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Brooklyn Rail
February 7, 2018
What birthed the idea of the truck was catering a Memorial Day dinner, a barbeque for the Iraq Veterans Against the War and the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. I realized that like, “Oh my god the hands that are making this kabab, the fists that are shaping the lamb, are hands that were also making a fistÃâà...
Reason (blog)
January 16, 2018
Adam Kokesh, longtime anarcho-libertarian activist who first came to public prominence with Iraq Veterans Against the War in 2007 and was later a big Ron Paul supporter, today filed the paperwork necessary to officially seek the U.S. presidency. He is hoping for the Libertarian Party's presidentialÃâà...
The Christian Century
December 28, 2017
Lyle Jeremy Rubin. Lyle Jeremy Rubin is a Ph.D. candidate in American history at the University of Rochester. He served in the Marine Corps for five years, including nearly a year in Afghanistan. He is a member of Iraq Veterans against the War. See All Articles Ãâ÷ image of coverÃâà...
Brooklyn Rail
December 13, 2017
This is especially true for the many GIs who protested the Vietnam War both in and out of the service but now are honored as Vietnam Veterans. The movement of anti-war veterans continues today, however, in Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Afghanistan Veterans Against the War.
Westword
November 11, 2017
The Denver/Boulder/Fort Collins chapters of Veterans for Peace joined with Iraq Veterans Against the War at the Veterans' Day Parade in downtown Denver on November 11. Travis Weiner, an Iraq War vet and third-year student at the University of Colorado Law School, led the Vets for Peace contingent.
Task & Purpose
November 2, 2017
Though Young appears at an Iraq Veterans Against The War rally later in the episode, his public speeches are dubbed over or fade out. This was a creative choice, Alanne told Task & Purpose, and not based on concerns about politicizing the show. “I had a version where he gave a speech on the stage inÃâà...
People's World
September 28, 2017
Matt Howard is co-director of Iraq Veterans Against the War. The following is a message sent out to the organization's members and supporters on Sept. 27. This weekend, NFL players across the country responded a hundredfold to Trump's attacks against their teammates protesting police brutality.
Workers World
September 22, 2017
The program included speakers from other U.S. wars and occupations — Korea, Somalia, Guantanamo, Iraq, Afghanistan — and representatives from About Face (formerly Iraq Veterans Against the War) and Veterans For Peace. Operation Dewey Canyon I took place in January/February 1969 when theÃâà...
People's World
January 25, 2017
WASHINGTON – After being arrested for trying to speak with Senator John McCain R.-Ariz., members of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) have put out an urgent call for help. “We wanted to speak to Senator McCain vet-to-vet” about “[our] deep reservations about [Rex] Tillerson as a cabinet pick” forÃâà...
Democracy Now
October 3, 2014
They banded together and formed the organization Iraq Veterans Against the War, or IVAW. Over time, they gathered like-minded veterans across the United States to form a contemporary GI resistance movement. Celebrated its tenth anniversary, IVAW members say it is a bittersweet moment as the UnitedÃâà...
