Iraq War Veteran, Outspoken War Critic Tomas Young Dead at 34
Published on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 by Common Dreams by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Iraq war...
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Tag: IVAW
Occupy Veterans Day
Countdown discusses the role of veterans in an all volunteer military defending their right to free speech and peaceable assembly. Keith Olbermann speaks with Jose Vasquez of Iraq Veterans Against The War
Read MoreIVAW conducts Operation WANT
Seven members from IVAW’s LA Chapter staged an early morning action on October 11th, placing 4,200 miniature soldiers around a gas station along with posters declaring “The Price of Gas: 4171 US SOLDIERS”
Read MoreWe should leave Afghanistan
Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) consists of families with loved ones who have or are currently serving in Iraq. MFSO is often mistakenly believed to be an anti-war organization yet many members are third and fourth generation...
Read MoreSunshine soldier and the winter patriot
A fellow peace activist wrote this and gave me permission to post it here. It is moving and thoughtful and attends to the too little attention given by the mainstream media upon these gut wrenching testimonies of our wounded...
Read MoreWinter Soldier 2008 ongoing
From the Washington Post Former Marine Jon Turner began his presentation by ripping his service medals off his shirt and tossing them into the first row. He then narrated a series of graphic photographs showing bloody victims...
Read MoreStop loss Congress
For more video from the protests ongoing in DC right now follow this link Let’s bring our troops home where we need them, can take care of them and where we love them.
Read MoreWinter Soldier reaches out to all GIs
One of the first conscientious objectors was Camilo Mejia who is now on the board of IVAW, Iraq Veterans Against the War. He has helped organize this Winter Soldier event because he feels it is his patriotic duty to defend the...
Read MoreWinter Soldier Iraq and Afghanistan underway
Details here at Rawstory and watch live streaming video here
Read MoreWinter Soldier testimony planned
This month from the 13th to the 16th hundreds of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans will testify about what the war is really about. This year, from March 13 to 16, about 300 veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will follow...
Read MoreAsian American soldiers believe in the Constitution
The occupation of Iraq and the Bush adminstration have put to the test the mettle of many soldiers who swore first to uphold the constitution. Among them are several Asian American soldiers who have an interesting historical...
Read MoreGI uprising spreading from base to base
Fort Hood soldiers are breaking the silence about the mission in Iraq “The honest truth is that if the American people knew what was going on over there everyday, they would be raising their voices too. They would be...
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