I just learned that my friend Howard Zinn died today. Earlier this morning, I was being interviewed by the Boston Phoenix, in connection with the release in Boston February of a documentary in which he is featured prominently. The interviewer asked me who my own heroes were, and I had no hesitation in answering, first, “Howard Zinn.” [More. . .]
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“Coercive Diplomacy” in the Light of Vietnam written November 9, 1970. An analysis of the Rolling Thunder bombing campaign against North Vietnam as an experiment in coercion, wrongly inspired by Kennedy’s successful threats in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Daniel Ellsberg speaks with Matthew Hoh about Afghanistan on BraveNewConversations.Net
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Daniel Ellsberg interviewed by Barry Shainbaum
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[Interviews and videos of Daniel Ellsberg on Vietnam/Afghanistan parallels posted on The Real News Network]
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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers premieres in the US today, 9/16/09 at Film Forum in NYC (it will remain at Film Forum for a 2-week run)
It premieres in LA on 9/23/09 here.
Here are press reviews: [More. . .]
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by Ann Beeson
Originally published in the Huffington Post
John Dean was counsel to President Nixon for 1,000 days and the government’s key witness in the Watergate trials. Both men played crucial, personal roles in the abuse of executive power during the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal, and both later blew the whistle with brutal honesty to expose the sordid actions of our national leaders during these crises. [More. . .]
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