September 2nd is Vietnamese National Day, commemorating when President Hồ Chí Minh read the Declarations of Independence of Vietnam at Ba Đình Square in Hà Nội in 1945. This moment signifies the success of the August Revolution, led by the Viet Minh, which declared Vietnam to be a free and independent nation to the world.
Celebrating Việt Nam’s National Day Read More »
Disability Justice (DJ) is key to ever realizing communism since DJ accounts for people’s different capabilities and needs as they change. DJ explains how hierarchies are all built on “ability” to perform profitable labor; and shows us how to accurately struggle against racial, gendered, imperialist capitalism as it works to mass disable (especially multiply) marginalized folks to “prove” that the White Man is the ideal Human
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Bánh mì is one of Việt Nam’s most recognizable dishes. It can be considered a cultural commodity symbol. For instance, nationwide voters selected bánh mì as the theme for Việt Nam’s national costume at Miss Universe 2018. Although bánh mì is enjoyed today as the preeminent Vietnamese sandwich, its history is tied directly to French colonialism.
Colonial Origins of Bánh Mì Read More »
The largest group of overseas Vietnamese lives in North America, Australia, and the European Union.
But did you know the second largest group lives in the former socialist states of the Eastern European Bloc?
REBUILDING A NATION
Việt Nam gained independence from France after the August Revolution of 1945.
The Overlooked Vietnamese Diaspora in Eastern & Central Europe Read More »
Chúng tôi phỏng vấn giáo sư Eisen về biến thể Omicron và những yếu tố làm nó khác với những biến thể trước đó, ngoài ra, ông cũng chia sẻ thêm về những biện pháp bản thân đang áp dụng để phòng tránh lây nhiễm.
Thưa giáo sư, chúng ta hiện tại đang đối mặt với những rủi ro gì khi biến thể Omicron ngày càng phổ biến?
With Omicron surging, is it still safe to fly, dine out or attend large indoor events? UC Davis virus expert Dr. Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics weighs in on this “horribly contagious” new variant and how to navigate the next couple of months in the December 30th 2021 article in @sactownmagazine.
This is sadly one of the most (if not the only) detailed pieces that covers a lot on how you can reasonably protect yourself and others from Omicron, especially while in a surge as the CDC continue to be capitalist bootlicking liars who lie.
As always please remember to centre disabled people who have borne the brunt of vicious ableist and pro-eugenics rhetoric + policy from every direction for the past 2 years.
Our response to CDC’s “Everyone’s going to get COVID”
On the heels of CDC’s decision to cut down isolation time to 5 days, as we watch government after government openly embrace the “everyone’s going to get Covid”, and as the west hoards vaccines and blocks patents, Cầu Kiều would like to centre the people who have born the brunt of the eugenicist, ableist public health measures.
DID YOU KNOW?
Catholics make up approximately 30% of the Vietnamese population in the United States, while they only make up
7% of the population in Vietnam.
The disproportionately high percentage of Catholics in overseas Vietnamese communities is an extension of the colonial history that brought this religion to Vietnam.
Therefore, by understanding the history of Catholicism in Vietnam, we can understand the historical conditions from which overseas Vietnamese communities were formed.
How did Christianity come to Vietnam?
☆ 17TH CENTURY – Portuguese and French missionaries introduced Christianity to Vietnam.
Alexander de Rhodes, a French Jesuit, is credited with establishing a strong French Catholic presence in Cochinchina (Southern Vietnam) and with the creation of the modern Vietnamese writing system, Quốc Ngữ, which uses the Latin alphabet.
Why are so many Việt Kiều Catholic? (Western Imperialism) Read More »
TW: Mass Covid Death, Eugenics, Ableism, Racism, Western Imperialism and War Crimes, Agent Orange
The 19th of November was the Vietnamese National Mourning Day for the victims of the pandemic. Over 23,000 people across Vietnam have lost their lives, when a lot of them could have been saved.
Cầu Kiều recognizes the valiant efforts from the Vietnamese government in vaccine diplomacy, which has saved the lives of millions of our people and remember those whose have been lost and their loved ones.
Continuing from our previous post, Cầu Kiều would like to illuminate how the West has wielded the pandemic as a geopolitical weapon against Vietnam specifically, by:
Unpacking vietnam’s pandemic response: Blame western imperialism (always) Read More »
It’s important to recognize that colonialism is not always manifested as overt violence. It can also be enforced subtlety through the very design of our cities. In Vietnam, we can see how French colonialist urban planners transformed the built environments of cities like Hanoi and HCMC/Saigon to support their colonization and oppression of Vietnamese people.
Omicron Variant & Vaccine apartheid: western imperialism’s Fault (Again) Read More »
