[transitive]to state clearly that something is true, especially when you have been accused of something or when other people do not believe you protest somethingShe has alwaysprotested her innocence. protest that…He protested that the journey was too far by car. ...
Jane RoseKasmirplants a flower on the bayonets of guards at the Pentagon during a protest against the Vietnam War on October 21, 1967. The photograph would eventually become the symbol of the flower power movement. Harold Whittles hears for the first time ever aft...
On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam examines the Latino experience during a war that placed its heaviest burden on working class youth. Framing the documentary are memoirs of two siblings, Everett and Delia Alvarez, who stood on opposite sides of the Vietnam War, one as a POW and the other ...
World War II took American boys to far-flung places and some rough duty. For many, mail came infrequently at best, and at times it held only a Dear John letter. The troops were desperate for some link to home, some reminder of what they were fighting for. Betty Grable and her million...
, which Americans shouted outside the New York City Armed Forces Induction Center on 6 December 1967 to protest the military draft in the heat of the Vietnam War. Common Traits Slogans are meant to be catchy, so creators often write them to have a distinct rhythm. Many of them purposely ...
“That was your pitch to us amy. There’s nothing controversial about a movie that has been tempered to appease the very people it’s mocking.” (Rogen barraged Pascal, then vacationing through Vietnam and Bali, with messages, insisting they talk “as soon as humanly possible.” Pascal ...
The U.S. government committed the OKC bombing, 9/11, and every other episode of terrorism. Don't you listen to Alex Jones? The U.S. government murders its own citizens, not just Iraqis, Vietnamese, etc., etc. This government is run by foreign bankers, mostly Zionists, so if you'...
Refinery workers stepped up strikes that threaten to paralyze France as the government moved to break their blockades, escalating a three-month tug-of-war over labor reforms. Obama in Vietnam Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images A man holds up a portrait of U.S. President Barack Obama as...
draws inspiration from some of the biggest Western military embarrassments in recent memory: France’s nasty war in Algeria (lost in 1962) and the American misadventure in Vietnam (lost in 1975). McChrystal, like other advocates of COIN, readily acknowledges that counterinsurgency campaigns are inh...
Marcus Yam, the Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent and photographer who was in Kabul during the harrowing days in August, told CNN Digital in an interview: “This is my generation’s Vietnam. There is no other American moment like this.” Throughout these historic events, we saw heroism...