Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 38, Number 10. 22nd May 1975

International Solidarity

International Solidarity

While the national liberation movements in Indochina relied mainly on their own efforts, they generated a movement of international support without precedent. Material aid and diplomatic support came from a number of countries, including socialist, former socialist and some bourgeois countries. An international protest movement developed in the capitalist world which greatly, contributed to the political isolation of U.S. imperialism.

The war in Indochina is without parallel in history. The great victories of the three Indochinese peoples have shown that while U.S. imperialism is outwardly strong and capable of inflicting great suffering on the people, it is inwardly weak: the people, provided they take their destiny into their own hands and fight a protracted people's war under correct political leadership, are capable of defeating any attacks of imperialism — that is the fundamental lesson of Indochina.