Veterans for Peace White House Civil Disobedience to End War


On Thursday December 16th 2010, snow fell as 131 people were arrested in a Civil Disobedience at the White House protesting the continuing wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and in Iraq. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Chris Hedges provides an extraordinary anti-war soliloquy which is inter-cut with interview of Veterans of the recent wars and with Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the top secret Pentagon Papers. Read John Halle piece about this film www.johnhalle.com This action was organized by the Veterans Peace www.veteransforpeace.org Stop These Wars www.stopthesewars.org The March Forward www.answercoalition.org A story by John Halle describes the challenges to organizing the event. dissidentvoice.org A partial transcript of this video can be found at www.examiner.com Full Transcript of the Chris Hedges Speech www.opednews.com Bitter Memories of War on the Way to Jail, Monday 20 December 2010 by: Chris Hedges in Truthdig | Op-Ed www.truth-out.org Read an interview with Chris Hedges just after the speech on the RawStory www.rawstory.com And another Interview on Democracy Now where he discusses his most recent book, "Death of the Liberal Class" www.democracynow.org More about "Death of the Liberal Class" www.amazon.com Iraq Veterans Against The War Operation Recovery 678.986.0617 www.ivaw.org Newspaper about the action www.classwars.org Poll: Assessment of Afghanistan War Sours 60% now Oppose ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Record Six in 10 Say it's 'Not Worth Fighting <b>...</b>


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Peace Activist, Leah Bolger, Protests the Congressional Super Committee.


Peace Activist, Leah Bolger, Protests the Congressional Super Committee. "I will be pleading guilty at a hearing on Thursday, 12 April, 2012. There will be a press conference at 8:30 am that morning in front of the DC Superior Courthouse, 500 Indiana Ave NW, Washington DC." -Leah Bolger www.veteransforpeace.org www.rootsaction.org www.nowdc.org www.warisacrime.org www.occupy.com www.movetoamend.org www.newprioritiesnetwork.org Twitter: @leahbolger, @VFPNational


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Boston Police Attack Veterans for Peace by @haveyoumetter for @DigBoston


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Veterans fill Lowell Iraqi restaurant after window smashed


Veterans for Peace and supporters fill the Babylon Restaurant in Lowell for dinner in a show of support, after the restaurant's window was smashed.


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Ron Paul: Veterans for Peace (11.11.11)


Why the military supports Ron Paul: davidkretzmann.com Support Them Now: SupportThemNow.com Ron Paul Mutually Assured Respect: youtu.be On 11.11.11, donate to Ron Paul to bring the troops home, end the wars, and return the United States to a foreign policy of peace. RonPaul2012.com More from David Kretzmann Facebook: facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com DavidKretzmann.com


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Memorial Mile by Gainesville Veterans for Peace - Memorial Day 2012


Veterans for Peace Gainesville Florida Chapter (14) displayed more than 6400 tombstones from dawn on May 26, 2012 through dusk on Memorial Day May 28 on Eighth Avenue just east of 34th Street in Gainesville, Florida as part of their Memorial Day Weekend event to remember those who have died in the wars in Afghanistan since 2001 and in Iraq since 2003. Each stone includes the soldier's name, date of death, age, branch of service, rank and hometown. Soldiers with local ties have an American flag affixed to the stone. Members of Veterans of Peace were there to assist friends and families in finding the tombstone memorials of their lost loved ones with a book of the soliders' names and the location in the display. Many people write messages on the tombstones, and when you walk by and read the messages left by visitors, it's very moving. Thousands of people come to this three-day event each year to remember loved ones and walk through the mile of tombstones and names. When Veterans for Peace began the Memorial Mile in 2006, they never thought they would still be doing it today. Veterans for Peace Gainesville (14):www.afn.org Veterans for Peace: www.veteransforpeace.org


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Memorial Day For Peace: Veterans For Peace-Boston, Mass.-May 28, 2012


Anti-war commemoration of both military and civilians killed in the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan-Memorial Day in the US, May 28 2012, in Boston,Mass. Organized by Veterans For Peace.


