“Four of us from the same platoon deserted together, which is the ultimate military crime,” shares Ward Reilly, US Army Vietnam era GI resister
In Vietnam I Found Peace
This post originally appeared at www.rebeccaruetten.com On July 21, 1954, Vietnam was divided into two sections, the communist North and the capitalist South. The United States responded by sending more and more of its sons to Vietnam, into a war, in which success was...
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Podcast: “I refuse to be [used] against people who dissent” – Zels Johnson
“It’s very hard for people to believe that their country would try to kill them,” explains former National Guard member Zels Johnson.
The War in Vietnam and the Confederate Flag
The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America (pp. 207-10) Greg Grandin The Confederate battle flag and other symbols of white supremacy, including the Klan hood and the burning cross, were already displayed in Vietnam before King’s...
Exceptional Victims
The resistance to the Vietnam War was the most diverse and dynamic antiwar movement in U.S. history. We have all but forgotten it today. CHRISTIAN G. APPY Image: Aftermath of the Tet Offensive in Saigon, 1968 / manhhai This post appeared at the BostonReview.com....
This Social Scientist’s Verdict on the Ken Burns/Lynn Novick Vietnam War Documentary
This post originally appeared at historynewsnetwork.org. by James W. Russell James W. Russell teaches political science at Portland State University. His most recent book is Social Insecurity: 401(k)s and the Retirement Crisis. He was the first editor of New Left...
Tomgram: James Carroll, The 12 Days of Bombing That Never End (for Me)
This post originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. Posted by James Carroll Call it strange, but call it something. After all, never in history had there been such active opposition to a war before it began. I’m thinking, of course, about the antiwar surge that,...
Visiting Saigon in 1973 during the War Surviving in War
Photo: 1973 in Saigon (Credit: Saigoneer) This post originally appeared at Justice Initiative.com. By HEATHER GRAY May 26, 2019 Justice Initiative (Link to article) Introduction This is the 2019 Memorial Day weekend and it is, of course, relevant to consider the...
The Liberal Embrace of War
Photo: An anti-government protester dressed as Lady Liberty, wearing the colors of Venezuela’s flag, hugs a fellow protester during a demonstration near La Carlota airbase in Caracas, Venezuela. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó is calling for Venezuelans to fill...
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