05 May 2014
News No Comments Permalink

Michael Moore & Viet Nam

May 5, 2014 No Comments

Filmmaker Michael Moore’s father Frank died on Saturday, April 19th of this year.
Michael has set up a Memorial Fund in honor of Francis Richard Moore for donations to go to the Hoa Binh (Peace) Chapter 160 of Veterans For Peace (VFP) in Viet Nam, specifically for the Viet Namese Victims of Agent Orange in Viet Nam.  Donations can be made through the National office of VFP at: http://org.salsalabs.com/o/826/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=11097

For More on the Hoa Binh Viet Nam, Chapter 160 of Veterans For Peace and their work for Agent Orange, please see: http://vfp-vn.ning.com/

22 Apr 2014
Poetry No Comments Permalink

Here and Now

April 22, 2014 No Comments

The starkness of the times

causing even old warriors

to fall

the suffering can bear a load

even on the strongest

 

For many moons our people

have struggled to survive

been through hell

and back

but we are here

 

Now

 

Many of us have fallen

victim to the hype, the pretense,

the flim-flam man,

and the desire to just

be one of the crowd

 

That’s OK

 

It’s just time to move on

to get serious about dealing

with our present here

and now

 

Let the spiritual connection

to our relatives,

that is real,

the two-leggeds.

the four-leggeds, the things

that fly, the things that swim,

the water, the air, the earth

 

All our relatives

 

We must fight, crawl, dribble,

snort, swear, and swim

in order to protect

the future generations

who cry out to us

in our sleep.

Here we are now…..

 

© Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space

22 Apr 2014
Domestic Spying, Freedom of Speech, News No Comments Permalink

Bradley Manning update

April 22, 2014 No Comments

They are at a crucial turning point in our campaign to support WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Chelsea’s future hangs in the balance, and your support can make a huge difference!

Last week, Chelesa’s trial attorney, David Coombs, released a statement with an insider’s view of the injustices of the court martial proceedings and the excessive 35-year sentence. He warned:
I have fought to ensure that she received a fair trial and a just result. Unfortunately, I do not believe that she received either… The government-wide crackdown on whistleblowers and the extension of this crackdown to journalists threatens to stifle the very freedoms that we [the United States] have fought so hard to ensure.
Read More: http://www.chelseamanning.org/featured/david-coombs-update-on-pfc-chelsea-manning

13 Apr 2014
Costs of War, Health, News, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Suicides, Veterans Issues, Veterans Speak Out No Comments Permalink

Shooting Brings More Awareness to Dangers of Psychiatric Drugs

April 13, 2014 No Comments

Veterans Today News Article: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/04/11/fort-hood-shooting-more-fallout-from-psychiatric-drugs/

Colonel Bart Billings is a military psychologist (retired after 34 years of military service) who started the first U.S. annual conference on Combat Stress more than 25 years ago.