Few have contributed as much to resisting the horrors of war and an undemocratic regime as Daniel Ellsberg, who died today at age 92.
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David Harris, Leader of Vietnam Draft Resistance Movement, Dies at 76
An activist who went to jail for refusing to serve in the military, he teamed with and married Joan Baez and later became a journalist.
Donald Sanders Luce (1934-2022): Exposed the Truth About the Tiger Cages
Don Luce, who passed away on November 17, 2022, at the age of 88, was a kindred spirit and one of my heroes on a decidedly short list.
Staughton Lynd, ¡Presente!
People’s historian Staughton Lynd died after an extraordinary life as a conscientious objector, activist, professor, author, lawyer.
Mike Davis, radical reporter: 1946–2022
A brilliant radical reporter with a novelist’s eye and a historian’s memory. Activist, radical hero and family man. “City of Quartz” author.
Ngo Vinh Long, Lightning Rod for Opposing the Vietnam War, Dies at 78
After escaping arrest in Vietnam for his antiwar views, he became the most prominent Vietnamese in the US against the war. NY Times Obituary.
Ngô Vĩnh Long (1944-2022)
Vietnam relations author, anti-war movement leader during the US war in Vietnam. History professor at the Univ. of Maine.
Tim Page, Vietnam War Photographer, Dead at 78
Fearless and free-spirited, he pushed the boundaries of life and photography, recording intimate images of combat that...
Paul Krassner, Anarchist, Yippies Founder, Remembered
His circle included Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. Founder of the The Realist, he was called the “father of the underground press”.
Bob Meola, Lifelong Advocate for War Resisters (1952-2021)
Robert “Bob” Meola was a leader of Students for a Democratic Society at MSU during the Vietnam War and committed his life to anti-militarism.
Bob Moses Embodied Collective Struggle for Black Freedom and Human Liberation
Bob Moses not only fought for Black people to have the right to vote, he also spoke out against war and imperialism.
Bob Moses, Crusader against War, for Civil Rights, Dies at 86
“The prosecutors of the [Vietnam] war,” he said, were “the same people who refused to protect civil rights in the South.”
Richard C. Lewontin, Anti-Racist and Anti-War Geneticist, Dies at 92
He demonstrated that differences in DNA between groups of people were far smaller than originally believed.
Mike Gravel RIP: How He Made the Pentagon Papers Public (Video)
Senator Gravel was fiercely opposed to the Vietnam War and the draft and played a seminal role in the release of the Pentagon Papers.