Vietnam war

This week in history: Paris Peace Accords signed, Vietnam War draws down

January 26, 2018 By Special to People’s World

Forty-five years ago, on Jan. 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Accords effectively removed the United States from the conflict in Vietnam.

This week in history: Indictments for conspiracy against draft laws

January 4, 2018 By Special to People’s World

It was the height of the Vietnam War and resistance to the war and the draft was widespread.

Burns and Novick’s PBS series “The Vietnam War”: Cautionary viewing advised

October 2, 2017 By Tony Long

As a human story, it’s hard not to have sympathy for the majority of the people in this documentary, regardless of ideology.

This week in history: National POW/MIA Recognition Day

September 13, 2017 By World Combined Sources

National POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed on the third Friday in September, this year Sept. 15. It is supposed to honor those who were prisoners of war and those who might still be missing in action.

One boxer remembers Ali

June 10, 2016 By Ching-Yin Lee

Muhammad Ali, who lived from January 17, 1942 to June 3, 2016, may not have been the best boxer to ever live, but he may have been the greatest human to have boxed.