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Veterans For Peace
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Exposing the True Costs of War and Militarism Since 1985.
- Today active-duty Air Force Senior Airman Larry Hebert will begin a hunger strike to highlight the plight of the starving children of Gaza.
- We are hearing from people who are refusing orders.
- Thrown out of Biden's rally in Raleigh for wearing a 'Jews Say Ceasefire Now' shirt, Roger Ehrlich, son of a holocaust survivor and member of Veterans For Peace. No disruption or yelling, simply an idea on a shirt that challenges the genocidal monsters at the podium.
- HAPPENING NOW: Folks in North Carolina are blocking the entrance to the new #Raytheon plant. #RejectWarIndustry @RejectRaytheon
- Veteran Mike Madden displays the amount of money Sen. Klobuchar has received from AIPAC over the years, enough to support an apartheid state...
I stand with Israel. The United States stands with Israel. We will not turn our backs on our allies when they need us most. fox9.com/news/thousands… - If you are in the military and seeking a way out of deploying against an American movement to challenge police brutality and white supremacy, you are not alone. @VetsAboutFace @girights @VFPNational“I can’t do it. Even looking at my uniform is making me feel sick that I’m associated with this,” a National Guardsman told me on the condition of anonymity about why he will refuse orders to deploy to American streets. truthout.org/articles/as-tr…
- "My name is Juan Bettancourt. I am a member of the U.S. Air Force currently seeking separation from the military as a conscientious objector My strong moral objection to the genocide in Gaza has brought me to this juncture where I must speak out despite the reprisal it may bring"
- We are going to Gaza! We are working with an International Coalition to break the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza and deliver vital aid. We must end Israel’s unlawful, deadly blockade as well as their overall control of Gaza and the Palestinian people usboatstogaza.org
- Replying to @votevetsNo one should be treated this way...not just veterans!
- Replying to @VFPNationalHebert said, “I was deeply touched when I saw that Aaron Bushnell took his own life at the Israeli Embassy for the people of Gaza and knew that I had to raise my voice in opposition to the U.S. government supplying Israel the bombs and rockets to commit genocide in Gaza."
- Replying to @VFPNationalHebert, age 26, and a member of Veterans For Peace, took authorized leave from his assignment at Naval Station Rota, Spain to participate in demonstrations demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and to visit Congressional offices to press for stopping weapons shipments to Israel
- Air Force Veteran Levi Pierpont, a friend of the late Aaron Bushnell, is camped out with fellow students at the University of Michigan. Colombia University students have inspired action across campuses!
