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While not providing a clear antidote to Trumpism, Michael Ansara’s “Hard Work” still delivers indispensable insights into activism from the 1960s to today.

At the 50th anniversary celebration of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, U.S. antiwar activists drew lessons for stopping the war on Gaza...“Vietnam does remind us that occupation is not necessarily forever...”

How to Prevent Future Trumps. Trump Voters Have A Warning For Him. RFK Jr. Explodes U.S. Health and Science. Waltz Departs the Group Chat. Viet Thanh Nguyen on 50 Years After Vietnam War.

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, JJ Johnson reflects on the journey that led him, along with two fellow Fort Hood soldiers, to refuse orders to Vietnam. He compares then to our situation today, "the darkest period in my lifetime."

What First Amendment? (2000), “Freedom Now in Vietnam” (1965), Saying ‘No’ to Colonialism (1955), If They Want War, Let Them Have It (1775), Impunity for Racist Threats (1965), McCarthyism Flops on Broadway (1955), Earth Day’s a Smash Hit (1970)

A Brand-New Protest Format Catches on in a Very Big Way (1965), Wasn’t That a Time? Yes, It Sure Was (1995), A Catchy Name for a Rotten Program (1950), Texas Racists Throw the Book at Student Protesters (1960)

The US singer-songwriter, who has died at 97, encountered Louis Armstrong and more as she championed civil rights as much as music. In her final interview conducted last week, she explained why she was still angry.

Son of legendary San Franciscans left luminaries, Vincent and Vivian Hallinan, Conn, popularly known to multitude of friends as “Ringo,” carved his own reputation as an activist, journalist, prolific columnist on world affairs, educator, and novelist