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Ms. Que Banh

Sentenced to death, Trỗi got a reprieve after the FALN, a   group, kidnapped US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Michael Smolen in revenge for Trỗi's sentence. The group threatened to kill Smolen if Trỗi was executed. Smolen was eventually released unharmed, and Trỗi was shot by firing squad shortly thereafter in Chí Hòa Prison.

In the West, Trỗi's arrest went largely unreported. Major news media did not report on Trỗi at all until the kidnapping episode. His anonymity persisted after his execution, despite the honors bestowed upon him in the . Apart from advocacy by like the Weather Underground & a brief mention in Abbie Hoffman's Steal This Book (1971) as a "Vietnamese hero", Trỗi is still rarely acknowledged in Western accounts of the .

Many cities in Vietnam have named major streets after him. In City, the road upon which McNamara traveled ,& where Trỗi planned to assassinate him is named Nguyen Van Troi Boulevard & a memorial park, Bia tưởng niệm Anh Hung Liet Si Nguyễn Văn Trỗi is located near the former Cong Ly Bridge. In , the Nguyễn Văn Trỗi Bridge spans the Hàn River. Other countries have commemorated Trỗi, particularly . A 14,000-seat public stadium in is named Nguyen Van Troi Stadium & his statue overlooks Nguyen Van Troi Park in ; the city also has a school & hospital named for him.

Anti-war activists Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden named their son, an actor now known as Troy Garity, in honor of Trỗi.

The 1975 film Chronicle of a subversive (Spanish: Crónica de un subversivo latinoamericano) by director Mauricio Walerstein, narrates the kidnapping episode of Colonel Smolen by FALN guerrillas in response to Trỗi's death sentence.

(Ref: Doling, Tim (2019). Exploring Saigon-Cholon – Vanishing Heritage of Ho Cho Minh City. Thế Giới Publishers. ISBN 9786047761388.)

(Ref: web.archive.org/web/2010080301)

(Ref: rottentomatoes.com/m/cronica-d)

web.archive.orgThe heart doesn't grow Fonda - TelegraphMark Steyn examines the yo-yo-ing opinions but unwavering chest of Hanoi Jane
#AsianMastodon#Vietnam#VietnameseRevolutionaries
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Christine Johnson

Duke University Press sets itself apart in many ways, including its end-of-year sale. Yes, it's a Fall 🍁 Sale!

40% off most books (super new and forthcoming excluded) with code FALL24 through December 13. (Which according to the solar year, is still Fall, I guess.)

Duke University has extensive lists in #LatinAmerican and European Studies (many interesting titles on #French #history and #CulturalStudies, plus #migration).

My choice is Jennifer Morgan's _Reckoning with Slavery: Gender, Kinship, and Capitalism in the Early Black Atlantic_. Winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize and the Prize in Women's/Gender History from the Organization of American Historians.

Documenting how #slavery in the #AtlanticWorld required both the recognition and the denial of the human-ness of the enslaved, Morgan shows how #capitalism emerged in this "unholy alliance" of quantifying value with classifying difference.

dukeupress.edu/reckoning-with-

www.dukeupress.eduReckoning with Slavery
#histodons#USHistory
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Nonilex

Keeping it classy, Trump used his supposed roundtable w/ #LatinAmerican leaders to #complain about negative ads against him & to hurl playground insults at #KamalaHarris.

#Trump said Harris is “slow” & has a “low IQ.”
“We don’t need another low IQ person,” he said.

Trump criticized Harris for her schedule Tues, which includes meetings in DC & interviews w/ #Telemundo & #NBC.

Trump has pulled out of several interviews — though he has done interviews w/ radical rightwing outlets & podcasts.

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Children's Book Project

We're celebrating #LatinAmericanHeritageMonth with beautiful, inclusive titles by #LatinAmerican authors and illustrators!

Help us keep the celebration going by donating a copy of your favorite book from our #LatinAmericanHeritageMonth wishlist!!

bookshop.org/wishlists/8c1e29d

Learn more about our mission at #ChildrensBookProject. Check out the link in bio to Give Books, Get Books, Volunteer, and Donate!

#ChildrensBookProjectSF#NorCalNonProfit#GiveBooks
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Global Museum

ASU Art Museum
Sept. 15, 2024
1–4 p.m.

ASU Art Museum (Tempe, AZ) celebrates the arts and culture of multiple #LatinAmerican countries, including Mexico, Chile, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, during #HispanicHeritageMonth. Although these countries have unique cultural identities, all were subjected to Spanish rule and annually celebrate their Independence Days in September. We invite everyone to learn and enjoy these traditions #museums #events

ASU Art Museum (Tempe, AZ) celebrates the arts and culture of multiple Latin American countries, including Mexico, Chile, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, during Hispanic Heritage Month.
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Irish Stew Podcast

John Thomand O'Brien, one of the leading figures in the 19th-century struggle for #LatinAmerican independence, was born 238 years ago #OnThisDay in Baltinglass #Wicklow.

His life story has the makings of a pulp fiction novel, proving that fact can be far stranger than fiction. While little remembered in Ireland, he is a seminal figure in #Argentina's history.

#GlobalIrishNation #IrishBiography #IrishHistory #OTD #OnThisDate #Chile #Bolivia #Peru #Mastodaoine

irishstewpodcast.com/blog/otd-

A portrait of John Thomand O'Brien, dressed in military style. He wears a blue jacket with gold epaulets; with one of his hands, he holds a bicorn hat, and his other hand is placed on his belt. With a white background and on the left edge, you can see a pillar with the inscription "Los Andes. Chacabuco. Maipo."
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