Born in 1956 in New York City, Ratner had a special love for Việt Nam. She took to the streets to protest against the Việt Nam War when she was 13 years old and became famous for hanging anti-war slogans on the Statue of Liberty.
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Ratner actively participated in protests against the US war in Việt Nam since the late 1960s, the anti-imperialism movement in the 1970s and 1980s, and anti-racism campaigns in America today.
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) on February 16 held a memorial service in Hanoi for U.S. peace activist Merle Evelyn Ratner, a close friend of Vietnam, who passed away earlier this month.
On behalf of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of the committee’s Commission for External Relations, has sent condolences to the family of Merle Ratner, a left-wing and anti-war activist in the US and a close friend of Vietnam, over her death.