“The only thing I’m proud of was my involvement with the anti-war movement,” Mike Turek, Vietnam Era Air Force.
50 Years of GI Resistance
Podcast: “I wanted to forget about it” – Mike Tork, Vietnam Veteran
Mike Tork joined the Navy before turning 18 and served in Vietnam with the Mobile Riverine Force (1966-1967).
Podcast: “I just couldn’t have any part of it” – Bob Musil, former Army Captain
“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.”
Resistance stories get play on NYC television
Ron Carver, co-editor with David Cortright and Barbara Doherty of the book, Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and...
Podcast: “All I did was open my mouth,” Ahmad Daniels sentenced to a decade in military prison
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.
Podcast: Al Glatkowski’s anti-war high seas mutiny aboard the SS Columbia Eagle
Al Glatkowski for the very first time explains how and why he helped seize a US naval ship transporting napalm for the Vietnam War.
Preparing for Spring: Kent State / Jackson State / National Student Strike
Excerpted from the October 45th Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee's e-newsletter sent by John McAuliff, VPCC...
Waging Peace in Vietnam Exhibit: UMass Boston reception
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.
Podcast: “It was easier to kill people than lay down the gun” -Suel Jones
“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.”
Podcast: “Disruption of the military was the major cause of US defeat in Vietnam” -Eric Seitz
Attorney Eric Seitz on defending war objectors, “Our efforts were better utilized representing people in the military who were beginning to stir.”
Which 50th anniversary pin will YOU wear?
On July 16, 2019, New Hampshire Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster announced her office's participation in the Vietnam...
A GI Rebellion: When Soldiers Said No to War
First posted August 20, 2019 by author Steve Early on BeyondChron; reposted August 24 on Portside. by Steve Early...
Podcast: After dropping antiwar leaflets over military bases from a plane, Susan Schnall
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.”
Podcast: “All forms of resistance to an illegal and unjust war are fully justifiable” – Dee Knight
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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