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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons

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Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use under individual wars, e.g. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

all ready on the LEFT (vol. 1, no. 2), 1970-09

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Scope and Contents "We're the Cops of the World" [lyrics]; "Cliff on Trial" [Cliff Mansker, Black Marine in confinement]; "Flash!!!" [unity bands]; "Brig Pigs' Gig" [Camp Pendleton brig; imprisoned soldiers physically forced to remove their Black unity bands]; "Tell It To The Left" [Marine Corps "lifers"]; "Fort Hood" [rebellion of 250 Black GIs at Ft. Hood, July 26]; "Oceanside Hi ROTC"; "Peace" [Marines at Camp Pendleton charged with making obscene gestures (peace sign)]; "Liberty or Death" [Marin County...
Dates: Publication: 1970-09

all ready on the LEFT (vol. 1, no. 3), 1970-12

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Scope and Contents "Merry Christmas" [cartoon of Nixon in Santa sled dropping bombs on Southeast Asia]; "Ameri-Cong" [Michael Sweeney]; "Sky-ing" [Rafaelle Minichiello]; "Beware" [marijuana use on Camp Pendleton]; "Hitler Wore a Mustache Too!" [new head of Navy, Zumwalt]; "Cliff Blanks Corps 1-0" [Cliff Mansker, organizer of the Black Unity Party at Camp Pendleton, had charges dropped against him for three charges]; "...on weatherman watch?" [Marines told to look out for bombings]; "the bombs aren't aimed at...
Dates: Publication: 1970-12

all ready on the LEFT (vol 2., no. 1), 1971-04

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Scope and Contents "Calley: War Criminal or Hero?" [William Calley, found guilty of 22 Vietnamese civilian prisoners]; "the Other Side of the POW Story" [recollection of Virginia R. Warner of the National League of Families of Prisoners of War; "Welcome to the Brig" [the brig as institutionalized fear tactic in the Marines]; "A Laosy Invasion"; "Back to the Old KKKorps" [change on base, harassment]; "Mutiny at Khe Sahn"; [cartoons]; "People's Peace Treaty: Joint Treaty of Peace Between the People of the United...
Dates: Publication: 1971-04

Attitude Check (vol. 2, no. 3), 1970-04

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Scope and Contents "USMC suck" [cover art]; "Vancouver, Canada: 1000 march for MDM"; "The Dead Fish Award"; "listen brothers..." [military police stop Oceanside bus, find MDM article on author]; "Panthers and Jane Fonda: MDM Open House" [Fonda and Robert Bryan of the Black Panther Party came to M.D.M. open house at 519 S. Freeman, Oceanside]; "MDM Raps to the People" [meeting by Movement for a Democratic Military at Santa Fe Railroad station for the Green Machine Project, a group of civilans helping set up...
Dates: Publication: 1970-04

Attitude Check (vol. 2, no. 4), 1970-06

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Scope and Contents "MDM to bust the chain" [cover art with reprinted memo from E.N. Snyder, area commander]; "People's Armed Forces Day" [1st annual Armed Forces Day, May 16, 1970, in Oceanside, California, included march and speakers including Brother Bull (Green Machine), Robert Bryan (Black Panther Party), Melody, Derald Duncan, Oscar Rios (Los Siete de la Raza), Tito Garcia (active duty and member of M.D.M.]; "The Dead Fish Award"; "MDM Calendar"; "Get Your Kicks With Nightsticks" [Camp Pendleton's...
Dates: Publication: 1970-06

Black Unity (vol. 1, no. 2), 1970-09

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Scope and Contents "We want all Black men to be exempt from military service"; "Cliff Mansker, Prisoner of War, Camp Pendelton Brig USMC; To go from mercenary to servant of the people" [article about Cliff Mansker, held in Camp Pendleton's maximum security unit for Black liberatory activities]; "U.S. Prisoners of War" [Soledad Brothers (George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo, and John Cluchette); Bobby Seale; Chip Fitzgerald (Romaine "Chip" Fitzgerald); Los Siete De La Raza (Jose Rios, Nelson Rodriguez, Mario Martinez,...
Dates: Publication: 1970-09

The Door (Vol. 4, No. 18), 1973-03-22

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Scope and Contents "Boycott Meat... The White House Won't!" [California Consumers Union and other orgs call for national boycott of meat due to soaring meat prices]; "Shorts"; "dear door:"; "Door in Court" [small claims court suit against Foodmaker, Inc. over missing vending machine]; "San Diego 10: IRS Strikes Again" [John Heck and nine others arrested in protest against IRS]; "back in u.s.: Karl Armstrong" [facing charges for 1970 bombing of the Army Math Research Center at the University of Wisconsin;...
Dates: Publication: 1973-03-22