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Peace activist, Jesuit priest Daniel Berrigan dies at 94

May 5, 2016 By Michael Balsamo

His defiant protests helped shape Americans' opposition to the Vietnam War, and they landed The Rev. Daniel Berrigan behind bars.

Today in history: 70 years since Vietnam independence proclaimed

September 2, 2015 By Special to People’s World

In 1945, after Japan's surrender in World War II, Vietnamese communist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed independence of Vietnam from France and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

Today in history: The 1970 killings at Jackson State College

May 15, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The Jackson State killings occurred on May 15, 1970, at Jackson State College, a historically Black college.

Today in people’s history: 1199 opposes the Vietnam War

February 24, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Fifty years ago, on this day in 1965, District 1199 Health Care Workers became the first labor union in the United States to formally oppose the Vietnam War.

Today in labor history: end of the “Vietnam era”

May 7, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On May 7, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford formally declared an end to the "Vietnam era."