Tag Archives: Vietnam

Larry Ray : Killing and Dying in Vietraqistan

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Vietraqistan:One, two, three, four…What are we fighting for? By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2010 “We have shot an amazing number of people, but to my knowledge, none has … Continue reading →

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To Catch a Spy : The Story of George the Snitch

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Dennis the Menace from The Comics Curmudgeon.To catch a spy II:A short history of one snitch By Richard Lee / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2010 [The Rag Blog published an article by Lisa Fithian about acknowledged FBI informant … Continue reading →

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Mr. Fish : A Conversation with Graham Nash

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Above, Crosby, Stills and Nash at Atlantic City in 2009. Photo from Vicarious Music. Below, Graham Nash. Photo from last.fm.A Conversation With Graham Nash:Vietnam, Diane Arbus, and Green DayBy Mr. Fish / April 6, 2010 “They got guns, we got … Continue reading →

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Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn : Bringing the War Home, 1970

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

News photo taken March 6, 1970, of the New York Fire Department responding to an explosion at an upscale Greenwich Village townhouse. Image from Wikipedia.Bringing the war home: 1970-2010 Eventually we came to think that we could make a revolution, … Continue reading →

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Duh! Glenn Beck Discovers Springsteen’s a Pinko

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Glenn Beck finally listens to‘Born in the USA’ — and freaksBy Jason Linkins / March 12, 2010 You wouldn’t think this was possible, but Glenn Beck had apparently never actually sat down and listened to Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The … Continue reading →

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Tom Hayden : Obama is ‘Kicking the Can’ on Afghanistan

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Kicking the can. Image from Oskar Rough.Obama’s Afghanistan policy:Playing to the imaginary center Like President Johnson before him, President Obama is squandering any hope for his progressive domestic agenda by this tragic escalation of the war. By Tom Hayden / … Continue reading →

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Life During Wartime : The Great Society

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThanks to Dr. S.R. Keister /The Rag Blog

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Fort Hood and the Prophetic ‘IF’

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

These battle-weary troops from the 1st Air Cav had just staged a “combat refusal” at the PACE firebase in Vietnam. There were also countless instances of “fragging” against officers by Vietnam GI’s. Photo from NAM – The Story of the … Continue reading →

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Mariann G. Wizard : Ft. Holabird Haiku

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Still life of toy soldiers. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, Jan 01, 1937 / Time and Life Pictures / Getty Images Ft. Holabird Haiku See the soldiers, row on row,green leaves on trees —beware defoliant! Vietnam had soldiers too,green boys in … Continue reading →

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Hey Obama : Ride ’em Cowboy!

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

C’mon Obama,Let’s have a real buildup in Afghanistan! Barack Obama told the nation/‘Have no fear of escalation/I am trying everyone to please…’(With apologies to Tom Paxton) By Richard Lee / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2009 To Barack Obama: … Continue reading →

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Matthew Hoh and Vietnamistan : Déjà vu all Over Again

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

A bright and shining lie:Hoh’s Afghanistan and John Paul Vann’s VietnamBy Richard Lee / The Rag Blog / November 8, 2009 I just got a copy of diplomat Matthew Hoh’s resignation letter from a friend in Canada. I don’t get … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Legitimacy Crisis and the Vietnam Syndrome

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Public suspicion of government on the rise:The return of the Vietnam Syndrome By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / November 3, 2009 I teach a course on United States foreign policy. I was just finishing up a discussion of … Continue reading →

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