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Veterans For Peace to Hold 28th National Convention (U.S.)
an article by David Swanson
Veterans For Peace, a leading antiwar organization
with chapters in every U.S. state and several
other countries, will hold its 28th
national convention in Madison, Wisconsin,
August 7-11, 2013, at the Concourse Hotel at 1
Dayton Street.
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The convention, open to veterans and non-veterans,
will feature speakers, entertainers, and workshops
on a wide variety of topics related to the
advancement of peace and the abolition of war.
Free public events include:
Lanterns for Peace, commemorating Hiroshima,
Nagasaki, Aug. 6, 7-9:30 p.m. Tenney Park Shelter
Poetry Night, Aug. 7, 8-10:30 p.m. Room of
One's Own Bookstore, 315 W Gorham Street
Activist Night with national and local
speakers, open mic, music, Aug. 8, 7-10 p.m.,
Concourse Hotel Ballroom
Rally and Peace Parade, families invited,
bring peace banners, Aug. 10, 4 p.m., State Street
and Capitol Square
Tribute to Lincoln Grahlfs, Aug. 11, 9-11
a.m., Capitol Lakes Retirement Center, 333 West
Main Street
Iraq Veterans Against the War Art Exhibit, Aug
7-11, Rainbow Bookstore, 426 W. Gilman Street
(See discussion for list of speakers and
entertainers)
Workshops:
Some of the topics will be: Veterans farming,
Creating a culture of peace, Educating the
community, Agent Orange, Nonviolent bioregional
revolutionary strategies, Debt and death: making
clear the costs of war, Labor's role,
Environmental disaster, the United Nations,
Helping homeless veterans, Palestine, Veteran
suicide, Military sexual trauma and suicides,
Voices of Iraq: resolution, reconciliation,
reparation, The written word for peace and
reconciliation, Bradley Manning and G.I.
resisters, The perversion of just war reasoning,
U.S. policy in the Middle East, The long war for
central Asia, Building peace in Vietnam, and
Abolishing war as an instrument of national
policy.
The full program is available at
http://VFPNationalConvention.org
Veterans For Peace is a national organization,
founded in 1985 with approximately 5,000 members
in 150 chapters located in every U.S. state and
several countries. It is a 501(c)3 non-profit
educational organization recognized as a Non-
Governmental Organization (NGO) by the United
Nations, and is the only national veterans'
organization calling for the abolishment of war.
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DISCUSSION
Question(s) related to this article:
The peace movement in the United States, What are its strengths and weaknesses?
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LATEST READER COMMENT:
CPNN has received the following story illustrating strengths of the US Peace Movement as it attempts to block an American war with Iran:
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Anti-War Movement Successfully Pushes Back Against Military Confrontation With Iran
By Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet
Who says there's no anti-war movement in the United States? In the past two months, the anti-war movement has taken on one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the United States in an important fight. And so far, the anti-war movement is winning.
Here's the story: On May 22, a bill was introduced into Congress that effectively called for a blockade of Iran, H. Con. Res. 362. Among other expressions of hostility, the bill calls for: "prohibiting the export to Iran of all refined petroleum products; imposing stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran ... " This sounded an awful lot like it was calling for a blockade, which is an act of war. A dangerous proposition, especially given all the efforts that the Bush-Cheney administration has taken to move us closer to a military confrontation with Iran, the bluster and the threats, and the refusal to engage in direct talks with the Iranian government. . ...more.
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