Podcast episode about the Vietnam war with Noam Chomsky, and Mrs Van, a member of the Vietnamese Women's Union. We look at the geopolitics of the conflict and its human cost. Support this podcast and get early access to episodes and other benefits here on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory This episode is part of our series on the Vietnam war. Check out the rest of the series here: https://soundcloud.com/workingclasshistory/sets/vietnam-war Chomsky's book Who Rules the World? is available now: https://amzn.to/2pSxHHj FOOTNOTES – This is a short history of Vietnam from 1945-57 by Howard Zinn: https://libcom.org/history/articles/vietnam-1945-57 – And this is Zinn's short account of US involvement in the war: https://libcom.org/history/articles/vietnam-war – The Vietnam War documentary series by Ken Burns can be viewed here: https://amzn.to/2Ekx6Iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS – Thanks to Vivian Rothstein for providing the recording of Mrs Van's testimony. – The music in this episode was also from the recording by Vivian Rothstein taken of Mrs Van and the Vietnamese Women's Union from 1967. – This episode was edited by Emma Courtland (https://www.emmacourtland.com/) and Stephanie Hydal (stephaniehydal.com/portfolio)