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…
Veterans For Peace
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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