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KORC-FM launches PSAs and veteran interview series
Messages based on themes from supporting local groups to address civics issues. VFP Linus Pauling Chapter is a founding sponsor of the Corvallis-area low-power FM station, KORC-FM. We recently offered several suggested themes to the station manager, John Ellis, to … Continue reading
MLK’s act of faith on health care
An commentary piece from our Linus Pauling VFP Chapter President, Rick Staggenborg, which appeared in the Jan. 16 edition of the Corvallis Gazette-Times. My two passions are working to oppose war through Veterans For Peace and promoting universal health care … Continue reading
Posted in Human War Toll, Peace Activism, Pentagon Budget
Tagged Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., health care, pentagon budget, VFP, war
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Glenn Greenwald (The Intercept): How Congress Maintains Endless War (Video)
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
The Opportunity Costs of Nuclear Weapons
“…the nine nuclear-armed countries spent $72.9 billion on … nuclear weapons in 2019, equalling $138,699 every minute….” So, we can’t afford M4A, GND, UBI, medical research & stockpiles, etc? Enough is Enough: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending 2020 In its report … Continue reading
Posted in Peace News, Pentagon Budget, War Economy
Tagged ICAN, no nukes, nuclear weapons, nukes, pentagon budget, pentagon spending, veterans for peace, VFP
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Endless war is a disastrous (but profitable) enterprise
This story first appeared in Responsible Statecraft, January 20, 2020. By Lawrence Wilkerson, Col., USA, Ret. “The collapse of the Libyan state has had region-wide repercussions, with flows of people and weapons destabilizing other countries throughout North Africa.” This statement … Continue reading
Veterans For Peace Statement on Election Results
VFP National Office, November 9, 2016 https://www.veteransforpeace.org/our-work/position-statements/veterans-peace-statement-election-results/ Veterans For Peace calls for all of our members and those who believe peace is possible to remember that peace is not found in elections, it is found in the work we do … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Activism
Tagged Foreign Policy, iran, islamophobia, nuclear weapons, peace, pentagon budget, president, racism, trump, VFP
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Proliferation begins at home…The $1 Trillion Train Wreck
From the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, April 2016 Proliferation begins at home. That has never been clearer than now, as the United States embarks on what many scientists at its nuclear weapons laboratories are calling “the second nuclear age.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Human War Toll, Peace Activism, War Economy
Tagged federal buget, federal taxes, nuclear, nuclear weapons, nukes, pentagon budget, proliferation
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GDAMS ! … It’s tax day
For this year’s Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS)… The Linus Pauling Chapter of VFP will join other peace and justice folks in a public information appearance at the Corvallis-Benton County Library on Tax Day, April 15, from 4pm … Continue reading
Labor says: WI must shift from military spending to sustainable economy
Originally posted on PEACE ACTION'S GROUNDSWELL:
By Judith Le Blanc, Peace Action Field Director A great way to end the year is to toast yet another step forward in the Move the Money Campaign. Peace Action, national and WI…
Nukes are nuts, 2014 edition
Please call your senators and congressperson today. Proposed congressional legislation will help reduce wasteful spending on nuclear weapons and their delivery platforms. The president’s budget request for 2015 shows that his priorities are still dangerously backwards, asking for yet another increase … Continue reading
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Tagged bombers, ICBM, missiles, nuclear weapons, nukes, pentagon budget, pentagon spending, SLBM, submarines, trident
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