Learn the revolutionary lessons of the defeat of Amerikan 
imperialism in Vietnam!

April 30 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the collapse of 
the puppet south Vietnamese government and the military defeat 
of Amerikan imperialism in Vietnam. 

Over 3,000,000 people in southeast Asia died because of 
Amerika's overt and covert war against the desire of the 
Vietnamese people for independence. 

By firmly grasping the weapon of people's war, the Vietnamese 
Communists placed the Vietnamese people on the road to victory 
over two imperialist powers (the French and then the 
Amerikans). 

This is still a shining example to the oppressed peoples of 
the world; a small, technologically backward country can 
defeat the largest, most technologically advanced army in the 
world. 

(How bad things were for the imperialists can been seen in the 
title of a 1971 article from the Armed Forces Journal: "The 
Collapse of the Army.") 

The success of future national liberation struggles are bound 
to weaken Amerikan imperialism and pave the way for revolution 
here in the belly of the beast.

In this issue we review several books about Amerika's war of 
aggression in Vietnam. 

Over the last twenty years the Amerikan militarists and 
imperialists have tried to overturn old verdicts and sweep the 
criminality, brutality, and futility of the war in Vietnam 
under the rug. We must not let them succeed. 

It is especially important that the youth -- most born after 
the war was over -- take the time to learn the lessons of 
Vietnam and the anti-war movement here.