Memorial Day is a day of remembrance. We honor all those who lost their lives in war: soldiers,civilians, journalists, aid workers, and countless innocent people whose names history maynever record. As veterans, we know the weight of war not in the abstract, but as livedexperience. We carry its memories, its losses, and its consequences long
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The American Peace Information Center and American Veterans CommitteeJointly Commemorate Memorial Day This Memorial Day, the American Peace Information Center (APIC) and American Veterans Committee (AVC) join together to honor those who needlessly perished in wars of imperialist aggression. We recognize their courage and commitment, often made under conditions not of their own choosing. These
Originally published by Truthout Taxpayers Against Genocide (TAG), a nongovernmental grassroots mass movement comprised of more than 2,000 taxpayers who have been protesting their congressional representatives’ votes to fund Israel’s genocide in Gaza, filed an unprecedented report with the UN Human Rights Council on April 7. “We have gone through all the channels open to us in
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Originally posted by Veterans for Peace HONORING THE WOMEN OF Veterans For Peace – for IWD and Women’s Month – March, we honor the women who are veterans, the women who are and have been close to veterans, the other women who have chosen to join us – all the women – who have provided
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MONTGOMERY, Ala — Yesterday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reverted the name of Fort Moore, Georgia, to its previous name, Fort Benning. The Army base was originally named after Confederate General Henry L. Benning. This is the second military base that has been renamed by the Trump administration. “Secretary Hegseth’s unilateral actions stand in sharp contrast to the
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From the World Peace Council Thousands of people walked the streets of Lisbon on January 18th, demanding an end to the war and a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, for Peace and Cooperation between peoples, for social progress.Around 100 organizations from across the country signed the appeal and participated in the demonstration, adding strength
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Veterans For Peace joins the people of Gaza in rejoicing at the Ceasefire that has brought a halt to Israel’s bombardment of Palestinian children, women and men, and their churches, their mosques, their schools and hospitals. At least 50,000 have been killed in a cold-blooded massacre and over 100,000 injured, many losing their limbs. But the huge
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On this Memorial Day 2023 the American Veterans Union not only wants to remember the individuals whose lives were lost on the battlefields of war, but also on the battlefields for peace and justice. We also want to remember those who died fighting wars that they knew nothing about; those who were politically ignorant and
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