Tag Index: Vietnam War

Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organising in Radical Times

Type: Book Review
Amy Sonnie and James Tracey | Melville House | 2011 | Book Type:
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The history of radical 'White' activism in the 1960s and 70s in the USA is dominated by the the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a large organisation which was very influential in the creation of what is known as the 'New Left'. Much has been written about their activities in the Universities particularly around resistance to the Vietnam... More →

Sir! No Sir!

Type: Event
Date:
With: Roger Ball,
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Roger introduces the film Sir! No Sir! shown by Bristol Indymedia at the Cube Cinema Bristol. The talk discusses the ways in which the Vietnam War was resisted internally and the impact that has had since on warfare in general.http://www.sirnosir.com/ link to the films website.Bristol Radical History Group: http://www.brh.org.uk/Since 2006... More →

The Anti-Vietnam War Movement

Type: Event
Date:
With: Mike Levine, Roger Ball,
Life Before Thatcher
The student rebellion in America in 1968 was fuelled by revulsion against the Vietnam War. It gave momentum to previously existing anti-nuclear and anti-racist movements on the campuses. The difference between the anti-war movement then and now is that the students were being drafted to serve as junior officers in Vietnam. Mike Levine provides an... More →

Sir No Sir

Type: News
Monday 2nd March 2009 8pm @ Cube Cinema, Stokes Croft, Bristol. Bristol Indymedia Film Night: Sir! No Sir! Introduced by Bristol Radical History Group Entry £3/£4 (but nobody refused entry for a lack of funds.) "Super Troopers: A Vietnam War doc with powerful contemporary parallels" - Bill Gallo, The Village Voice Mass desertions!... More →
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