PBS documentary distorts story of fight against Vietnam War

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023

“The Movement and the ‘Madman,’” a new PBS documentary, offers a version of the movement against the Vietnam War in 1969 that blames President Richard Nixon for the war and plays up the role of the Democratic Party that year…


Peace protesters get ‘Militant,’ discuss unions, war in Ukraine

Vol. 87/No. 13 - April 3, 2023
Navy veteran Tanesha Stebb subscribes to Militant after discussion with SWP member Willie Cotton at March 18 peace protest in Washington; 11 subscriptions and 18 books were sold

WASHINGTON — Socialist Workers Party members found interest in the party’s program and activities when they campaigned at a March 18 “Fund people’s needs, not the war machine” protest across from the White House.   The action was called by…


Mass anti-Vietnam War protests changed face of US politics

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022
United Auto Workers contingent in May 5, 1971, mass demonstration in New York. Many workers, then some unions, became involved in fight against Washington’s war in Indochina.

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for August is Out Now! A Participant’s Account of the Movement in the U.S. Against the Vietnam War by Fred Halstead. Representing the Socialist Workers Party, Halstead helped lead the international protest movement.…


How US combat troops turned against the Vietnam War

Vol. 84/No. 48 - December 7, 2020
Over 500 active-duty GIs joined San Francisco protest against Washington’s war in Vietnam, Oct. 12, 1968. GI opposition to the war, disintegrating morale was a key factor in U.S. defeat.

Out Now by Fred Halstead is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November. Halstead, an active participant in and leader of the international movement against the U.S. war in Vietnam, visited and talked with GIs at a U.S.…


How fight to end Vietnam War transformed politics in US

Vol. 82/No. 42 - November 12, 2018
Vietnam War veterans march from Morristown, New Jersey, to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Sept. 4-7, 1970, to oppose Washington’s Indochina War, demand all GIs be brought home now.

Below is an excerpt from Out Now! A Participant’s Account of the Movement in the U.S. Against the Vietnam War by Fred Halstead. It is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November. The book describes how this growing…