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It's a small piece of paper, but the words written on it changed the course of former serviceman Alan Williams' life. Now he says it is time to "right the wrong".

WINTERS, Calif. — Craig McNamara had come prepared to talk about heavy things.

The intersection of sports and politics has occasionally been fraught with controversy. Amid the civil rights movement, Muhammad Ali was briefly banned from boxing for his stance on the Vietnam War. Tommie Smith and John Carlos were subject to significant criticism for raising their fists in a salute to Black…

‘Growing up I sometimes wished to disappear, not only because of my injuries but also because of shame and embarrassment of my disfigurement’

How does an image become an icon? It is estimated that we now produce more images in two minutes than we did in the entire 19th century. How, then, can one image be so powerful it can symbolise the horror of war and help mobilise anti-war sentiment?

In 1972, acid rain was destroying trees. Birds were dying from DDT poisoning, and countries were contending with oil spills, contamination from nuclear weapons testing and the environmental harm of the Vietnam War. Air pollution was crossing borders and harming neighboring countries.

“It became necessary to destroy the town to save it.” The iconic words of journalist Peter Arnett, quoting an unnamed US military major, describing the 1968 Battle of Bến Tre during the the Vietnam War.

HBO's adaptation of 'Watchmen' uses time alteration to explore the sinister cycles of racism and oppression in America's history.

Blast craters, denuded landscapes and burning oil wells. When we think of the relation between war and the landscape, we think of such destructive acts and toxic legacies. Through this lens, nature and the landscape are often seen as casualties of war.