Pamela McElwee describes the degraded ecosystems and dioxin-contaminated soils and waters that persist, 50 years later, after the U.S. ecocidal assault on Vietnam’s jungles and marshes.
Vietnam’s Environment a Warning for Gaza & Ukraine
Tag: ecocide
Vietnamese Still Uncompensated for Agent-Orange
Fifty years later, the impacts of the war on victims of the U.S. defoliation operation have never ended, writes Marjorie Cohn. U.S. Rep. Tlaib is trying to provide recompense.
Chris Hedges: Burn the Planet & Lock Up the Dissidents
The imprisoned Roger Hallam believes that resistance is not, ultimately, about what we can or cannot achieve. It is about a “re-enchantment of the world,” he says. “It is about our spirit taking center stage.”
Steven Donziger: ‘Criminalize Ecocide’
The environmental lawyer offers five key legal initiatives — including a fossil-fuel nonproliferation treaty — to combat industry’s assault on climate.
Bill Introduced in US Congress to Help Agent Orange Vietnamese Victims
U.S. veterans have received some compensation, writes Marjorie Cohn, but very little assistance has been given to the intended victims of the defoliant.