1968/2008

The President Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum in Austin Texas is releasing over 600 hours of tapes from throughout 1968, LBJs last year in office. He comments candidly on the war in Vietnam and about the police riots in Chicago. More news here.

There are too many comparisons between Vietnam and Iraq/1968 and 2008 to count (Even though we are trying to track many of them here). This is a little compilation of several articles and blog posts that directly attempt to link the two wars.

Here a pro-military blog attempts to reflect on the connections between the […]

In 1968, fury at the Vietnam war sparked protests and uprisings across the world: from Paris and Prague to Mexico. Tariq Ali considers the legacy 40 years on here in the Guardian.

Here is a round up of articles on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the My Lai Massacre by US Military Officers in Vietnam.

U.S. veterans, Japanese mark 1968 Vietnam massacre
My Lai Massacre in Vietnam Happened 40 Years Ago this Weekend
My Lai: Legacy of a massacre (with archived audio from the BBC’s “My Lai Tapes”
Democracy […]