Brandon Do They linked the destinies of Black America and Vietnam with one another and with the anti colonial struggles of Africa and Asia. “The two revolutionaries saw themselves as global citizens, as people who in their initiative to change the world also evolved into full beings.” It is easy for us to become trapped…
Category: Vietnam
Frantz Fanon and the Problems of Independence (1963)
Nguyen Nghe Translators’ Introduction It often appears as if everything that can possibly be said on the life and work of Frantz Fanon has already been written. The core texts of his oeuvre have not only become cornerstones of curricula in postcolonial studies, black studies, and political theory departments; they have also been taken up…
How Vietnam Defeated U.S. Imperialism
Richard Becker The Vietnamese liberation struggle was rooted in the masses. On April 30, 2015, Vietnam will celebrate the 40th anniversary of liberation and reunification after a war that itself lasted more than 30 years. In Ho Chi Minh City—formerly known as Saigon—and all over the country, mass events saluted the millions who fought and died…
