Nixon Library To Release 265 Hours Of White House Tapes
‘The cease-fire in Vietnam, the release of American prisoners of war, Watergate, U.S. policy in the Middle East, the assassination of two U.S. diplomats in Sudan by the Black September Organization …’...
View ArticleAfghanistan is Not the USA’s Longest War
This article is from 2010, but the math still adds up. From NPR: Afghanistan hasn’t become the U.S.’ longest war; Vietnam still is, according to someone who should know, Richard Holbrooke, the Obama...
View ArticleVietnam Turns To Scientology To Treat Its Agent Orange Victims
Truth may be stranger than fiction, but when it comes to scientology it’s hard to know which is which…. From ABC News: The Vietnamese government is turning to a “detoxification” method developed by the...
View ArticleNewly Declassified Recordings: Candidate Nixon Sabotaged Vietnam Peace to Get...
The BBC’s David Taylor published a great analysis Friday of newly released White House recordings of President Lyndon Johnson. The two biggest revelations: Before the 1968 election, Nixon sabotaged...
View ArticleMickey Mouse In Vietnam
A lost cartoon classic via Vimeo: In 1968, an underground, anti-war short film was produced by Lee Savage and Milton Glaser called Mickey Mouse in Vietnam. Mickey Mouse (unofficially) starred in a one...
View ArticleFather And Son Spent 40 Years Of Isolation Living In The Jungles Of Vietnam
A tragic story of going off the grid Robinson Crusoe-style in response to the horrors of war, via the BBC: A Vietnamese father and his son who fled to the jungle during the Vietnam War four decades ago...
View ArticleHenry Kissinger’s Legacy of War Crimes Exposed by Secret Yale Visit |...
Abby Martin speaks about how Yale University’s secret invite to Henry Kissinger has shined a new light into the former Secretary of State’s long list of criminality, by helping facilitate US war...
View Article[Poll] Favorite Vietnam Protest Song
It’s time to wrap up last week’s poll and start anew. This week’s poll is all about the Vietnam war and the myriad of protest songs it inspired. Of course, we couldn’t list every single song, so you’ll...
View ArticleStunning Drone Footage of World’s Largest Cave
Hang Son Doong from Ryan Deboodt on Vimeo. Photographer Ryan Deboodt flew drones into the gorgeous Vietnamese cave, Hang Son Doong. h/t The Awesomer.… Read the rest The post Stunning Drone Footage of...
View ArticleAfghanistan and the “Other” Vietnam War
From Truthout: When discussing the Vietnam War or comparing it to America’s other conflicts, such as the current one in Afghanistan, the “other” Vietnam War is rarely mentioned. This is very...
View ArticleCyber Attacks Target Critics of Chinalco Mine in Vietnam
From the Sydney Morning Herald: Google, which moved its search engine out of China last month after claims of cyber attacks on human-rights activists, says it has detected software targeted at...
View ArticleThe War in Afghanistan Reaches New Milestone: Longest War in U.S. History,...
As the Afghanistan War replaces the Vietnam War as the longest war in U.S. history, Brave New Foundation and TrueMajority today called on President Obama and Congress to ensure a responsible troop...
View ArticleDaniel Ellsberg: “Every Attack Now Made on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange Was...
Via Daniel Ellsberg’s Website: Ex-Intelligence Officers, Others See Plusses in WikiLeaks Disclosures WikiLeaks has teased the genie of transparency out of a very opaque bottle, and powerful forces in...
View ArticleDamn Vampires!
Barnes, “No, sir. I’m a Christian. Marijuana is not allowed. I have a prescription for Oxycontin, which I need to re-up.” Barnes continues, “What with all of my ailments, my REAL problem is where I...
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