Click here or on image to listen to the 3 Paul McCartney songs at the concerts
Vietnam Invasion of Kampuchea (2 of 5, English) [ការឈ្លានពាន របស់យួន មកលើកម្ពុជា, ភាគ ២/៥]
"The
Pol Pot regime had ended. But the worse was still not over The new
nightmare was famine. It seemed impossible in a land of plenty... But in
the wake of Vietnam's military takeover, hundreds of thousands died
during two long years of famine."
2 yr Famine from Jan. 1979 through 1980] "The March for Survival" and the Politics of Aid at the beginning of Vietnamese Occupation of Cambodia
On Dec 26-29, 1979 [by now, Cambodia under one full year of Vietnamese
occupation], the musician Paul McCartney and Kurt Waldheim, the
Secretary-General of the United Nations, organized a four-night benefit,
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, to raise funds for UNICEF and
UNHCR. The concert featured Paul McCartney and Wings, The Who, Queen,
Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, The Clash and other artists at the
Hammersmith Odeon in London, England. ...
MARCH FOR SURVIVAL
Meanwhile, the refugee crisis at the border became a cause célèbre
among many activists, artists and academics from the West, many of whom
visited the border camps. In early February, for example, a group of aid
workers, peace activists and celebrities, including Joan Baez and Elie
Wiesel, led a “March for Survival” at the border town of Aranyaprathet,
demanding an end to what they perceived was the deliberate obstruction
of food distribution by the Vietnamese. Using a bullhorn the group
offered 20 truckloads of food and medicine to the Vietnamese and
Cambodian soldiers on the other side of the border
No comments:
Post a Comment