How One Person Saw Hồ Chí Minh
In Hồ Chí Minh, everybody finds the noblest, most simple, and dearest member of his family… Compared with weapons, that does not yield to all the weapons of the Seventh Fleet… Hồ Chí Minh’s image…
Category: Vietnam
Courage
Mrs. Mười was devoted to the Revolution Mostly away for nine years, her husband was assisting the Revolution All of her sons and daughters eventually contributed to the Revolution In vain the South Vietnamese military…
U.S. War Logic
“It became necessary to destroy the town to save it.” —U.S. officer, speaking of Ben Tre, 1968 We had to burn their huts to protect them from the Communists. We had to napalm the people…
Awakening to the Reality of Suffering in the World
Dear Friends, The original 4th precept of the Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing reads, “Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of…
Tiger Tiger Burning Bright
They’ve got to be late 60s Some early 70s Same age as Gary Roi— Now what was Gary doing back in 1968 When the men of Tiger Force went about their war? How many of…
The Way It Looked in 1986
The United States was deeply committed to the French effort to reconquer their former colony, recognizing throughout that the enemy was the nationalist movement of Vietnam. The death toll was about half a million. When…
Patience
I believe it’s a thousand year project; I don’t think this thing is going to be finished in my lifetime or in anybody’s lifetime. I think we possibly can get something started that will open…
Take a Look
In 1969 or 1970, I began to re-evaluate my whole concept of what I wanted my music to say…. I was very much affected by letters my brother was sending me from Vietnam, as well…
How Much John Kerry Learned to Forget
John Kerry, Winter Soldier Hearing, 1971: The country doesn’t know it yet, but it has created a monster, a monster in the form of millions of men who have been taught to deal and to…
Our Gifts to the World (A Very Partial List)
Please remember Victor Jara, In the Santiago Stadium, Es verdad – those Washington Bullets again —The Clash Washington Bullets (We’re still making the world safe for democracy) Washington Little Boy and Fat Man (We stand…