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Below are a few photos from the Waging Peace Exhibit Opening at George Washington University on Veterans Day, November 11, 2019: A shot of the crowd, the Vietnamese musicians, and a selection of images from the exhibit itself,
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Posted Nov. 8, 2019 in the New York Times At War Newsletter By David Cortright I never expected that I would be a soldier, or that I would protest the Vietnam War while on active duty, or that I would sue the Army in federal
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Vietnam combat veteran Daniel Shea on his time in Vietnam, Agent Orange, and post traumatic stress.
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A Waging Peace in Vietnam book review by Roger Bybee originally appeared at The Progressive on October 29, 2019. Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War (New Village Press) is a new and fiercely
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"Over 4,000 junior officers ... brought suit against the Secretary of Defense for war crimes, who carried out demonstrations, who were quite active in their opposition."
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Ron Carver, co-editor with David Cortright and Barbara Doherty of the book, Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans who Opposed the War (New Village Press, Sept. 2019), and creator of the Waging Peace in Vietnam
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US Marine Ahmad Daniels was sentenced to a decade in prison for speaking to other servicemen about the injustices he saw and questioning military authority.
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Al Glatkowski for the very first time explains how and why he helped seize a US naval ship transporting napalm for the Vietnam War.
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Excerpted from the October 45th Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee’s e-newsletter sent by John McAuliff, VPCC Committee member Kent State University has a year long program of events culminating with the fiftieth
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Ron Carver's Waging Peace in Viet Nam exhibit opened yesterday at UMass Boston. The opening reception was graced with poets Doug Rawlings, Dave Connolly, and Lamont Steptoe, and Vietnam-era resister Susan Schnall.
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"I met the enemy, guess who it was? It was me. And it's always true. And that saved me. That has really saved me."
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Attorney Eric Seitz on defending war objectors, "Our efforts were better utilized representing people in the military who were beginning to stir."
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On July 16, 2019, New Hampshire Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster announced her office’s participation in the Vietnam Veterans 50th Anniversary Pin Program to honor all Vietnam-era veterans for “valiantly serving our
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First posted August 20, 2019 by author Steve Early on BeyondChron; reposted August 24 on Portside. by Steve Early Fifty years ago this fall, a campus upsurge turned opposition to the Vietnam War into a genuine mass movement. On
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While on active duty, "We flew the plane and fliers over five military installations in the SF Bay Area," explained the former Army "Peace Nurse."
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Dee Knight, who left the US to resist the Vietnam War from Canada, declares, "Don't be afraid. Follow your conscience."
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"The fact that we were not shot encouraged us that this was not an unusual opinion ... that Vietnam was just a bad idea in so many ways."
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"The vast majority of guys who were sent to Vietnam were sent against their will...coerced into the army and had a chip on our shoulders."
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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.
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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.
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