Monthly Archives: February 2017
SNCC Position Paper: On Vietnam
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Position Paper: On Vietnam The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee has a right and a responsibility to dissent with United States foreign policy on any issue when it sees fit. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee now states its opposition to the United States’ involvement in Vietnam on these grounds: We believe the […] Continue reading
A Veteran Speaks Against the War (1971)
Bob Muller, Vietnam Veterans Against the WarPresented at a meeting of the Student Assembly of Columbia University Student Assembly, July 23, 1971. Vietnam is something you have to experience firsthand to believe. I know I didn’t believe what anybody told me about Vietnam before I went; it was something I had to go through myself. […] Continue reading
Vietnam Veterans Against the War (1971)
Vietnam Veterans Against the WarStatement by John Kerry to the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations April 23, 1971 I would like to talk on behalf of all those veterans and say that several months ago in Detroit we had an investigation at which over 150 honorably discharged, and many very highly decorated, veterans testified to […] Continue reading
Young Lords Party: 13-Point Program and Platform
The Young Lords Party is a Revolutionary Political Party Fighting for the Liberation of All Oppressed People 1. We want self-determination for Puerto Ricans–Liberation of the Island and inside the United States. For 500 years, first spain and then united states have colonized our country. Billions of dollars in profits leave our country for the […] Continue reading
5,500 US Soldiers Go AWOL from Iraq War – Many Go to Canada (2004)
History once again repeats itself as 60 Minutes recently reported that 5,500 US soldiers have deserted their posts since the Iraq war began. Many of those have turned up in Canada seeking asylum. During the Vietnam war, tens of thousands of Americans who were drafted fled to Canada to avoid serving in a war they […] Continue reading
A Trip Through the Sixties – The Black Power Movement
Black Power Malcolm X You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. – Malcolm X Many black people felt the civil rights movement was achieving the economic, social and political liberation of the race. Some of them, more radical, were disgusted with the slow pace […] Continue reading
The Black Revolution: Speech by Malcolm X (1963)
The Black Revolution Malcolm X Dr. Powell, distinguished guests, brothers and sisters, friends, and even our enemies. As a follower and minister of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, who is the Messenger of Allah to the American so-called Negro, I am very happy to accept Dr. Powell’s invitation to be here this evening at the Abyssinian […] Continue reading
The Basis of Black Power (SNCC)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Position Paper: The Basis of Black Power The myth that the Negro is somehow incapable of liberating himself, is lazy, etc., came out of the American experience. In the books that children read, whites are always good (good symbols are white), blacks are evil or seen as savages in movies, their […] Continue reading
Letter From Japanese Right Winger
Dear Sir/Miss/Madam, Hello. I am a member of a Japanese right wing group, WAKONJUKU, but I just wanted to say that I believe in many of the things that you stand for and I agree with most of you who believe that the goal of peace is the answer to many of the problems that […] Continue reading
PTA Prez Appalled!
I am appauled at the drug content posters you have on your site. I used to love looking through your site. I found your hideous collection of non-funny posters as I was surfing the web for anti-drug posters for my sons elementary school’s Red Ribbon Week. I will never buy anything from your site and […] Continue reading