E10: The GI resistance in Vietnam, part 1
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Description
During the later years of the Vietnam war, a little-known but powerful rebellion developed within the ranks of the US forces. In this two-part episode, we talk about the GI...
show moreThis article gives a good general overview of the GI resistance movement: https://libcom.org/history/1961-1973-gi-resistance-in-the-vietnam-war
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This is our short video history of the movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzhM9eDoM80
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FOOTNOTES
– Vietnam: the collapse of the armed forces by Marine Colonel Robert D Heinl Jr: https://libcom.org/history/vietnam-collapse-armed-forces
– USS Constellation mutiny: more information about that in this article https://libcom.org/history/1961-1973-gi-resistance-in-the-vietnam-war
– USS Columbia Eagle mutiny: https://libcom.org/history/ss-columbia-eagle-mutiny-1970-steven-johns
– The class war at home: check out our episode 8 (currently a patreon exclusive at time of publishing) for more about class struggle in the US at the time: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
– This is a workers' whistleblowing guide: https://libcom.org/organise/workplace/articles/whistle-blowing.php
– This is a workers' working to rule guide: https://libcom.org/organise/workplace/articles/work-to-rule.php
– This personal account of the movement has info about "search and avoid": https://libcom.org/history/aint-marchin-anymore-gis-revolt-vietnam-dave-blalock
– The Bravo Company mutiny: https://libcom.org/history/gi-revolts-breakdown-us-army-vietnam
– The Presidio mutiny: https://libcom.org/history/presidio-mutiny-1968-randy-rowland
MORE INFORMATION
– This is a short history of the war by Howard Zinn: https://libcom.org/history/articles/vietnam-war
– GI resistance photo gallery: https://libcom.org/gallery/gi-resistance-vietnam-war
– Check out the excellent documentary, Sir, No Sir!: https://www.amazon.com/Sir-No-Suppressed-Movement-Vietnam/dp/B000IB0DE4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
– This episode was edited by Stephanie Hydal for editing this episode: http://www.stephaniehydal.com/portfolio/
Full acknowledgements including music and sound effects here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e10-the-gi-resistance-in-vietnam-part-1/
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