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Pro-Palestinian Student Protests against Israel Have Echoes of Vietnam and Apartheid

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Pro-Palestinian student protests against Israel’s genocidal rampage in Gaza are erupting on college campuses across America. The unfolding scenes echo the most notorious student protests in US history: the anti-Vietnam protests of the late 1960s and the anti-apartheid protests of the mid-1980s. However, I submit that there’s greater resonance between these protests and the anti-apartheid protest. Even… Read more.

The Pentagon Papers 50 Years Later…

Monday, June 14, 2021 at 6:59 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The New York Times has spent the past week marking the 50th anniversary of its publication of the Pentagon Papers. Those documents exposed the lies the US government repeatedly told the American people about the Vietnam War. Here is an excerpt from a commemorative report on June 9: __________ Daniel Ellsberg, an analyst on the… Read more.

Friday Will Effectively Mark The End of America’s 20-Year War in Afghanistan

Monday, January 11, 2021 at 8:41 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Every dog has its day. And so, out of the ashes of the insurrection he incited last week, President  Trump will have his this week. Because he will finally withdraw US troops from Afghanistan down to a level that former President Obama promised he would do over a decade ago. __________ We don’t have to… Read more.

Hey People, Covid-19 Is to Vietnam like Apple Is to Broccoli. So Stop It!

Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 11:51 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

People of all stripes have been on media of all types this week marking the following Covid-19 milestone: As of Tuesday evening, there are more than 1,012,000 people in the United States who have or have had the virus, according to a tally from health officials by Johns Hopkins University. At least 58,356 people have died. A… Read more.