First episode of the WCH Crime podcast, about the Columbia Eagle mutiny in
1970, perhaps the most spectacular act of resistance to the Vietnam war, when
two sailors hijacked their ship transporting thousands of tonnes of napalm for
US forces, and sailed it to Cambodia.
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Full footnotes for this episode, including photos and more information are
here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wch-crime-
columbia-eagle-mutiny/
WCH Crime will feature cases where people have faced criminal charges for
their beliefs or political activities, and will look at cases where people
have been framed or even killed by the state. It will be in the same feed as
the regular Working Class History podcast.
All four parts, and two additional bonus episodes, are available for all of
our patrons contributing $5 a month or more. For everyone else, subsequent
parts will be released each week.
Pictured are the two mutineers: Alvin Glatkowski, left, and Clyde McKay,
right, superimposed on the ship.
We speak to Al about his experiences, in addition to Vietnam war-era sailor
and historian Roberto Loiederman.
We have been working on this miniseries for almost a year, and have put in so
many hours we lost count some time ago. We are taking time out from our day
jobs through 2019 to devote more time to WCH and podcast, but this will only
be sustainable in the longer term if we get more support from our listeners on
patreon. So if you appreciate what we do, and if you can afford it, please
consider supporting us. If you can't afford it, no problem, please just give
us a review on your podcast app, and share episodes on social media.
MORE INFORMATION
We will be adding more information about the mutiny, as well as photographs
and videos to this our website shortly at https://workingclasshistory.com
For a detailed history of the events, we recommend the book The Eagle Mutiny,
by Roberto Loiederman and Richard Linnett.
To find out more about different aspects of the Vietnam war check out the
other WCH podcast episodes in our Vietnam war series: E14: The Vietnam war
with Noam Chomsky and a member of the Vietnamese Women's Union is about the
geopolitics of the conflict and human cost, especially on women, E10-11: The
GI anti-war movement, E8: The strike wave is about the wave of strikes which
took place in the US during the war
MERCH
We've produced a range of merchandise commemorating the anti-war movement by
service people during the Vietnam war using some of their original artwork to
help fund our work. Check it out here:
shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/vietnam-gi-resistance
CORRECTIONS
Part 1: We erroneously say that Al was born in Norfolk, Virginia. Al was born
in the military base at Ford Gorgon in Georgia. He later moved to Norfolk for
his high school years.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
These episodes were written by WCH and Daniel Woldorff
Editing by Daniel Woldorff
Music composed by Austin Coulson: https://www.mixcloud.com/tsonazores/
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