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Veterans for Peace Arrested at OWS Eviction from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, May Day, #M1GS, #OWS


May Day 2012. 8-10pm: Occupy Wall Street holds a massive public assembly at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in NYC's Financial District. At least 1000 people attend the assembly. The park legally closed at 10pm, at which time hundreds of NYPD in riot gear evicted us from the park. Veterans for Peace and Occupy Faith leaders formed the front line of resistance, arms locked, to protect Occupy Wall Street from eviction. They were all arrested. And the eviction took place nonetheless, resulting in over an hour of cat-and-mouse marches through the Financial District until occupiers found refuge at Zuccotti Park (still open 24/7).


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Occupy Boston Live: Veterans for Peace


Members of Veterans for Peace discuss their planned participation in the Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade, to be held Sunday, March 18th at 1pm at the corner West Broadway and Dorchester Ave.


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Police arrest Veterans for Peace at Occupy Boston protest


Early Tuesday morning, over 50 people are reported to be arrested at the Occupy Boston protest, one of the latest extensions of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests sweeping the nation. Video courtesy www.youtube.com


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Veterans For Peace Protest War Outside White House


Ray McGovern, Daniel Ellsberg and Chris Hedges amongst dozens of protesters arrested outside White House


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Ben Griffin of Veterans For Peace UK


Ben Griffin of Veterans For Peace UK speaks outside the US embassy in London. More info: veteransforpeace.org.uk/


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Keith Olbermann - Veterans For Peace Board member Rumsfeld protest Boston


Veterans For Peace Treasurer and Board member Nate Goldshlag interviewed by Keith Olbermann about the attempted citizens arrest on Donald Rumsfeld Sept. 26, 2011. Nate also attempts to get Keith to come to Freedom Plaza October 6


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John Perkins, Part 1 at the VFP National Convention


John Perkins, Part 1 The first of a three part speech given to the Veterans For Peace National Convention, Seattle, WA in August 2006. Author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, in this part John discusses, from a hit mans perspective, the reasons and background to why we are at war in the Middle East. Film and Edit: Jeffrey Keating


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Raw Video: Occupy Boston Protesters Arrested


Boston police have arrested 129 people during Tuesday's Occupy Boston demonstrations. The early morning arrests were mostly for trespassing. (Oct. 11)


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War criminal Donald Rumsfeld was greeted by 3 members of Veterans For Peace and 1 Code Pink member in Boston.


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Vets for Peace and Code Pink Disrupt Rumsfeld in Boston


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Veterans for Peace Take Demand to White House Fence


Veterans for Peace on 12/16/2010 at the White House in Washington DC stopthesewars.org


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Occupy Portland & Veterans for Peace March October 15th (Day 10)


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Police Attack Veterans For Peace #OccupyOakland


Young woman tells us what the cops did to a member of Veterans For Peace. October 25, 2011 Oakland, CA Sorry low light.


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Interview With Veterans For Peace Member Shortly Before Police Raid Occupy Boston


matthewf.net An interview with Pat Scanlon from Veterans for Peace, shortly before the police raided Occupy Boston, and violently threw veterans to the ground.


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Veterans for Peace LA ask candidates to sign declaration against future war funding


Veterans for Peace-LA and Ron Kovic ask candidates for California's 36th congressional district to sign a declaration stating they will vote against future war funding for Iraq and Afghanistan before the Venice/Mar Vista Neighborhood Council Forum on April 27, 2011. Marcy Winograd was the only Democratic candidate to sign the declaration, as Debra Bowen and Janice Hahn both refused. Libertarian candidate Steve Collett and Peace & Freedom candidate Maria Montano also gladly signed. NOTE: Veterans for Peace does not support any candidate and the views and opinions expressed herein are soley those of the persons speaking.


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Veterans Demand Peace: 113 Arrested at White House


Veterans Demand Peace: 113 are Arrested at White House! On Saturday, March 19, 2011, Veterans for Peace led a rally and then a march on the White House. Organizers report 113 were arrested in an action of nonviolent public civil resistance. To learn more about this spirited event and the exact charges filed, go to: www.stopthesewars.org


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Veteran shot in the face by police projectile at Occupy Oakland protests


Sign this petition to get money out of politics - www.getmoneyout.com Veterans for Peace member Scott Olsen was wounded by a less-lethal round fired by either San Francisco Sheriffs deputies or Palo Alto Police on October 25, 2011 at 14th Street and Broadway in Downtown Oakland Oakland Mayor contact details:jeanquan.org Pictures of injured vet: www.indybay.org Another rubber bullet injury: twitpic.com Used rubber bullets found by reporter: www.youtube.com www.occupyoakland.org Original uploader: www.youtube.com Marine vet wounded


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Occupy Boston: Police beat war veterans, 100 arrested


For latest updates follow RT on twitter.com and www.facebook.com Follow Lucy Kafanov at twitter.com There have been reports of police beating war veterans during a peaceful protest in the US city of Boston. The demonstration was part of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which is aimed at big business and banks. The protests which started in New York are now countrywide.


