Friendship With The People of Vietnam
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This is a group in solidarity with the people of Vietnam.

The U.S. War of Aggression in Vietnam started with the first U.S. advisors in 1955 and ended with the military defeat of the United States in 1975 by Vietnamese communist forces. In that time the U.S. occupation of southern Vietnam and massive bombardment of the north killed three million people. In the early years the U.S. refused to allow elections because the communists would have won and instead set-up a series of puppet dictatorships through coup d’etats and other intervention.

The U.S. murdered three million Vietnamese because the people disagreed with the U.S. occupation of their country. Over 50,000 U.S. soldiers died as well, many drafted, in a war that did not represent their interests. In addition, the U.S. government knowingly exposed the people of Vietnam and U.S. soldiers to the deadly poison of Agent Orange. Agent Orange continues to kill and disable the Vietnamese people to this day. Likewise, unexploded ordinance continue to kill with 10,529 people and injured 12,231 in Vietnam since 1975 (as of July 2009).

The victory of Vietnamese communist forces over the U.S. imperialist occupation in 1975 brought an end to U.S. mass murder in Vietnam, reunified the country, and brought gains that had already been implemented in the north like land reform and a socialist economy. While this was an improvement for the people of Vietnam, a key drawback was the fact that the Stalinist leadership was repressive and apposed real workers’ democracy.

This is a group that recognizes the right of the Vietnamese to run their country as they see fit and calls for U.S. reparations to the Vietnamese people including to the sick and dying affected by Agent Orange, victims of unexploded ordinances, and for clean-up.

Friendship With The People of Vietnam
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