On April 15, 29 year-old Krystle Campbell, Lu Lingzi, 23 and Martin Richard, 8, left home to watch runners cross the finish line in the Boston Marathon. They and their families thought they would return that day as always. But they never did. As the world now knows, Krystle, Lu ...
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Blogger Profile: Mike Ferner
Mike Ferner is a former president of Veterans for Peace, a Vietnam veteran and former Navy hospital corpsman. He is the author of Inside the Red Zone: A Veteran For Peace Reports from Iraq and War and Peace and Democracy.
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U.S. to become a second-rate power
(Cue sound of emergency alarms. Insert graphics for panic, terror, devastation and collapse here ______.) Yes, believe it, friends. That is exactly what Outgoing Secretary of War Panetta said in a Feb. 1 exit interview with USA Today, when asked what effects looming cuts will have on the War Department ...
I Woke Up One Morning and the War Was Over
America’s war in Iraq is over. The last U.S. troops will leave by year’s end, “with their heads held high, proud of their success and knowing that the American people stand united in our support for our troops.” So sayeth President Obama.A “sham of a mockery of a sham,” is ...
As of September 29, 2011, we are only one step away from a government where the top official can kill anybody, anywhere, any time he feels it necessary – and do it in complete secret. With last week’s lawless killings of two U.S. citizens living in Yemen, Anwar Al-Awlaqi and Samir ...
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.” -- MLK“Justice has been done,” said President Obama. “Justice has been done.” “Justice has been done.” Justice has been done!? Justice!? Justice?? For the last ten years, we’ve been engaged in an exercise of justice? ...
Civil Resistance to the Wars Continues
"We should not think that the destruction and suffering unleashed by war is limited to Iraq and Afghanistan. Individuals and whole cities here at home have become 'collateral damage.' Millions of people are thrown out of their jobs and then out of their homes. Pressures cascade onto state and local governments as ...
KABUL – The NGO’s offices were sparse and well worn, but they bustled with a palpable sense of purpose. Our host’s hospitality was unerring. For reasons that will become obvious, we will call him Dr. Ahmed Hasan. Everything else about him and his work is precisely as related.Dr. Hasan is ...
Young Afghans Work for Peace, Starting With Their Own Hearts
"He stares into the distance and sometimes he talks incoherently," Abdulai said, describing his older brother a decade after the Taliban killed their father and grandfather for being the wrong ethnicity. But, he recalled through a fragile smile, "When our family fled, my brother piggy-backed me into the mountains."Abdulai, 15, ...
"Dear Afghanistan": A Global Listening Project for Peace
Note: The five boys I met in Kabul, Afghanistan, from the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers were young – the oldest only 20 – and as charming and well-mannered as teenage boys can humanly be. Their mentor, Hakim, displayed patience and tireless compassion. I found it easy to settle into a ...
During the Vietnam War, Martin Luther King called our government “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.” True then—and even more so today. A few years before that, in 1964 Mario Savio made his great speech at Berkeley; at the end he says, “There is a time when ...
This letter invites you to join what will be the largest veteran-led civil resistance to U.S. wars and occupations in recent history, Washington, D.C., December 16. www.stopthesewars.org. During the Vietnam War, Martin Luther King called our government "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." That was true then—and ...
'MR. OBAMA: END THESE F***ING WARS! WAR IS THE OBSCENITY!'
Mission accomplished. No arrests made. We even got the banner back. Here's our press release:Today at 1:00pm eastern time, U.S. military veterans hung an enormous banner on the front of the Newseum, wrapping their message around the First Amendment chiseled in five stories of limestone.Opposed to the wars and occupations ...
Veterans Respond to Obama's "Rebranded Occupation" Announcement
A veteran’s perspective makes it clear that two major points must be made in response to President Obama’s announcement regarding combat troops leaving Iraq.First, there is no such thing as “non combat troops.” It is a contradiction in terms. It is internally inconsistent. It is illogical. It is simply not ...
No One Else Will Stop the Killing
In a statement today directed to the U.S. House of Representatives, President Obama and its membership, Veterans For Peace urged its chapters to demonstrate opposition to the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan by doing two things: 1) Take the actions listed below within the next several days, before President Obama ...
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April 23rd, 2013
On April 15, 29 year-old Krystle Campbell, Lu Lingzi, 23 and Martin Richard, 8, left home to watch runners cross the finish line in the ...
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February 4th, 2013
U.S. to become a second-rate power
(Cue sound of emergency alarms. Insert graphics for panic, terror, devastation and collapse here ______.) Yes, believe it, friends. That is exactly what Outgoing Secretary ...
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October 24th, 2011
I Woke Up One Morning and the War Was Over
America’s war in Iraq is over. The last U.S. troops will leave by year’s end, “with their heads held high, proud of their success and ...
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October 4th, 2011
As of September 29, 2011, we are only one step away from a government where the top official can kill anybody, anywhere, any time he ...
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May 4th, 2011
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.” -- MLK“Justice has been done,” said President Obama. “Justice ...
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February 24th, 2011
Civil Resistance to the Wars Continues
"We should not think that the destruction and suffering unleashed by war is limited to Iraq and Afghanistan. Individuals and whole cities here at home have become ...
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February 2nd, 2011
KABUL – The NGO’s offices were sparse and well worn, but they bustled with a palpable sense of purpose. Our host’s hospitality was unerring. For ...
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October 1st, 2010
'MR. OBAMA: END THESE F***ING WARS! WAR IS THE OBSCENITY!'
Mission accomplished. No arrests made. We even got the banner back. Here's our press release:Today at 1:00pm eastern time, U.S. military veterans hung an enormous ...
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May 4th, 2011
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.” -- MLK“Justice has been done,” said President Obama. “Justice ...
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February 4th, 2013
U.S. to become a second-rate power
(Cue sound of emergency alarms. Insert graphics for panic, terror, devastation and collapse here ______.) Yes, believe it, friends. That is exactly what Outgoing Secretary ...
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October 24th, 2011
I Woke Up One Morning and the War Was Over
America’s war in Iraq is over. The last U.S. troops will leave by year’s end, “with their heads held high, proud of their success and ...
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January 3rd, 2011
"Dear Afghanistan": A Global Listening Project for Peace
Note: The five boys I met in Kabul, Afghanistan, from the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers were young – the oldest only 20 – and as ...
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February 24th, 2011
Civil Resistance to the Wars Continues
"We should not think that the destruction and suffering unleashed by war is limited to Iraq and Afghanistan. Individuals and whole cities here at home have become ...
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October 4th, 2011
As of September 29, 2011, we are only one step away from a government where the top official can kill anybody, anywhere, any time he ...
