Madison in the Sixties. May 16, 1966 – the anti-deferment sit-in. As the war in Viet Nam kept getting worse, the monthly draft call kept getting higher. When it hit […]
The Past Isn’t Past: Mutiny on the SS Columbia Eagle (Vietnam Wa...
March 14th is the anniversary of the 1970 mutiny of the SS Columbia Eagle. Two men, civilian merchant marines, seized their ship with a cargo of napalm and ordered it […]
The Past Isn’t Past: My Lai Massacre Reported 1968
November 12th is the anniversary of the publication of the My Lai massacre story in 1968, which became a turning point in how Americans viewed the Vietnam War. This story […]
The Untold Story of Dissenting Prisoners of War
During the 1970s, Americans were riveted by stories of prisoners of war coming home from Vietnam. One part of the story that often went untold, though, was that there were […]
Hmong and Lao Residents in Wisconsin Face Possible Deportation
Reports surfaced earlier this week that the Trump administration is seeking to deport thousands of Hmong and Lao U.S. residents to Laos. Today on the show, we discuss this news […]
Music and healing from the Vietnam war with Doug Bradley
In a hour with several callers, host Allen Ruff talks with Madison-based author, Vietnam veteran, and activist Doug Bradley. His new book is Who’ll Stop the Rain: Respect, Remembrance, and […]