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FOX-35 TV News interviews Veterans For Peace on Osama bin Laden Kill


May 3, 2011: Central Florida Veterans For Peace chapter co-chair Phil Restino is interviewed by FOX-35 TV (Orlando, FL) on the Killing of Bin Laden. The interview is followed by a clip from the "Building What?" Campaign and another clip from the "Geraldo at Large" show where Geraldo Rivera presents fair coverage of a long overdue issue of False Flag injustice.


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"Free Bradley Manning" - ANSWER Coalition, Veterans for Peace, Code Pink


March 20, 2011, "Free Bradley Manning" Rally, Quantico, Virginia. ANSWER Coalition, Veterans for Peace, Code Pink and others protest outside of the Marine Base at Quantico, Virginia. Film by Rupert Chappelle. www.bradleymanning.org www.answercoalition.org www.veteransforpeace.org codepink.org


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Veterans Call Attention to Personal and Societal Costs of War


FSRN: Anti-war veterans are using Veterans Day to remind Americans about the costs of war - both abroad and at home


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Occupy Oakland - Flashbangs USED on protesters OPD LIES


Veterans for Peace member Scott Olsen was wounded by a less-lethal round fired by either San Francisco Sheriffs deputies or Palo Alto Police on October 25, 2011 at 14th Street and Broadway in Downtown Oakland video of him as he was pulled away from the police line of fire. www.youtube.com *UPDATE* OPD ADMITS TO USING LESS THAN LETHAL ROUNDS "During the evening protest, a number of officers were assaulted, doused with hazardous materials and hit with large rocks and bottles, which resulted in the declaration of an unlawful assembly and the order to disperse. To assist in the dispersal efforts, officers used less lethal force tactics. At approximately 10:00pm this evening, a group of approximately 300 protesters in the area of Frank Ogawa Plaza began throwing large rocks and bottles at officers after receiving the order to disperse, which again prompted the use of less than lethal munitions." www2.oaklandnet.com Q. Did the Police deploy rubber bullets, flash-bag grenades? A. No, the loud noises that were heard originated from M-80 explosives thrown at Police by protesters. In addition, Police fired approximately four bean bag rounds at protesters to stop them from throwing dangerous objects at the officer Quote from OPD in thier public brief to the city of oakland. www2.oaklandnet.com This is direct evidence of oakland police using flashbangs against protesters. CLEARLY these people are trying to help a man that is on the ground hurt or something else. This footage was shot <b>...</b>


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Veterans for Peace discuss Bradley Manning with McCord


VeteransForPeace 25th convention in Portland Maine, August 2010. Wikileak's Collateral Murder movie was highlighted-Bradley Manning the purported whistleblower of the clip is discussed, and Ethan McCord the GI who extracted the children from the van-speaks during a workshop. Louise Lora Somlyo, Jeffrey Phillips, M Spiess footage.


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Dallas Occupies Donald Rumsfeld Event


The Dallas Peace Center, CodePINK Women for Peace, and Veterans for Peace confronted former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld at the Spring Creek Campus of Collin County Community College on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011.


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First Hand Account of the Police Assault on Scott Olson @#OccupyOakland


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Occupy USA.m4v


To the tune of Leonard Cohen's Democracy (is coming to the USA), this 7 minute video—an update of an earlier posting—highlights the expanding scope of the Occupy Movement with many compelling images of events in some unlikely places. Dedicated to Veterans for Peace, the video adds a strong anti-war presence by VFP members at movement events.


