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The Fog of War

Dennis Normile Science
Fifty years after the Vietnam War, researchers are still struggling to document the long-term health effects of the massive spraying of Agent Orange and other herbicides

A Chorus of Defiance

David Cortright Boston Review
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the of World War II on the European continent. This week is also fifty years after the Vietnam War’s end. What are the lessons for today from the peace movement on mobilizing resistance

Tidbits – May 8- Reader Comments: 50 Years After Vietnam War End; Largest May Day in US; Birth Rates Falling; Israel War Cabinet Approved Plan To Seize Entire Gaza Strip; “It’s Time” People’s Peace Summit of Palestinians and Jews in Jerusalem; More

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Reader Comments: 50 Years After Vietnam War' End; Largest May Day in US; Birth Rates Falling; Israel War Cabinet approved plan to seize entire Gaza Strip; “It’s Time” People’s Peace Summit of Palestinians and Jews in Jerusalem and 15 cities worldwide

US Defeat in Vietnam

Michael G. Vann Jacobin
The US invasion of Vietnam was a catastrophe for the Vietnamese people, resulting in millions of deaths. Fifty years ago today, the US-backed regime finally collapsed as North Vietnamese forces took control of Saigon.

A Willful Amnesia

E. Ethelbert Miller Washington Spectator
This refusal to learn is the shadow of the Vietnam War that hangs over us now as our nation appears to be losing its soul and the Trump regime demonstrates not only how to ignore history but how to erase it, as if it’s an easily edited website.

Friday Nite Videos | May 2, 2025

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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.

Why April 30th Should Be a National Holiday

Michael Moore michaelmoore.com
Fifty years ago today, on April 30, 1975, Vietnam defeated the United States of America. We have never admitted our guilt in our Southeast Asian genocide, never apologized, never shown a speck of remorse, never made any reparations
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