Tag: history
50 years after the ‘fall’ of Saigon – from triumph to Trump
Part Three of a three-part Solidarity series.
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
30 April 1975. Saigon Fell, Vietnam Rose. The story of Vietnam after the US fled...
The fall of Saigon 1975 – The Quiet Mutiny and US army falls apart
Part Two of the three-part Solidarity’s Vietnam War series: The folly of imperial war
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Vietnam is a lesson we should have...
The fall of Saigon 1975: Fifty years of repeating what was forgotten
Part one of a three-part Solidarity series: On the courage to remember
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
The first demonstration I ever went on was at the...
New Zealand’s humanity – does it include all of us, or only for some?
COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab
“Wherever Palestinians have control is barbaric.” These were the words from New Zealand’s Chief Human Rights Commissioner Stephen Rainbow.
During a meeting...
Eugene Doyle: Trump and foolish old men who redraw maps
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
It generally ends badly. An old tyrant embarks on an ill-considered project that involves redrawing maps.
They are heedless to wise counsel...
An indictment of NZ’s settler colonial and ‘Five Eyes’ spy paranoia over political critics
REVIEW: By David Robie
Four months ago, a group of lawyers in Aotearoa New Zealand called for a little reported inquiry into New Zealand spy...