Vietnam war
Vietnam marks 61 years since U.S. military’s Agent Orange attacks
August 15, 2022Every year, new victims are still being born.
Read more
Public readings of King’s ‘Beyond Vietnam’ explore its meaning for today
April 11, 2022The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. triggered a new level of unity between the civil rights and peace movements in the U.S.
Read more
Remembering union brother Jimmy Hooks
November 19, 2021Even though Veterans Day has passed, I just wanted to get his name out there. If his friends didn’t remember, he would be just another forgotten working class hero added to a long list.
Read more
The costs of U.S. empire’s ‘forever wars’
August 26, 2021Back in the days when I was growing up (before the Vietnam War), we were told that the United States had never “lost” a war. Teachers would point to the two World Wars, the Spanish-American and Mexican-American...
Read more
Toxic legacy, part 2: Fighting for justice after chemical warfare in Vietnam
June 3, 2021Despite repeated promises to do more for the victims of Agent Orange, to this day not a single Vietnamese victim has seen a dollar of compensation from the U.S. government.
Read more