patients suffering from...

Check it out: Soldiers for Peace Audio Doc

November 21, 2019

A stylish new audio documentary about GI resistance during the '60s and '70s produced by Kate Ellis and Stephen Smith,...

New GI and Veteran Resistance Curriculum from Notre Dame

July 14, 2019

Suggested classes on GI and veteran resistance to the Vietnam War that can be incorporated into courses on social movements, political change and other topics.

Waging Peace in Vietnam: A Story We Need to Tell

July 14, 2019

Tens of thousands of active duty GIs opposed America’s war in Vietnam, marching, signing petitions, writing underground newspapers for their fellow soldiers, and refusing to fight, often at great personal sacrifice.