Geography Archives: Vietnam

Reflections on Vietnam’s revolutionary reunification, post-war recovery, and socialist transformation–highlighting the enduring legacy of resistance and the challenges of building a sovereign economy.

Part 1. On the Courage to Remember The first demonstration I ever went on was at the age of twelve, against the Vietnam War. The first formal history lesson I received came a few months later, when I commenced high school. That day the old history master, Mr. Griffiths, chalked what I later learned was […]

It’s a historic anniversary that the U.S. ruling class and its allies around the world wish we would forget.

Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnam’s premier from 1954 to 1963, was a Cold War version of Volodymyr Zelensky, an American-subsidized ruler who was fawned upon by leading U.S. politicians and the U.S. media despite causing the ruin of his own country.

In the post-World War II period, Britain waged a number of covert wars in every corner of the world, as its financial and military clout rapidly withered.

“As such, it was necessary to engage authorities in Namibia on issues of concern to ensure our decisions and actions domestically are aligned with our obligations in terms of international law and our policy stance of many years on Palestine.”

[Britannica’s revisionist] distortions of the history of the Vietnamese struggle are just as radical and just as misleading [as those about the Soviet Union]. Here we may draw some valuable lessons about the hidden content of form: how apparently neutral principles of organization may shape meaning.

H. Bruce Franklin, who was deeply involved in the movement against the Vietnam War, died earlier this month.

To understand the growing support within union ranks for an end to unconditional U.S. military and financial support for Israel in its conduct of a brutal war, it is important to look back at the legacy to which the UAW statements refer.

The activist will forever be remembered for her dedication and support of Vietnam-U.S. relations.

Most Americans Don’t Know About the Real Patriots Who Opposed the Nation’s Forever Wars Going Back to the 19th Century.

From 1964 to 1973, the United States released 6,162,000 tons of bombs and other ordnance in Indochina, far greater than the combined amount during the Second World War and the Korean War.

The death of South Korean dictator Chun Doo Hwan signals the consolidation of a false media narrative that is misleading and dangerous.

It would be impossible to summarise the remarkable political and intellectual life of Staughton Lynd, who died this last November 17th at the age of 92.

The U.S., Vietnam and Cuba were hit by category 4 hurricane and typhoon at the same time but the way Vietnam and Cuba deal with the natural disaster is very different from the U.S.

The New York Times is going full-bore for war in Ukraine. It is difficult to explain the yellow journalism, but the so-called “paper of record” did the same thing on Vietnam.

There’s a saying that “the victor writes history”. Standing in the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the question arises: Who wrote the history of the Vietnam War we were taught in Australia?

The Vietnam War (1955-1975) is known to the Vietnamese as the “American War,” or the “War Against the Americans to Save the Nation.”

Unlike the agreements entered into by Western multinational corporations such as Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, the Cuba-Vietnam agreement sets a precedent of solidarity and prioritizes people’s health over business profits.

The 13th national congress of Vietnam’s ruling communist party, which began in Hanoi on Monday is an event of exceptional significance for the country’s internal politics and future trajectory of development, regional politics and the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific.