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Cora was a champion of the United Nations and its mission to advance peace and women’s rights. She insisted that we at IPS name programs in positive terms with “what we’re for”: peace, disarmament, internationalism, women’s rights, the common good.

Vietnam’s Slippery Slope (1950), History-Changing Hurricane (1780), Saying ‘No’ to Real Un-Americans (1960), Live, from New York! (1975), The Army Against Civilians Isn’t New (1925), Deer Island or Devil’s Island? (1675), She Sure Had Rhythm! (1930)

How does an antifascism movement halt and reverse the expansion of Trumpism? Perhaps the U.S. antiwar movement of 1965-75 offers some clues. After all, it caused two elected presidents to give up the presidency.

Ever Try to Throw a Rock 85 Yards? (1970), Vietnam Stands Up to U.S. Bombs (1965), Big Win for Civil Disobedience (1960), Nazis Are Like Pirates (1935), Ink-Stained Wretches’ Safety Net (1935), The Road to Hell (1965), Genocide, Texas-Style (1910)

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...”

Resistance anywhere builds resistance everywhere

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

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

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