Ron Kovic: From Vietnam’s Horror to a Lifelong Fight Against the Madness of War
Joshua Scheer Ron Kovic’s life is more than a story about Vietnam — it is a brutal indictment of the machinery of war itself. A young man raised on Hollywood…
Conscription and the Politics of Shared Sacrifice
In a recent article published by investigative journalist Dave Lindorff on his substack ThisCantBeHappening! offers a forceful argument that the political detachment many Americans display toward war is rooted in…
Coretta Scott King Publicly Opposed Vietnam War Before MLK — and Urged Him to Follow
Coretta Scott King’s vision shaped MLK’s politics and the broader freedom struggle, says historian Jeanne Theoharis. By Jesse Hagopian for Truthout As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids schools, states…
Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims Remain Uncompensated. Tlaib Aims to Change That
Vietnamese and US descendants of those exposed to Agent Orange continue to face diseases and congenital anomalies.
The Fall of Saigon, 50 Years Later (w/ Ray McGovern)
In this episode of the Ray and Bob Show, Robert Scheer and CIA veteran Ray McGovern discuss the fall of Saigon on its fifty year anniversary.
Missing Links in Textbook History: Opposition to War Part 3, Vietnam
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost This is the third part of my exploration of how high school American History textbooks describe American wars and the opposition to them.…
Ron Kovic: “A Dangerous Country: An American Elegy”
Famed author’s excerpts from his Vietnam War trilogy’s just-published conclusion
Patrick Lawrence: Ðiên Biên Phú at 70
How did the Vietnamese prevail at that world-historical moment? The answers shed light on the world we see outside our windows now.
The Chris Hedges Report: Remembering Staughton Lynd’s Life of Defiance
Alice Lynd and Luke Stewart recall the life of historian, lawyer, and activist Staughton Lynd, whose writings and speeches on the Vietnam War were recently published in a collection called…
Missing Links in Textbook History: The Roots of the American War in Vietnam
Jim Mamer continues his series deconstructing the flaws in American history taught in high school classrooms, this time tackling the Vietnam War.