Category Archives: Foreign Policy

Doing Miami’s Dirty Work (Wittingly or Not): Responding to “New Politics”

Posted on September 13, 2021 by buzzanco

A few days ago, the self-described socialist magazine New Politics put out an editorial, penned by Lois Weiner and Daniel Fischer, titled “NP on Cuba: Consistent Oppostion to US Imperialism and Support of Democratic Rights.”  The image attached to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Colonialism, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Foreign Policy, History, Imperialism, Military, Politics, Protests, Repression, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Noam Chomsky talks about the 1960s on Green and Red Podcast

Posted on June 28, 2021 by buzzanco

We recently had a great, lengthy discussion with Noam Chomsky about the 1960s radicalism, the New Left, The Black Panthers, SDS, the Vietnam Antiwar Movement, Student protests, feminism, “woke” politics, and much more. We also provided some edited clips of … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Colonialism, Constitutional Crisis, Education, Foreign Policy, Free Speech, History, Liberals, Middle East, Military, Politics, Protests, Repression, Vietnam, War | Leave a comment

The Reality of the Tet Offensive: Military Failure and Economic Crisis

Posted on January 28, 2021 by buzzanco

Tet was a pivot point of the Vietnam War, and it’s been misrepresented ever since…… At the end of January the media will commemorate one of the more important and decisive events of the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive. On … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Carter is a Liberal Saint Now, Was a War Criminal Then…..

Posted on November 19, 2020 by buzzanco

For a deeper discussion of this, check out Green and Red Podcast’s episode on Jimmy Carter as Liberal Saint/Neo-Lib War Criminal, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krp2XygLxgo&t=17s Please support Green and Red Podcast by subscribing, sharing and following on social media, and you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Colonialism, Foreign Policy, Liberals, Middle East, Military, Muslims, Repression, Russia, Vietnam, War | 1 Comment

Is Trump a Fascist? Will there be a Coup?

Posted on October 22, 2020 by buzzanco

Does it matter what we call Trump? Does the Left need to to chill out? Some years ago, Randy Newman sang “the end of an empire . . . is messy at best,” and American society is now in a … Continue reading →

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Dien Bien Phu and the First Indochina War [Part 1]

Posted on May 7, 2020 by buzzanco

The French, Vietnamese Nationalism and Communism, and American Imperialism (Part 1 of 2, from French colonization to putative independence and war against France.  The story below is largely derived from my books Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life, and … Continue reading →

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Ken Burns’s War Stories

Posted on September 23, 2017 by buzzanco

[Original version at History News Network, 21 September 2017] I began my first book on Vietnam (Masters of War) with a poem, Adrian Mitchell’s “To Whom It May Concern”: You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out. You … Continue reading →

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Does Russia Matter?

Posted on May 14, 2017 by buzzanco

Memes aren’t great ways to learn a lot about history or politics, though they’re used that way a lot.  Still, some are funny and make a good point in a few lines in a way that might take paragraphs otherwise.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitutional Crisis, Foreign Policy, History, Politics, Repression, Russia, Trump, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Huddled Masses–Keep Out!

Posted on January 28, 2017 by buzzanco

Not since I had to remember and recite “The New Colossus” in elementary school have I seen so many references to Emma Lazarus’s poem on the Statue of Liberty as in the past week. “Give me your tired, your poor, … Continue reading →

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“. . . to maintain this position of disparity”

Posted on February 3, 2016 by buzzanco

George Kennan is one of the more important diplomats (and scholars) in the history of U.S. foreign relations. Best known as the “father” of the Cold War policy of “containment,” Kennan was the ultimate “cold warrior” of the immediate postwar … Continue reading →

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