Media Construction of Peace

PowerPoint Slide Show, Unit 6, Lesson 1

Vietnam War

An elderly Buddhist monk, the Rev. Quang Duc, is engulfed in flames as he burns himself to death in Saigon, Vietnam to protest against persecution.

“Why should I drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs?”

Why young Americans are DESERTERS, EXILES, FUGITIVES, CONCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS

“Ohio National Guardsmen advancing over the campus of Kent State University yesterday behind a (…) of tear gas”