Category Archives: Vietnam War
Kent State survivors seek new probe of 1970 shootings
Note: Forty-two years ago today, US National Guardsmen opened fire on unarmed students at Kent State University who were protesting the Vietnam War and its expansion into neighboring Cambodia. Four were killed and nine wounded. Justice has never been served … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Climate Change, Jefferson Airplane, Political Repression, Vietnam War
April Photo of the Month: Kent State Massacre Protests in 1972
Orin Langelle is co-founder of Global Justice Ecology Project and Board Chair. He has been shooting photos of the movement for social change for forty years. Langelle’s first professional photo assignment (St. Louis Outlaw) was covering the 1972 Republican National … Continue reading
“Blood on the Tracks”: Brian Willson’s Memoir of Transformation from Vietnam Vet to Radical Pacifist from Democracy Now!
Note: Waking up this morning to Brian Willson being interviewed on Democracy Now! had great meaning for me. Many years ago, around 1996 or so, I received a letter from Brian urging that the group I then worked with, Native … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, politics, Vietnam War
Herbicide Resistant ‘Superweeds’ Revive an Old, Highly Toxic Herbicide : 2,4,D (Remember Agent Orange?)
Note: As we and other activists fighting to stop the use of genetically engineered crops predicted long ago by , the vast increase in the amount of RoundUp herbicide that accompanied the introduction of “RoundUp Ready” GMO crops has led to … Continue reading
Filed under Biodiversity, Climate Change, Genetic Engineering, Pollution, Vietnam War
Ten Years After: Commentary and Video–9/11, Another Perspective
By Orin Langelle Yes, it’s ten years after 9/11. And this video is not about the twin towers. I’m not going into any conspiracy theories, nor am I going to wave the flag. Something terrible happened ten years ago; that’s … Continue reading
Filed under 9-11, Climate Change, Jefferson Airplane, Pollution, Ten Years After, Videos, Vietnam War
