Merle Evelyn Ratner, a left-wing and anti-war activist in the US, and a close friend of Vietnam, passed away in New York City in a traffic accident near her private house on the evening of February 5, 2024 (local time).

In memory of her, on his page, journalist Le Hoang Linh, foreign television department of Vietnam Television, recounted the memory of visiting Merle Ratner's house in 2014 and listening to her and her husband, Professor Ngo Thanh Nhan of New York University, sang the song "Liberate the South".

In the video shared by Linh, Merle Ratner sings the famous song with heroic lyrics, filled with enthusiasm in the guitar sound of Prof. Ngo Thanh Nhan.

According to journalist Le Hoang Linh, this is the song that young students, both Americans and Vietnamese, sang when taking to the streets to protest against the US war in Vietnam during the hot days of the '60s of the last century.

Two of the leaders of that protest movement are Merle Ratner and Nhan. At that time, 16-year-old Merle, dared to climb the Statue of Liberty and wave the red flag with a yellow star to support Vietnam, while Nhan was a patriotic student who participated in many anti-war movements with his friends, Nguyen Thai Binh and Ngo Vinh Long. They also became friends from there.

Linh said that Merle Ratner spent her whole life fighting for Vietnam, fighting for righteousness and justice for Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange. Listening to the song, he felt his grandparents' deep love for Vietnam.

Video of Merle Ratner and her husband singing the song "Liberate the South":

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