#vietnam

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UPDATE 3: check this thread I will try to keep it updated

UPDATE2: nights are becoming dangerous and protest organizers are urging the public to stay home. You can continue to use the below if you want to support the delivery drivers and their surroundings (tell them the food is for them/family/friends and to tip)

Hey Southeast Asians, your Grab app works ACROSS the region. If you'd like to order medical supplies or food for the folks in Jakarta and Bandung, you can.

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(Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere on fedi)

Today in Labor History August 29, 1970: LAPD brutally attacked 10,000 Chicano antiwar demonstrators, killing three, including journalist Ruben Salazar. The attack led to a week of rioting. Salazar was portrayed under the name "Roland Zanzibar" in Oscar Zeta Acosta's 1973 novel “The Revolt of the Cockroach People.” Oscar Zeta Acosta, himself, was portrayed in Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” as his “Samoan attorney.” Salazar wrote for the L.A. Times and was the first mainstream journalist to cover the Chicano community. He covered the 1965 U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republican, as well as the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre in Mexico City. He often wrote critically about how the local L.A. government treated Chicano people, particularly during and after the school walkouts.

Cover of Oscar Zeta Acosta's "The Revolt of the Cockroach People," with a close up of an insect's face, against a yellow background.

When the turtle god surfaced with a glowing sword in its beak, would I be ready to take it—to wield my Vietnamese identity like the sword itself and lead my people into a glorious age of prosperity and cultural dominance? There’d be a bánh mì stand on every corner and phở in every pot, and anyone who uttered the words 'Ching chong, ling long' to an Asian person would be swiftly beheaded."

https://slate.com/life/2025/08/vietnam-war-refugee-movies-books-anniversary.html

https://www.clickasnap.com/image/12015077
Nighttime View of a Charming Bar and Restaurant in the Historic Old Town of Hoi An, Vietnam Asia
Photographed with Sony ILCE-7M4 and Sony Lens FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II
all Photos taken by me

started reading Dac Biet by Nini Nguyen

Nini Nguyen, Sarah Zorn: Dac Biet (2024, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) No rating

Content warning cw cookbook discussion - Vietnamese x Louisiana cuisine