The radicalism of the 1960s did not fall from the sky—it was built by the uncommon bravery of common people. One of those people was Staughton Lynd, a professor who accompanied movements for justice as a scholar, lawyer, and activist throughout his life. A conscientious objector to the Korean War, Staughton went on to join the Civil Rights Movement and oppose the Vietnam War through his scholarship and his actions. He passed away in Nov. 2022 just days before his 93rd birthday. A collection of his writings and speeches, My Country Is the World, was recently published by Haymarket Books. Activist, author, and lawyer Alice Lynd joins The Chris Hedges Report to remember her late husband alongside Luke Stewart, editor of My Country Is the World.

Alice Lynd was a draft counselor and trainer of draft counselors during the Vietnam War. In 1968, she published We Won’t Go: Personal Accounts of War Objectors. She later became first a paralegal and then a lawyer. After retirement from practicing labor law in the wake of plant shutdowns, she became an advocate for prisoners sentenced to death and/or held for years in solitary confinement at Ohio’s supermaximum security prison.

Luke Stewart is a historian focusing on the antiwar movements during the Vietnam War and the global war on terror. He has co-edited Let Them Stay: U.S. War Resisters in Canada, 2004-2016. He currently lives in Nantes, France.

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38 thoughts on “‘My Country Is the World’ opposing the Vietnam War and Jim Crow | The Chris Hedges Report”
  1. Thank you for sharing this educational video. I had not heard of Mr and Mrs Lynd. I am very grateful for their life’s work and look forward to reading Mr Lynd’s books.

  2. Many thanks to Chris Hedges for bringing out this video for the world to see and know the evil rulers of the USA the country that spewing all the BS about democracy ,the freedom of speech and human rights when the reality is totally the opposite they are evil beyond believe and getting worst.

  3. "My Country is the World ".
    This is a clear demonstration of the insanity we face today. Equality is a myth.. people are not all the same, not all systems, religions, traditions, attitudes,lifestyles or opinions are worthy of respect or acceptance.
    Decadence, corruption and evil are realities that must be recognized and purged from society… No… I am not talking about any superstitious, spooks in the sky nonsense.. just the actions of flesh and blood human beings. Consider this fact..
    Those who will not use the brains and skills they have are no better off than those who have none. They are by their own choice subject to the will and control of those who would be their masters.
    Your life. Your future. Your choice.

  4. Something needs to be said. Blacks discriminate jews, Asian American, and Hispanics
    For many years. Worst of all interracial discrimination within black community occurs all the times and there is no way to prevent it. Blacks can hold against your blackness if you are from different states and countries. Black people from Jamaica Trinidad and Haiti are constantly discriminated by black American. Chris hedges needs to more this fact rather than claim that blacks are the most innocent ethnicity in this world

  5. In 2014 The Ohio State University Wexner Hospital in Columbus, Ohio made world history when Dr. Ali Rezai performed one of the world's first Brain-Stimulus and Computer Interface Surgeries ( also known as Transhumanism ). Still on youtube he explains that with this new biotechnology they can now read our thoughts & control our thoughts. That they can track us & control our actions. That this new biotechnology & Medical Science/Chemical research involves robotic cells & nanoparticals so small that they can pass through the eye of a needle. That the delivery tools include a vaccine, tattoos, a brain chip, ultrasound and pills ( Liquid or solid). In 2017, Dr. Ali Rezai departed OSU for West Virginia University where he is now having assumed the position as head of The Rockefeller Neuroscience Foundation. While we were aware of the Gates/Wexner/Epstein child trafficking allegations it was only later that we learned that they along with our military was funding this surgery and surgeries like this on college campuses across America ! Epstein was into Transhumanism.

  6. To add: What is going on in Ohio! How & why did The Christian & Missionary Alliance Churches of America MOVE their National/International Headquarters from Colorado Springs,Colorado to Columbus ( Reynoldsburg), Ohio a few years ago in 2020 with them planting branch churches in selected counties across the State of Ohio. The history of The Religious Right ( James Dobson), Betsy Devos ( Erik Prince & Blackwater), The Koch Brothers, George W. Bush….all tied to 9/11. The Koch Brothers want to rewrite the constitution to make cyborg beings & Transhumanist citizens of the United States….is this reason? With the mass church planting mass immigration & immigrants are filling the churches. All of this in the midst of Covic!

