Category Archives: Foreign Policy

Vietnam Full Disclosure Discussion Notes

Posted on October 8, 2017 by

Viet Nam Full Disclosure VFP Discussion Session, Odd Fellows Hall, Corvallis 4 October 2017 Veterans For Peace, Linus Pauling Chapter, Corvallis and the Odd Fellows World Forum hosted a discussion about the American War in Vietnam following the airing of … Continue reading →

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Vietnam Full Disclosure

Posted on September 17, 2017 by

Does the Burns documentary tell the full story…accurately? Beginning September 17, 2017, PBS (Oregon Public Broadcasting here) will air the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick series on the American war on Vietnam or as they call it, “The Vietnam War.” … Continue reading →

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No War 2017: War and the Environment

Posted on August 30, 2017 by

You can give a boost to peace, the environment, and the collaboration of movements for both. VFP Linus Pauling Chapter is an affiliate organization of World Beyond War and Veterans For Peace is a national co-sponsor of the event. Our chapter … Continue reading →

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Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases

Posted on July 29, 2017 by

Please visit this page, sign, and share:NoForeignBases.orgUNITY STATEMENT ENDORSEMENT FORMPlease Click Here to Add Your Signature SEE THE LIST OF ENDORSERS  Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military BasesUnity StatementWe, the undersigned peace, justice and environmental organizations, and individuals, endorse the following … Continue reading →

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What good comes from military spending?

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

Veterans For Peace, Linus Pauling Chapter member, Joel Inman, wrote the following letter to the Corvallis Gazette-Times editor. It was published May 7, 2017. We believe Joel presents a case that would appeal to fiscal conservatives and libertarians as well. … Continue reading →

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Veterans confront a system that ignores them

Posted on February 10, 2017 by

By MITCH USMC05-09, Deployed to Fallujah, Iraq, in 2006 Originally posted at Socialist Action. Veterans are tired. They are tired of a system that no longer listens to them, tired of longer deployments, tired of a medical system that takes days … Continue reading →

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Tomgram: William Hartung, Trump for the Defense

Posted on November 23, 2016 by

Originally posted at TomDispatch.com, November 22, 2016 Introduction by Tom Engelhardt It couldn’t be stranger when you think about it (which few here care to do).  In the latter part of the twentieth century and the first years of this … Continue reading →

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