Tag: vietnam
Reflecting on the Legacy of Congressman Ron Dellums: A True People’s Warrior
Ron Dellums was first elected to Congress in 1971, when he stood with the Panthers. Then the Marine veteran launched a Vietnam war crimes investigation and was singularly responsible for legal sanctions against South Africa….
50 Years Ago: As World Watched, Chicago Police Attacked Protesters at ’68 Democratic Convention
Mayor Richard Daley unleashed a brutal police attack on anti-Vietnam war protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. We discuss the story’s deeper implications for that moment and for today’s world with William…
Col. Wilkerson: US Would Face a Unified Venezuelan Military in an Armed Intervention
Col. Larry Wilkerson describes the limits of a ‘gringo invasion’ and warns of repeating the failures of Vietnam and Iraq Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content…
Daniel Ellsberg on the Release of the “Top Secret†Pentagon Papers
On the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg describes the tension waiting for the publishing of the story: “The Times was on lock down with armed guards.. they were fearing…
The Chris Hedges Report: Soldiers speak out against America’s misguided wars
We are not a good and virtuous nation. God does not bless us above other nations. Victory is not assured. War is not noble and uplifting. The clash between the reality of combat and the…
The Chris Hedges Report: America’s dangerous leaders with Andrew Bacevich
Retired Army Colonel Andrew Bacevich argues America’s leaders are woefully out of touch with reality, and unable to adapt to a changing world. Unless they are wrenched from power, the twilight of the American empire…
College used to be affordable. What happened? w/Ellen Schrecker | The Chris Hedges Report
The 1960s were a decade of intellectual and political ferment on college campuses. Anti-war, feminist, and racial justice movements all found a foothold in higher education, with student activists often playing a pivotal role in…
Bidding farewell to the American century | The Chris Hedges Report
Like Cicero in the Roman Republic, there are always a handful of chroniclers who can see and articulate clearly the social, cultural, and political realities of empires in terminal decline. They call out the bankruptcy…
‘My Country Is the World’ opposing the Vietnam War and Jim Crow | The Chris Hedges Report
The radicalism of the 1960s did not fall from the sky—it was built by the uncommon bravery of common people. One of those people was Staughton Lynd, a professor who accompanied movements for justice as…