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Antiwar Orgs are Racist, not Ron Paul says CSPAN caller


January 3, 2012 During C-Span's coverage of the 2012 Iowa Republican Caucuses on Tuesday night, January 3rd, Phil of Port Orange, FL called in to address the claims that presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul was a "racist". Phil pointed out that it was both this country's foreign policy with its "war on terror" inflicted on the brown people of the world and domestic policy with its "war on drugs" unfairly and unjustly imprisoning poor young men and women of color that were truly racist and that it was Dr. Ron Paul who was and is the only candidate for president ... Republican or Democrat ... who would put an end to both unjust and racist wars. For a video clip of Dr. Ron Paul discussing in more depth the racial inequities of both the "war on terror" and the "war on drugs" and his clear opposition to both, please link to the following: youtu.be Phil also made the point that "pro-life" should mean not killing human beings, period ... whether they are yet to be born or are already among us ... and that Dr. Paul is very much opposed to the unjust killing being carried out by our government. The caller Phil from Florida also demonstrated that it was in fact the antiwar organizations in the US who were practicing racism with their very clear double-standards in their public calls for accountability in regards to US presidents prosecuting illegal wars of aggression and related war crimes. The antiwar movement was very adamant and very public about calling for impeachment of George <b>...</b>


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Veterans for Peace March Against War


Not allowed to march in the Boston Veteran's Day Parade, the Smedley D. Butler Brigade marches into history


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Michael Franti, FrantiV: Veterans for Peace, North Carolina


Michael Franti interviews Tim Pluta of Veterans for Peace in North Carolina.


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Veterans for Peace Protest at the White House


Veterans for Peace Protest at the White House December 16, 2010, 10 am full story at singlepayeraction.org


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9/7/2011: Dennis Kucinich Addresses American People of the Cost of War


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Decorated Iraq War Veteran Aaron Hughes to Return Military Medals at Anti-NATO Protest


DemocracyNow.org - Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will join thousands of protesters this Sunday at the NATO summit in Chicago. We speak to Iraq Veterans Against the War's Aaron Hughes, who's among a number of Afghanistan and Iraq war vets planning to return their medals of honor to visiting NATO generals. "[Veterans] have to live with the failed policy of the global war on terror on a daily basis," Hughes says. "What have we been doing in this decade-long war? There is a real moral disconnect between that the idea that our military can build a democracy and the idea that our military is trained and designed to control, dominate and kill people ... Occupations do not build democracies. Occupations do not extend individuals' freedoms. The movements of the Arab Spring, that was building democracy. The movements of Gandhi, of civil rights in this country, people's movements, that's what extends democracy." Towatch the complete daily, independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, and for more information, visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org


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AE911Truth Experts Speak Out


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US empire will collapse at any time with more actions like these by Veterans for Peace!


America's military and economic empire could collapse at any time, but predicting the precise day, week or month of its potential demise is unattainable, according to a former New York Times war correspondent who spoke with Raw Story. "The when and how is very dangerous to predict because there's always some factor that blindsides you that you didn't expect," Pulitzer-winning journalist Chris Hedges said in an exclusive interview. "It doesn't look good. But exactly how it plays out and when it plays out, having covered disintegrating societies, it's impossible to tell." He explained that he learned this lesson as events unfolded around him in the fall of 1989. Then, members of the opposition to the Soviet Empire told him that they predicted travel across the Berlin Wall separating East from West Germany would open within the year. "Within a few hours, the wall didn't exist," he said. Hedges was one of the 131 activists were arrested in an act of civil disobedience outside the White House yesterday, even as Obama was unveiling a new report citing progress in the Afghanistan war. Speaking to Raw Story on Wednesday night, he said the signs of US collapse are plain to see and compared the country's course through Afghanistan to Soviet Russia's. "We're losing [the war in Afghanistan] in the same way the Red Army lost it," he said. "It's exactly the same configuration where we sort of control the urban centers where 20 percent of the population lives. The rest of the country <b>...</b>


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Lt. Ehren Watada on Refusing to Serve in Iraq


Lt. Ehren Watada speaking at the Veterans for Peace 2006 National Convention August 12, 2006 in Seattle about refusing to serve in Iraq.


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Veterans for Peace


This Memorial Day please show your support of the current GI Bill. PEACE Song: "Imagine" ~ John Lennon, cover by Etta James


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UK Military Veterans Support Bradley Manning


Ben Griffin, former Paratrooper and SAS, now Veterans for Peace UK. Michael Lyons, former Navy Medic.


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