Issue 379 - October 2007
Parallels between the US Wars in Iraq and Vietnam
- Manifesto for Democracy in Vietnam
- Vietnamese Dissidents
- Remembering Grace Paley & the Women's Pentagon Action
In This Issue
| From the Editor's Desk | ||
| "Credibility" Kills: Vietnam, Iraq, and Excuses for Prolonging War | Government policymakers care about military "credibility,"not the people of Southeast Asia -- or Iraq. | |
| Origins of US Wars in Iraq and Vietnam | "I'm often asked whether there aren't big differences between the Iraq War and Vietnam. And I'm always quick to say, of course, there are differences. In Iraq, it's a dry heat. And the language that none of our troops or diplomats speak is Arabic rather than Vietnamese." -Daniel Ellsberg | |
| A Senator Exhorts: De-fund the War | They will some day curse us for our pitiful willingness to let the Executive carry the burden that the Constitution places on us. | |
| Congress Can Stop the Iraq War | Congress does not have to pass legislation to bring an end to the war in Iraq -- it simply has to block passage of any bill that would continue to fund the war. | |
| Iraq Moratorium: No Business as Usual | On the third Friday of every month, protests across the USA. | |
| A Case for Impeachment of President Bush | Impeachment is a vital protection against evisceration of the balance of power among the three branches of government. | |
| Impeachment: A Check on Presidents Swollen with Power | I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution. | |
| Bringing the War Home Justice for Vietnam's Agent Orange Victims | The news was devastating. Two weeks after a successful speaking tour of the US in June 2007, two of the Vietnamese Agent Orange victims on the delegation were dead. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong and Mr. Nguyen Van Quy, suffering respectively from terminal breast and stomach cancer, had come to share their stories with the people of the US. | |
| Looking for Resistance, Reconciliation, & Di An: a US Veteran in Vietnam | I was pleased to travel in a Viet Nam not under military attack by a foreign power. | |
| Manifesto for Democracy in Vietnam | The one-party political regime must be buried, once and for all, in the dustbin of history. | |
| Released from Vietnamese Prison After 26 Years, Buddhist Monk Reissues Call for Democracy | The prison authorities never informed Thich Thien Minh's family. His brother thought he had died in the camp. | |
| Vietnamese Lawyer Jailed for Union Advocacy | The state-owned union is not interested in organizing strikes. When workers initiate strikes, they're classified as illegal. | |
| Nike Supplier Closes Unionized Factory, Shifts Work to Vietnam | On February 22, 2007, the unionized BJ&B garment factory in the Dominican Republic suddenly announced that it was closing and would lay off all workers. The owners of the factory are shifting the work to Vietnam, where independent unions are banned, and possibly to Bangladesh, where unions are banned in "export processing zones." | |
| Is Social Justice on Halloween a Cruel Trick? Make it a Treat! | ||
| Candles in Babylon | ||
| Bend In The River | ||
| A Woman for Life on Earth: Grace Paley | Grace was a quiet thoughtful leader who found the right words. | |
| Women's Pentagon Action Unity Statement | We have come here to mourn and rage and defy the Pentagon. | |
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