Vietnam War, 1961-1975

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Dr. Thao Ha is a Vietnamese refugee who has become a sociology professor at MiraCosta College. Her path to personal, and professional success wound its way through traditional immigrant struggles as well as gang violence. In this interview Dr. Ha discusses her families escape from Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam War, her childhood in the United States, her involvement around gangs, and her educational pathway.

Scope and Contents Article list:* What now Chicano? Education or schooling * Yellow power in America * Welcome to America [Pilipino experience in United States] * Indians ready for change * Women in prisons * Does anyone know the truth about Indians? * Boycott 7-11? * Imperialism and dope [heroin; Air America] * To the women of San Diego [women in education; Women's Studies] * Trial Today Del Mar 7 [The Del Mar 7 were antiwar protestors arrested in Del Mar including Bill Haiber, Scott Goodrich,...

Scope and Contents "News in Brief"; "The high cost of staying free: The all new and improved 'pay-your-bail-or-go-to-jail' scale"; "Renault factories shut down: Militant French workers strike"; "Agony in New Haven" [Bobby Seale case]; "Clear Creek breaks story: Lead pollution excesses exposed"; "Radio Free America"; "letters"; "Official govt bulletin to teachers: What to tell kids about Vietnam"; "One man's answer: Smog ain't natural"; "Marcuse brings us up to date: Paris Commune commemorated" [Herbert...

Scope and Contents "Escaped Marine Desperados Terrorize San Diego" [interview with Pvt. Timothy Eckman, Pvt. James Sanford, and Pvt. Larry Deardorff, escapees from the Maine Corps Recruit Depot Brig]; "Bag of beads" [Subersive Progress Report, Encounter, The Generation Chasm]; "Letters to Editor"; "Love Is A Four Letter Word: Shit"; "Large Class Size Spoils School Program" [Mangelson School]; "New Left, Old Left, What's Left?"; "Hippocrates" [effects of tear gas]; "Co-ops are coming" [grocery co-op in...

Scope and Contents "US Shot Up" [shots fired at building of US, Black self-determination organization]; "Door Trial July 31" [regarding trial of Door publisher Dale Herscheler for contributing to deliquency of a minor]; "Bag of Beads"; "Letters to Editor"; "The Draft Resisters"; "Vietnam"; "Hippocrates on Berkeley" [account of riot]; "Cops get the Business" [American Federation of Police]; "1968-- The Year of the Young Rebels" [book by Stephen Spender]; "Marathon Encounter"; "Shitty Justice" [justice system];...

Scope and Contents "Moratorum March" [account of Vietnam Moratorium March in San Diego]; "Police Take Bait" [Arrest of Tom Forcade, Underground Free Press Syndicate, at picketing of convention of Sigma Delta Chi, journalistic fraternal society]; "Progress Toward Peace" [Images of peace marches from 1968 and 1969]; "Kill a Queer for Christ" [San Francisco violence against demonstration]; bag of beads: Hey, Hey, Peter Kay [sic], How Many People Did You Screw Today?" [regarding Peter Kaye's "Under 30" show on...

Scope and Contents "when will they ever learn? Where'd The Flowers Go?" [UC Berkeley, NOW, People's Park]; "GOTCHA! Sacramento Kid."; "But It Tastes Good" [MSG]; "Insanity"; "M-Day San Diego" [Recap of October 15 Vietnam War Moratorium]; "Lights out for Nixon!" [Businessmen for Profits Devoted to Helping President Nixon End the War in Vietnam (BPDH-PNEWV)]; "End the Military Establishment" [GIs Against Facism 12-point program for liberation of uniformed peers]; "San Diego prepares for Nov. 15" [San Diego...

Scope and Contents "Patient Suvives Balboa -- Barely" [intolerable conditions at Balboa Naval Hospital]; "Racism Revealed at Pendleton" [Charles E. Knox of the Congressional Black Caucus visited Camp Pendleton to talk with Black Marines about racism in the military]; "Reader's Soapbox"; "Unknown Man Succeeds Councilwoman" [F. Gilbert Johnson chosen by San Diego City Council to replace Helen Cobb, who resigned; demonstrations ensued]; "Manslaughter Charged in Abortion" [Sarasota, FL]; "Marvel Introduces Hung-Up...

Scope and Contents "Local Monopolies Face Investigation" [John Allesio, Lompoc bribery case]; "Red Squad Terror" [7-11 store boycott by San Diego State University, San Diego Police Department harassment]; "Shorts" [Venceremos Members on Trial; Golden Hills Food Co-op]; "Plans for P.O.W.'s" [Operation Egress Recap"; "Wilson Rips Off $30,000" [Congressman Bob Wilson]; "George Hoover Trial: Sao Sniper Convicted" [Secret Army Organization; Hoover shot into home of Peter Bohmer and wounded Paula Tharp];...

Scope and Contents "Shorts"; "Del Mar 3 Sentenced" [sentencing of Peter Bohmer, Peter Mahone, and Bill Haiber, anti-war protestors, for obstructing a railroad (Bohmer and Mahone) and burning property (Haiber); Mahone and Haiber were sentenced to 150 days and 30 days in jail, respectively. Bohmer, a former professor, was sentenced to 90 days of phsychiatric testing at Chino State Prison and then, depending on results, up to 5 years in prison.]; "SAO sniper sent up [Secret Army Organization member George...