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From the Vietnam War to the ongoing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, university students have consistently led the charge against imperialism and militarism. This article explores the evolution of student activism, drawing parallels between the anti-war movements of the 1960s and today’s fight for Palestinian liberation, highlighting the role of counterculture, social media, and intersectionality in shaping modern campus resistance.

April 30 marked the 40th anniversary of what many of those in the Vietnamese diaspora refer to as the Fall of Saigon, or Black April as my generations tends to call it, recognizing that there was much more than one day, or one month of the hells of war. Every year, the Vietnamese Student Union’s Black April Commemoration seeks to commemorate the Vietnamese diaspora’s decision to leave the Vietnamese homeland in search of a better life.