YOUTH DEFEND VIETNAMESE
THE WAR IN VIETNAM, by Douglas Jenness and Robin Martin, A Young
Socialist Pamphlet. The Young Socialist, P.O.Box 471, ;
Cooper Station, New York, N.Y. 10003. 1965. 16 pp. $.10.
This small pamphlet written by two American university students, is a compact review of the background of the present colonial war conducted by U.S. imperialism in Vietnam.
The authors sketch the role of French imperialism in conquer= ing this land and finally losing it to an insurgent, freedom-seeking people,
In such a short work, the authors, of course, could not make a detailed analysis of the reasons for U. S. entry into this theater, but they indicate the main reason. It was "part and parcel of the strategy of waging a ceaseless war against struggles for economic and political independence by the Asian peoples most directly influenced by the Chinese Revolution."
The Vietnamese freedom fighters are urged to study the example set by the Cuban revolutionists and "take the economic and political power away from the capitalist landlords." Land reform and national independence can be achieved only through socialism,
The pamphlet scores the "horrifying brutality of the American war against the Vietnamese people and the threat that this conflict might escalate into a nuclear war..." It defends the right of the Vietnamese people to decidé their own fate.
"Every American who supports ‘the right of the Vietnamese people to self determination must be opposed to American intervention in Vietnam," the final paragraph states. "A national protest must be raised against the American government, calling for immediate withdrawal of all American troops."
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