For Trump’s Birthday Military Parade, Veterans Organizations Demand “Military Off Our Streets”
Having served 29 years in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves and retiring as a Colonel, I am ashamed that the 250th birthday of the institution I was in for…
Veterans For Peace
A quick and easy way to starve to death
It only took 20 days. I didn’t have to sleep on the cold, wet ground, live in a tent; relieve my bowels and bladder in the open like everyone around…
Why Are Veterans and Allies Fasting for Gaza?
Last Thursday, May 22, a coalition named Veterans and Allies Fast for Gaza kicked off a 40-day fast outside the United Nations in Manhattan in protest against the U.S.-backed Israeli…
War No More – Veterans Reflect on the Meaning of Memorial Day
This Memorial Day weekend, Veterans For Peace is calling on its members and friends to reflect on the gravity of the day, whose official purpose is to “honor all those…
Veterans For Peace Delegation Visits Nicaragua, Call for Solidarity and Truth in the Face of Disinformation
In a powerful demonstration of international solidarity, seven members of Veterans For Peace (VFP) visited Nicaragua in mid-to-late March as an official VFP delegation. Veterans from five U.S. states flew…
Veterans For Peace Celebrates the Gaza Ceasefire and Pledges to Defend It
Veterans For Peace joins the people of Gaza in rejoicing at the Ceasefire that has brought a halt to Israel’s bombardment of Palestinian children, women and men, and their churches, their mosques,…
November 11 Is Armistice Day: Veterans Demand Ceasefire in Gaza
November 11, declared Armistice Day at the end of World War I, is celebrated in the U.S. as Veterans Day. Understanding why requires us to recall World War I and…
Why Project 2025 Is Bad News for Veterans – A Disabled Veteran Defends the VA from Privateers
In 1968, when I was twenty years old, I volunteered to serve with the Marines in Vietnam. I was trained to be a Navy Corpsman (medic) and attached to the…
An Anti-War Statement by Veterans for Peace that is Inspiring for Peace Activists
Members of Veterans for Peace have recently released a Memorial Day statement which will be remembered for a long time as a strong indictment of war by those who have…
Aaron Bushnell Is the Latest Victim of Madmen Arsonists
More about why the U.S. Air Force airman did what he did may come to light. But what he said in the video that captured his final moments is sufficient.…
Children of War-The War on Terror and the Battle for Young Minds
During a Veterans Day celebration in my small Maryland community, a teacher clicked through a slideshow of smiling men and women in military uniforms. “Girls and boys, can anyone tell…
Veterans Daze
As a baby boomer who had a few neighbors of mine killed in Vietnam AKA ' The Shit ' as the soldiers called it, veterans celebrations piss me off! Since…
Trump, Tulsa, and the Rise of Military Dissent
It was June 20th and we antiwar vets had traveled all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the midst of a pandemic to protest President Trump’s latest folly, an election…
Resisting Imperialist Militarism On Memorial Day
The United States is the most militarized and jingoistic nation on earth. Its foreign policy is guided by imperialist militarism, neoliberal capitalism and racial xenophobia. For more than sixteen years…
Veterans Talk Pathologies of Hate and Violence After Orlando Nightclub Tragedy
In the days following the horrific attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando – one of the worst mass shootings in modern U.S. history, which claimed the lives of 49…
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