Tag Archives: Cambodia

The Secret War That Transformed the CIA

Posted on December 1, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

American helicopters land at Khe Sanh base, on the Laos border on February 1, 1971. “If you work at it, you can make a case that Americans fought on the right side in Vietnam. There is an argument — not … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Godard’s ‘Tout Va Bien,’ a manifesto for post-1968 class struggle

Posted on September 2, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Starring a newly radicalized Jane Fonda, Jean-Luc Godard’s masterpiece of radical cinema documented a workers strike at a French sausage factory, and revealed the stratification of the leftist movement. Is revolution impossible? Movements like March for Our Lives and #metoo … Continue reading →

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The ‘Hard Hat Riot’ Was a Preview of Today’s Political Divisions

Posted on May 12, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Lower Manhattan, New York City, 8th May 1970. Workers mobilised by their labour union later attacked the student demonstrators in what became known as the Hard Hat Riot. “This was something genuinely new, and raw. Even jaded viewers tuning in … Continue reading →

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Russell Tribunal

Posted on April 17, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Nine-year-old Do Van Ngoc exhibits injuries from napalm in Vietnam. “The Russell Tribunal, also known as the International War Crimes Tribunal, Russell-Sartre Tribunal, or Stockholm Tribunal, was a private People’s Tribunal organised in 1966 by Bertrand Russell, British philosopher and … Continue reading →

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Richard Nixon’s visit to the Lincoln Memorial

Posted on December 29, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In the early hours of May 9, 1970, President Richard Nixon made an unplanned visit to the Lincoln Memorial where he spoke with anti-war protestors and students for almost two hours. The protestors were conducting a vigil in protest of … Continue reading →

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The Fantasy World of US Empire

Posted on December 7, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

American helicopters hover above armed U.S. soldiers, preparing to lift them from combat back to their base in Tay Ninh. “In US social memory, the Vietnam War is typically imagined to have been a civil war between two sides: South … Continue reading →

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Vietnam, Vietnam – Pete Hamill (April 1985)

Posted on September 9, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Sometimes, in odd places, it all comes back. You are walking a summer beach, stepping around oiled bodies, hearing only the steady growl of the sea. Suddenly, from over the horizon, you hear the phwuk-phwuk-phwuk of rotor blades and for … Continue reading →

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The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam by Christopher Goscha – review

Posted on September 2, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

A destroyed French tank and an aircraft propeller that are still kept as war relics in the Dien Bien Phu valley. “In 40 years, the relationship between the United States and Vietnam has swung about as widely as is possible … Continue reading →

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Nixon Doctrine

Posted on July 26, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Nixon Doctrine, also known as the Guam Doctrine, was put forth during a press conference in Guam on July 25, 1969 by President of the United States Richard Nixon and later formalized in his speech on Vietnamization of the … Continue reading →

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Student protest

Posted on July 25, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Harvard Strike – Over the span of two weeks in April of 1969, Harvard students who were diametrically opposed to the Vietnam War and its Reserve Officers’ Training Corps presence on campus kicked up a string of demonstrations. “Student protest … Continue reading →

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