"Joan Baez performs at an anti-Vietnam war demonstration in London's Trafalgar Square, May 29, 1965. Amongst her audience are actress Vanessa Redgrave and singer Donovan"
Vietnam War Protests in London, England outside the United States Embassy.
A socialist activist named Danilo Doci led protesters on a 25-day pilgrimage from Milan to Rome in opposition of the U.S. war in Vietnam.
"French students carried and burned an effigy of President Lyndon Johnson during a large scale protest against American involvement in Vietnam."
(All prior images copyright Standard RM Bettmann and CORBIS)
I chose the preceding photographs solely for their introduction to my topic of international awareness and resistance to the war in Vietnam. While protesters in America came together in vast movements, many beyond the United States felt it equally a humanitarian crisis and unified against the mass loss of life in Vietnam. Protest of such injustice is not done for the sake of a country, or even for the loss of life. It is done for the preservation of justice in the world.
Michael
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