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Ralph Nader Radio Hour: Two Soldiers’ View of War

Posted on November 6, 2021 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

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 →

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Time for the US to give up dreams of empire and to repair the devastation US wars have caused

Posted on September 11, 2021 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

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 →

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Just Released: Brown Univ. Costs of War study finds Afghan civilian deaths up dramatically after Trump 2017 ROE changes

Posted on December 7, 2020 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

“…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 →

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Far Right Militias Are Recruiting Vets. We Must Organize Against This Trend.

Posted on December 1, 2020 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

By Rory Fanning, Truthout.
“In order for soldiers to kill, racist indoctrination needs to be part of the training.” Continue reading →

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Glenn Greenwald (The Intercept): How Congress Maintains Endless War (Video)

Posted on July 11, 2020 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

We thought we had a pretty good handle on the ”inside baseball” of Congressional support for a virtually unlimited Pentagon budget, despite public demands, especially now, for domestic spending on e.g., health care, education, etc. But this analysis by Glenn … Continue reading →

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Empire Files: “Afghanistan War Exposed: An Imperial Conspiracy”

Posted on June 27, 2020 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter
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Empire Files: The Forgotten Wars, Part I

Posted on May 23, 2020 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

From Abby Martin and Mike Prysner, an Empire Files interview with USMC Afghanistan war veteran, John Motter. If you know anyone considering joining the military, offer them this. John does a wonderful job of describing his personal experience in the … Continue reading →

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Veterans confront a system that ignores them

Posted on February 10, 2017 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

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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The Intercept: The Drone Papers

Posted on October 15, 2015 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

Leaked documents reveal the cold calculus of murder from above. The expose is published in The Intercept. From DemocracyNow!: Newly leaked government documents have provided an unprecedented window into the secret U.S. drone assassination program across the globe. In “The Drone … Continue reading →

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“Call Out for Justice: End the Wars”

Posted on September 29, 2015 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

Rally and March, Portland, Sunday, October 11, 2015, 1:00 PM Shemanski Park (the South Park Blocks at Salmon St.) Full details, including a full list of sponsors and endorsers, more fliers and posters, here: http://pjw.info/afghanistan14yl.html Endorsed by VFP 132 and … Continue reading →

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