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VFP: Linus Pauling Year in Review

Posted on February 7, 2023 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

EventsExposing the true costs of war and militarismHiroshima-Nagasaki CommemorationVeterans Driving ActionNavy veteran makes a differenceResolution for Divestment from the War MachineChapter help for others Events Exposing the True Costs of War and Militarism On Tax Day, April 16, at the … Continue reading →

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Linus Pauling VFP Chapter hosts Tax Day event

Posted on May 13, 2022 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

The US will spend $800 billion this year on militarism. How would you spend $800 billion to make the world better? Continue reading →

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Veterans to President Biden: Just Say No to Nuclear War!

Posted on September 24, 2021 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

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 →

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KORC-FM launches PSAs and veteran interview series

Posted on August 23, 2021 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

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 →

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MLK’s act of faith on health care

Posted on January 17, 2021 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

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 →

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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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The Opportunity Costs of Nuclear Weapons

Posted on May 13, 2020 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

“…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 →

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Endless war is a disastrous (but profitable) enterprise

Posted on February 13, 2020 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

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 →

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Veterans For Peace Statement on Election Results

Posted on November 9, 2016 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

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 →

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Proliferation begins at home…The $1 Trillion Train Wreck

Posted on April 18, 2016 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

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 →

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