North Vietnamese stand to defend their country says lecture
Christopher Koch, ex WBAI program director, described North Vietnam as in a long liberation struggle against oppression from China France and the United States. He spoke at Bennington College on a recent visit noting nationalist unity over internal differences and detailing villagers arming with rifles to challenge air attacks.
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Koch's North Viet Nam visit frames war view
Journalist Koch recounts traveling to North Viet Nam via Helsinki and Moscow as one of four Americans allowed in a decade. He describes a self sufficient, thrifty society building dams and dikes, a vivid egalitarian image, and the moral impact of U S bombing on civilians, ending with a Viet Nam elder’s warning to America.
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