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Minnesota Antiwar Activists: Polly Mann, Minnesota 8, and Catonsville 9

Like many of you, I suspect, I live a divided life—as described by the Italian communist Antonio Gramsci—with the pessimism of the intellect and the optimism of the will. —Polly Mann The VIetnam War Era Oral History Project is a project of the Minnesota Historical Society that has documented the experiences of Minnesotans during the Vietnam War Era (c. 1960-1975). The interviews take a life…

Perspectives on the Burns/Novick Vietnam series by a member of the MN 8 draft resisters

The following correspondence was sent to Jim Pagliarini, the president and CEO of  Twin Cities Public Television (TPT/PBS—the Minneapolis/St. Paul TV station that showed the Burns/Novick series on Vietnam—by Chuck Turchick, a member of the Minnesota 8 group who destroyed draft files and spent time in jail for their actions.

Dear Mr. Pagliarini,

I attended the program on The Telling…

Chuck Turchick | Comments on the Upcoming Vietnam War Series on PBS

Our actions may have been closer to the acts of Nazi Germany than we would like to admit. Both governments perpetrated imperialist, racist, and genocidal policies.   

Editor’s Note: Beginning on September 17th at 7 pm on TPT (Channel 2, Minnesota), PBS will be showing the Ken Burns series on the Vietnam War. Already a lot of interest has been generated in the airing of the ten-part series.

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