Truthout
Vietnam War

|
Me Tarzan, You Adam: How I Met the Ghosts of My Own Work in a Local Multiplex
All I ask is that Tarzan teach me to swing from a vine, and let me pick the next battle to win.

Why the Sanders “Revolution” Must Take on the Permanent War State
Even though the permanent war state seems to be at the peak of its power, at this point in time, the legitimacy of this institution is extremely tenuous.

William Rivers Pitt | Once Upon a Time, My Father Was a Soldier
In a number of ways, my father died in Vietnam. He just didn't know it.

John Pilger | From Pol Pot to ISIS: US Bombing Abroad Breeds Instability, Violence and War
ISIS is the mutation of Western state terror.

Forty Years After Vietnam, Blue Water Navy Vets Still Fighting for Agent Orange Compensation
The battle boils down to a comma.

|
The Revolution That Was Not Televised: Lessons From the Vietnam Antiwar Movement
The US war in Vietnam was the first televised war, but television alone did not create opposition to it.

The Other Conspirator: Secret Origins of the CIA’s Torture Program
Determined to shine a light on what he called ‘the truth held prisoner,’ Russo blew the whistle on American torture policy in Vietnam.

SDS Leader Tom Hayden on Vietnam: We Must Challenge the Pentagon on the Battlefield of Memory
Tom Hayden: "Each generation has to wrestle with the history of what came before, and ask: ‘Whose interest does this history serve?"’

Honor the Vietnamese, Not Those Who Killed Them
It is the Vietnamese we should honor, commemorate, remember.

Vietnam: Okinawa’s Forgotten War
As the world remembers the 40th anniversary of the Vietnam War, all too often forgotten is the role of the Pentagon's most important launch-pad for this failed war: Okinawa.