Tag Archives: Vietnam War

Audio: Which Direction for the Left in 1968

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Recorded: 1 Dec. 1967. Michael Schon and Dorothy Healey discuss potentials for New Left politics in the 1968 elections… Listen>>

Audio: The Fall Of South Vietnam

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A leading Vietnam War scholar, Willbanks will discuss the Paris Peace Accords, the “Cease-Fire War,” the repercussions from the resignation of President Richard Nixon, the North Vietnamese decision to launch a general offensive, and the strong disagreements in the United States over whether or not to aid the government of Nguyen Van Thieu

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Audio: How Are You Doing in Vietnam?

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An Army pilot from Douglas, Wyoming is sent to Vietnam in 1967 leaving behind a wife and three young children. Capt. William B. Graves buys a tape recorder and sends audio tapes back to his family. As well, they record tapes of their own and send them to him…

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Audio: 1968 Columbia University Student Strike

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Students at Columbia University intensified the anti-Vietnam War movement on April 23, 1968 by starting a revolt against the school administration seizing campus buildings and barricading themselves for days. Eventually the police moved in with military-style force, injuring 140 and arresting more than 700 participants…

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Radicalization at Columbia University 1968

The Columbia University Strike

Mark Rudd Interview

Columbia Rally – May 1968

Columbia Revolt – part 1 (video)

Columbia Revolt – part 2 (video)

White Response to Urban Riots – Columbia. April 1968