  7. Chris Hedges.. a much loved, respected and knowledgeable man of God! Everything that you have written over the years has come to life. I pray we unite NOW. So tired of being black balled. Lost family in the process yet it appears more are waking up!

  8. The new generations of our so-called Christian nation easily grasp the "do unto others" teaching by Kindergarten (and that all life is equally precious).
    It takes an additional 12-16 years to learn the hundreds of rationale and workarounds (based on skin color, class, status, etc.) to not apply the word evenly.

  9. Thomas Paine expressed this sentiment most profoundly in the 18th century when he said :
    My country is the World ,
    Ny religion , to do Good ,
    And all humankind are my Kin and Brethren !
    If only we could have our fellow human beings embrace , internalize, and apply this Simple yet profound philosophy ! Perhaps , we will eventually but it may take some time !

  10. Great to see Chris Hedges have an episode of the American treasure Staughton Lynd featured by Alice Lynd. Staughton Lynd is essential, I have both his Intellectual Origins of American Radicalism as well as the book Wobblies & Zapatistas that he co-wrote with Andrej Brubacic on one of my bookshelves.

  11. How can i say "Thank you"
    and not have it sound so lame.
    I was, like so many back in the 1950s, 1960s,
    trying to become richer than my mother.
    AND SO WE HAVE AN AMERICA THAT YOU SEE TODAY. TOTALLY COLLAPSED, DRENCHED IN BLOOD, CHOKING ON A HUGE WAD OF DOLLAR BILLS.
    Thank you, Staughton and Alice. Jeezuz kayrist, what a hellhole you had to deal with. Including me.

  12. Simplesmente FANTÁSTICO!!! 37 Minutos de inspiração, motivação, história e atualidade.
    P.S.: Current affairs = Bruno Pereira🇧🇷, Shireen Abu Akleh🇵🇸/🇺🇲 and Dom Phillips🇬🇧.

  13. I live in Florida with all the racists. I think it’s getting worse. They hate black, brown, and white liberals. I’m off-white (parents from Egypt). Neighbors anonymously call the police on me saying I’m homeless several times. But they are very nice to each other. They hide behind big flags, big trucks, and country music. (All which I like). Their mindset is the key to our future. As for me, I’m leaving. 2 years is enough. Sad but hopeful.

  14. I invariably learn important history and my future is illumined by your interviews/programs. Many thanks for your persistence and consistent commitment to non-violent social change on behalf of the poor and marginalized. .

  15. This was excellent . What I don't understand is why aren't more people leaving comments? (I will save mine.) I have donated to the Real News Network , yearly once a month.
    Thank you all, for another history lesson building blocks.
    With the deepest respect and appreciation for all of you.❤

  16. My hero, Chris Hedges, is one of my favorite person that I can count on when it comes to truth, and his guests are always honest with a lot of knowledge.
    🙏❤️🙏

  17. Unfortunately the nation thing is Biblical i.e. it can be attributed or at least be said to be fostered by God as he sent His Chosen to destroy other nations. Not that I agree with that. It's too complex an issue to go into here. I am all for one World and One Race (The Human Race). I don't really care where someone (singular or plural) come from so long as they don't oppress me, prevent me from being able to subdue my oppressors or start telling me how to live. Governments, lust for power , money and religions are the enemies of humanity!

  18. The world is your home.🌏 You don't come from or belong to a so-called 'sovereign' state — unless you want to be the title of a cult monopoly bank. Remember, a statement of sovereignty is not secular.

    End Global Apartheid

    Publish MONOPOLY on so-called sovereign money. Auction your 'newspaper' outside banks and tax collection food retailers.

  19. Good bit of Peace Movement history sad to say I had forgotten about Staunton Lynds contributions. He was one of those older generation leaders and stalwarts whose integrity had not been compromised. He should be up there in the first place ranks with C. Wright Mills, Michael Harrington, Norman Thomas, A. Philip Randolph, A.J. Muste, James Baldwin, Bayard Rustin, MLK, the Reuther brothers, Saul Alinsky.

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