07 Mar 2017
Donations, Education, Families of Veterans, For Veterans No Comments Permalink

Truth in Recruitment Appeal

March 7, 2017 No Comments

High School lunchtime display of tombstones representing 18 and 19 year olds who were killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

Truth in Recruitment requests contributions to make sure military recruiters follow school administration guidelines and parental wishes, before teens make a life-changing decision.

The Santa Barbara High School Gender and Sexuality Alliance club along with Truth in Recruitment created a lunchtime display of tombstones representing 18 and 19 year olds who were killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Most of these teens enlisted in the military while they were still in high school.

In some parts of our community, teens are being approached every month in our schools by professional military recruiters.

For more information about how we can protect families’ and their childrens’
privacy, visit our website at www.truthinrecruitment.org.

07 Mar 2017
Action Alerts, Events, For Veterans, Protests No Comments Permalink

25th Annual Space Organizing Conference & Protest

March 7, 2017 No Comments

April 7-9, 2017
Huntsville, Alabama

Join us for the Global Network’s  25th anniversary Space Organizing Conference and Protest at the home of Redstone Arsenal and the Space & Missile Defense Command, also known as the ‘Pentagon of the South’.

The effort by the Pentagon to develop and deploy the next generation of Star Wars weapons will increase global instability and cost hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars.  The US Space Command has long maintained its mission is to create the technologies to ‘control and dominate’ space and the Earth below – ultimately on behalf of corporate interests. This conference will allow citizens to learn more about these important issues and meet leaders from the growing international movements to Keep Space for Peace and Stop NATO expansion.

Fees
Registration for the conference will be on a sliding scale between $25-$75 (pay what you can best afford).
Lunch and supper on April 8 are included in your registration fee.
You can register online using the GN’s web site
http://www.space4peace.org/

Informational Brochure
http://www.space4peace.org/actions/GN%202017%20Conference%20Brochure.pdf

07 Mar 2017
Costs of War, Politics, War Crimes, War Machine No Comments Permalink

Trump Orders War Preparations

March 7, 2017 No Comments

President Donald Trump issued an executive action calling for stepped up violence in Syria and a vast expansion of the US military, including its nuclear arsenal, to prepare for war with “near-peer competitors”—a reference to nuclear-armed China and Russia—and “regional challengers,” such as Iran.
– Read Article http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/01/28/pent-j28.html

25 Jan 2017
For Veterans, Politics No Comments Permalink

7 Veterans Arrested in McCain’s Office

January 25, 2017 No Comments

Seven protesters arrested at the Washington office of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Thursday after refusing to leave.
Read Article: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/veterans-protesting-tillerson-arrested-at-mccains-office/article/2612382

Group of veterans arrested Thursday in Sen. John McCain’s office during a protest over secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson’s oil ties.
Read Article: http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans-arrested-for-protest-in-mccain-s-office-1.449754

02 Dec 2016
environment, Native American Vets, News, Protecting Natural Resources No Comments Permalink

BE A PART OF HISTORY AT STANDING ROCK AND SUPPORT IVAW

December 2, 2016 No Comments

I am writing to you tonight from inside my tent at Oceti Sakowin resistance camp. A week ago, I traveled here with a delegation of Iraq Veterans Against the War members to support the Standing Rock Sioux’s fight for Indigenous sovereignty against extractive industry and in the face of militarized police.

After we arrived, we heard about the group of veterans who put out a call for a mobilization on December 4th, and several of us decided that we would stay. While we are hearing different reports on numbers, but it’s likely that over 1,000 veterans are traveling to peacefully protest the pipeline. This is a historic moment in a historic fight and we need to be here.

I arrived thinking I would stay for the week. I did not expect that I would find a deep need to stay longer. I had no idea that thousands of other veterans would be coming. We have a critical role to play in this mobilization. Many of these veterans have not participated in peaceful, non-violent actions like IVAW has for the last decade. These veterans need to be trained and oriented. IVAW, with Veterans For Peace and the Indigenous People’s Power Project (IP3), is on the ground to facilitate these trainings and connections.

You can be part of this historic fight. We count on supporters like you to ensure that our veterans have enough food, fuel, and shelter to contribute to stopping the Dakota Access Pipeline. I have to be honest with you: tensions are rising. The Army Corps of Engineers has asked the Oceti Sakowin camp to voluntarily leave and the Governor of North Dakota has issued an emergency order to evacuate. The Seven Council Fires leadership is organizing to stay and we, as veterans, can help de-escalate situations and help people remain peaceful and prayerful in actions. Native veterans have taken heroic leadership to confront the United States and demand that it honor the treaties.

WE NEED YOU TODAY – DONATE
http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5966/donate_page/ivaw-donate

http://www.ivaw.org/blog/ivaw-tells-army-corps-engineers-stand-down-standing-rock

02 Dec 2016
environment, For Veterans, Native American Vets, News, Protecting Natural Resources No Comments Permalink

Veterans For Peace at Standing Rock

December 2, 2016 No Comments

12.3.16
Veterans For Standing Rock Have Arrived — Update

Members of Veterans For Peace have joined in solidarity with thousands of people who have traveled to Standing Rock, North Dakota to stand with our Indigenous sisters and brothers in opposing the construction of an oil pipeline by the Dakota Access company that threatens drinking water and sacred burial grounds. Veterans For Peace will continue to support this effort. As veterans, we see the connections between greed, racism, violence and environmental destruction in our own communities, and war and militarism abroad. We strive to achieve “Peace at Home and Peace Abroad” as a lens through which we view our mission.

We believe the Standing Rock action is consistent with our philosophy and approach to help build a more just, peaceful and sustainable world. Read our full statement supporting Standing Rock resistance and our Thanksgiving statement.

Read More: http://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/veterans-peace-standing-rock/

Upcoming Veterans Mobilization at Standing Rock
Veterans For Peace members are joining the upcoming “Veterans Stand For Standing Rock” mobilization happening December 4th -7th. Many of our members will stand together with veterans from all over the U.S. who are converging to Standing Rock in support of the Native-led non-violent resistance to stop the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
This action is not organized or sponsored by Veterans For Peace but many members are on their way to support the call to veterans to mobilize in support of Standing Rock.  Veterans For Peace supports any solidarity efforts towards the indigenous resistance at Standing Rock.

Get Details: http://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/veterans-peace-standing-rock/