One of this week's #JukeboxFridayNight themes is #Peace. This early seventies soul classic is probably an obvious choice:
Freda Payne: Bring the Boys Home (1971)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMiBuj-I4l8
The record was a major hit at the time, making it to #3 on the Billboard Soul chart and #12 on the Pop Chart.
BDG Feature: Thich Nhat Hanh's Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings, Part 1
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#Buddhism #Thien #Zen #BuddhistPractice #ThichNhatHanh #EngagedBuddhism #PlumVillage #OrderOfInterbeing #BuddhistEthics #Vietnam #VietnamWar #BuddhistCommunity
The Vietnam draft revealed uncomfortable truths about inequality in American society.
Access to deferments and education meant some avoided service while others faced disproportionate risk.
That perception of unequal sacrifice helped erode trust in institutions during the war.
History remembers these fractures as much as the conflict itself.
#VietnamWar #History #Inequality #Brewminate
https://brewminate.com/vietnam-war-draft-inequality-conscription/
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β§ Burst of Joy β§
Burst of Joy is a photograph taken on March 17, 1973, by Associated Press photographer Slava "Sal" Veder. It shows Robert L. Stirm (1933β2025), a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, meeting his family after five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Photographed at Travis Air Force Base in Californi...
#ParisPeaceAccords #NorthVietnam #VietnamWar #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burst_of_Joy
Iran is the NEW Vietnam: Autopsy of Operation Epic Fury (Why Bombs Save the Regime)
In this investigative deep dive, we reveal how the catastrophic operational failures of the Vietnam War map directly onto the ongoing US, Israel, and Iran conflict. Are we watching history repeat itself?
#operationepicfury #VietnamWar #IranConflict #Geopolitics #MilitaryHistory #USForeignPolicy #MiddleEast #InvestigativeJournalism
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