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David Zeiger's fine video documentary makes great radio. Rebellion by America's soldiers & sailors (God bless 'em!) ended the Vietnam War. Recent reflections by antiwar vets & other activists--some famous, some obscure--mix with period (~1970) newscasts & other recordings. The famous ones heard this week include Army physician Howard Levy, Army "Green Beret" Sgt. Donald Duncan, & Jane Fonda.
This is the shorter (50-minute), BBC Channel 4 version of the film--available on the Internet Archive (www.archive.org)--adapted for radio by K.D. The longer, American version of the film on DVD is well worth having.
As the 1940s song proclaimed, "WE did it before, and we can do it again!" Support the Iraq Veterans Against the War (www.ivaw.org) and (still doing good work) the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (www.vvaw.org).
NB: The complete screenplay (U.S.-version), illustrated with hundreds of screen-capture photos, is here: http://www.naderlibrary.com/sirnosir.toc.htm
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This week's song: Jefferson Airplane, "Volunteers"
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