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Editorial: Our Work Continues!

By VVAW

So, you thought the war was over. With the stroke of a pen, you thought that the signing of the Peace Agreement ended over 20 years of American military involvement in Indochina; justified the slaughter of unimaginable numbers of Indochinese people; justified the death of 55,000 American Gis; and instantly solved the myriad problems of life here at home, didn't you!??

Of course you didn't!! And neither did VVAW. We knew that the US government would someday have to end its direct military aggression in Indochina, but we also knew that the people who run our government, the Big Money, would never give up so easily their goals of conquest in Asia. We knew that racism would not end, that the subjugation of women would not end, that veterans' problems caused by the war would not end, that the men who refused to fight still would be jailed or exiled; all this and more we knew.

VVAW clearly sees a future for itself. As veterans of the military, as veterans of Vietnam, we will fight to see that the Peace Agreement is fully implemented, without US interference. As hard as the Vietnamese fought against us as we burned down their homes, we will fight for our goals. It is our obligation! We will fight for our own rights here in our backyards; the right to health, peace, and freedom. We will fight to help our brothers and sisters whose lives are made miserable by ignorance and greed.

All of us, vets and non-vets, whites and non-whites, workers and students, everybody, must continue to unite to solve the problems that the American system has failed to solve. No one will help us. The people must solve their problems and not rely on the benevolence of big-time politicians or large corporations. The power to solve these problems is ours. We have but to take it.

Unity, unity, unity!
Victory, victory, victory!

the National Collective

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