Category Archives: Vietnam War

Nixon White House tapes

Posted on July 14, 2019 by

“The Nixon White House tapes are audio recordings of conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and Nixon administration officials, Nixon family members, and White House staff, produced between 1971 and 1973.  In February 1971, a sound-activated taping system was installed … Continue reading →

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The Vietnam War Was Already Lost, but I Had to Go Anyway

Posted on July 12, 2019 by

Incoming troops at the Bien Hoa Air Base near Saigon. June 1969 “In the summer of 1969, the first American troops were withdrawn from Vietnam. Their war was over, but mine was just beginning. The previous November, Richard M. Nixon … Continue reading →

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The First Contact Sheet of the Counterculture

Posted on July 11, 2019 by

“It was a typical Village Voice front page from 1967: Over the left two columns, a street portrait of the ‘dean of American pacifists,’ A.J. Muste; over the right two, an action shot of police arresting Charlotte Moorman, the Juilliard-trained … Continue reading →

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Roz Payne

Posted on June 27, 2019 by

“Roz Payne was born in Patterson, New Jersey, and grew up in a political household. Her mom, Edith Berkman, was of Jewish and Polish descent and a Communist labor organizer. She was arrested during the Lawrence, Massachusetts, textile strike in … Continue reading →

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The turning point: 1968

Posted on June 21, 2019 by

President Johnson reviews reports from Khe Sanh in the White House situation room “It was February 5, 1968, and Washington Star reporter Jack Horner had an angry President Lyndon Johnson on the phone. Johnson liked Horner and was willing to … Continue reading →

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Black skin, white ally

Posted on June 18, 2019 by

Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul at the 6th Anniversary of Founding of Communist China in Beijing. “Few European intellectuals concerned themselves with the dissolution of the imperial projects across the Global South in the mid-20th century; even fewer advocated outright … Continue reading →

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Willy and the Poor Boys – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)

Posted on June 17, 2019 by

“Willy and the Poor Boys is the fourth studio album American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records in November 1969, and was the last of three studio albums that the band released in that year. The album … Continue reading →

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