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Category Archives: Foreign Policy
Ralph Nader Radio Hour: Two Soldiers’ View of War
Posted at the Radio Hour website October 16, 2021. This is a really great interview with two veterans, Erik Edstrom and our Veterans For Peace national executive director, Garett Reppenhagen. https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/two-soldiers-view-of-war/ We think you’ll find Ralph’s questions probing and Erik … Continue reading
Veterans to President Biden: Just Say No to Nuclear War!
To mark the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, September 26, Veterans For Peace is publishing an Open Letter to President Biden: Just Say NO to Nuclear War! The letter calls on President Biden to step back from … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Human War Toll, Nuclear warfare, Peace Activism
Tagged nuclear, nuclear weapons, nukes, pentagon budget, veterans for peace
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WE WILL NEVER FORGET
A 9/11 message from Veterans For Peace…featuring Linus Pauling Chapter member Joel Inman and other post-9/11 veterans. This is powerful.
Posted in Foreign Policy, Human War Toll, Peace Activism, Veterans For Peace News
Tagged 9/11, September 11, veterans for peace, VFP
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Time for the US to give up dreams of empire and to repair the devastation US wars have caused
By Rick Staggenborg, President, VFP Linus Pauling Chapter 132, Mid-Valley, Oregon This letter to the editor first appeared on September 11, 2021 in the Corvallis Gazette-Times and Albany Democrat-Herald. “Watching the reaction of Americans to the tragedy befalling the people … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Human War Toll, Linus Pauling Chapter Actions
Tagged afghanistan, cost of war, veterans for peace, VFP, war
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2021 Memorial Day Commemoration
Hosted by the New York City chapter of Veterans For Peace Monday, May 31, 11am PDT Register here for this Zoom event. What would Memorial Day look like if we commemorated all the victims of war, and not just the military fallen … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Human War Toll, Peace Activism
Tagged cost of war, memorial day, peace, veterans, veterans for peace, VFP, war
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VFP Linus Pauling Chapter president responds to attacks on Palestine by Israeli Government
by Rick Staggenborg. Published as a letter to the editor in the three mid-Valley newspapers May 28, 2021. “Palestinians in Gaza are dying by the hundreds under relentless Israeli missile attacks. Several Israeli citizens have also been killed by Hamas … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Human War Toll, Peace Activism
Tagged human rights, israel, Netanyahu, palestine, peace, war crimes
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Corvallis Palestine Solidarity
Members of VFP Linus Pauling Chapter 132, Mid-Valley joined many community members and Oregon State University students for two demonstrations, on May 14 and 20, in support of Palestinian resistance against the brutal attacks by Israeli forces in Gaza and … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Human War Toll, Linus Pauling Chapter Actions, Peace Activism
Tagged gaza, israel, palestine
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#DeplatformSixDays
Tuesday, May 4th at 4pm PDTVeterans For Peace Twitch Channel The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Veterans For Peace are calling calling on Microsoft (Xbox) and Sony (PlayStation) and Valve not to host or digitally distribute the soon-to-be-released video … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Human War Toll, Peace Activism
Tagged Fallujah, microsoft, sony, valve
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Just Released: Brown Univ. Costs of War study finds Afghan civilian deaths up dramatically after Trump 2017 ROE changes
“…new rules of engagement (ROE) ushered in by the Trump administration three years ago coincided with a 95 percent increase in [Afghan] civilians killed by U.S and allied airstrikes compared to the previous decade.” Study: “Afghanistan’s Rising Civilian Death Toll … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Human War Toll
Tagged afghanistan, brown university, costs of war project, trump, war crimes
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Free Webinar: AFRICOM & Human Rights in Africa
When: Friday, December 4 at 11 am (PST). The program will run about two hours. Register: For more information, including bios of the panelists, and to register (click here). AFRICOM is the acronym for “Africa Command” and is one of … Continue reading
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