Standing Rock: At the Minnesota Governor’s Mansion
Standing Rock: Protest and Prayer
Armistice Day Bell Ringing, VFP Chapter 27
Veterans for Peace, Chapter 27, Bell Ringing on Armistice Day
Michael German | The Failure of Our Counter-Intelligence Discourse (Video)
Michael German, former FBI agent and a fellow with the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program at the New York University of Law, spoke at Peacestock on terrorism. Peacestock is sponsored by Minnesota Chapters of Veterans for Peace.
Dr. Todd Green | Islamophobia: What Are We Really Afraid Of? (Video)
Dr. Green's talk addresses what we hope to bring to light about the problem of terrorism, its causes and solutions.
David Swanson | ‘War is a Lie’ (Video)
"David Swanson's War Is A Lie should be required reading. It lays bare the hypocrisy of American 'do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do' foreign policy, exposing the lies and the deliberate glorification of military disasters." - Medea Benjamin, author, peace activist
Sami Rasouli on Iraq (Video)
On June 11, 2016 Sami Rasouli, Iraqi American, formerly a resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota, now a resident of Najaf, Iraq, spoke about current issues and problems in Iraq on his recent trip to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul MN.
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VIDEO | Chris Hedges, Days of Revolt: Why the Brutalized Become Brutal
Chris Hedges and two US veterans lament the brutality of the American military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, which fuels the conditions for terrorism, and speak out about the painful struggle of coping with PTSD in this episode of teleSUR's Days of Revolt. https://youtu.be/68BMn-i4zLk Click here to read the transcript. TheRealNews Uploaded on Apr 2, More
Chris Hedges: The Lie of Patriotism
Nationalists do not venerate veterans. They venerate veterans who read from the approved patriotic script. America is the greatest and most powerful country on earth. Those we fight are depraved barbarians. Our enemies deserve death. God is on our side. Victory is assured. Our soldiers and Marines are heroes.
Prominent Veterans Group Just Called On US Public to Say No to War
Letter: There is not a perfect solution to the tragedy of Afghanistan. War has been the norm for the people of Afghanistan for nearly 37 years. The answer to ending the violence there is political, not military. The U.S. must withdraw and give the nation of Afghanistan back to the people of Afghanistan.
Video | Snowden to Iowa City Audience: What are we going to do about it?
Snowden: “It was no longer narrowly targeting people suspected of criminal activity,” Snowden said. “Instead, they began watching all of us all the time because any of us could be bad or we could go bad.”
Coleen Rowley and Ray McGovern: the election, war, and information warfare
Victims of war deserve more help, not more war