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Audio: Soldiers Question War – Feb 1968

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REPORT FROM FT. JACKSON, SOUTH CAROLINA. Documentary from interviews of soldiers who question American policy in Vietnam. – BROADCAST: WBAI, 26 Feb. 1968. (42 min.)…

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Audio: Martin Luther King Jr. on Vietnam 1967 -68

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1) Beyond Vietnam: Martin Luther King Jr: “Tonight, however, I wish not to speak with Hanoi and the NLF, but rather to my fellow Americans who, with me, bear the greatest responsibility in ending a conflict that has exacted a heavy price on both continents… Listen>>

2) Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam:

“And you may not know it, my friends, but it is estimated that we spend $500,000 to kill each enemy soldier, while we spend only fifty-three dollars for each person classified as poor, and much of that fifty-three dollars goes for salaries to people that are not poor. So I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor, and attack it as such….Listen>>

3) Martin Luther King at Santa Rita: King’s speech at a demonstration supporting anti-war activitists imprisoned at the Santa Rita rehabilitation center. RECORDED: Santa Rita, California, 14 Jan. 1968. BROADCAST: KPFA, 15 Jan. 1968. (23 min)…Listen>>

4) MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ARTS CONCERNED WITH VIETNAM : BENEFIT FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING. James Baldwin comments before Dr. King’s final speech in Los Angeles, followed by the speech itself. Recorded in a Beverly Hills, California home, 16 Mar. 1968. – CONTENT: pt.1. James Baldwin’s comments (6 min.) — pt.2. Martin Luther King, Jr. speech (31 min.). – RECORDED: from the audience, 16 Mar. 1968. BROADCAST: KPFK, 4 Apr. 1968… Listen>>

Audio: IF Stone On Vietnam 1965

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American ground troops had been in Vietnam for only a couple of months, but they represented a significant escalation in the history of the war. Listen to IF Stone’s speech at the Vietnam Teach-in, Berkeley, California on May 21, 1965….

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The Binh Xuyen: Order and Opium in Saigon

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In 1950 the CIA’s Colonel Lansdale reported that:

“The Binh Xuyen were participating in one of the world’s major arteries of the dope traffic, helping move the prize opium crops out of Laos and South China. The profits were so huge that Bao Dai’s tiny cut was ample to keep him in yachts, villas, and other comforts in France.”… More>>