Vietnamese revolutionary and national liberation leader Ho Chi Minh passed away on this day 54 years ago. As a leader of the resistance that would liberate Vietnam from French colonialism and defeat US imperialism, Ho Chi Minh gave hope to oppressed people worldwide.
At age 21, Ho Chi Minh left his country to become a revolutionary, traveling through Harlem, London, and Paris and getting involved in the international socialist movement. In France, he became a founding member of the French Communist Party.
Later, he lived in the Soviet Union and China, studying and working in various governmental institutions. He also served as a senior Comintern agent throughout Southeast Asia and, eventually, in the late 1930s, went to China to serve as an advisor to the Communist armed forces.
After returning to Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh played a major role in uniting leftist factions and forging the party, leading the region's liberation movement. By the 1960s, his name was chanted by protesters worldwide, becoming a symbol of anti-imperialist resistance.
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