Listen here. “Deep Water”, a musical tribute to VFP activist, Al Glatkowski and his anti-war efforts during the Vietnam War, is written by Joe DeFilippo and performed by the R.J. Phillips Band, a group of Baltimore musicians. Joe DeFilippo: vocals, bass, acoustic guitar ; Bill Phelan: electric guitar ; Patrick McAvinue: fiddle; Leslie Darr: background […]
Although this video is from 2007, it has a lot of very interesting information relevant to today.
By Steve Early From BeyondChron | Original Article Fifty years ago this fall, a campus upsurge turned opposition to the Vietnam War into a genuine mass movement. On October 15, 1969, several million students, along with community-based activists, participated in anti-war events under the banner of the “Vietnam Moratorium.” A month later, 500,000 people came […]
Three articles related to the case: the first on Trump stripping medals from the prosecutors, the second two on Republican congressman who says he probably killed hundreds of civilians. Navy SEAL prosecutors to be stripped of achievement medals By Jill Colvin From AP | Original Article In this July 2, 2019, file photo, Navy Special […]
From The Boys Who Said No | Original Article Dear Friends and Supporters of The Boys Who Said NO! It is with great sorrow that we write to let you know that the initiator and producer of our film, Christopher Colorado Jones, died on June 29 from a head injury suffered the night before. He […]
By Jasper Craven From The Intercept | Original Article Derrick Hathaway served multiple tours in Kosovo, contributing to a NATO peacekeeping mission aimed at preventing ethnic cleansing. While Hathaway envisioned his Marine mission as a humanitarian one, he soon became ashamed of his work. In the course of mapping safe routes for NATO forces, Hathaway’s […]
By Martin Smith From Counterpunch | Original Article I will never forget standing in formation after the end of our final “hump,” marine-speak for a forced march, at the end of the Crucible in March, 1997. The Crucible is the final challenge during Marine Corps boot camp and is a two-and-a-half day, physically exhausting exercise […]
Should another generation of youth living here be sucked into war for empire, the way two million+ have sacrificed their humanity and lives in the so-called “war on terror?” We say no, and are actively working to present what the recruiters for the U.S. armed forces won’t ever say. Should another generation of youth in […]
By Shawek Blich From Dissent | Original Article Read this interview in Polish here. What do the crimes of a Navy SEAL tell us about U.S. military culture? In early May 2017, Navy SEALs Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher allegedly murdered a fifteen-year-old ISIS fighter receiving medical assistance for non-fatal wounds in Iraq. Witnesses watched […]
From Courage to Resist | Original Article Daniel Hale, an Air Force veteran and former U.S. intelligence analyst turned anti-war activist was arrested May 9th and charged with violating the Espionage Act. Daniel is a well-known anti-drone activist who has spoken out a number of anti-war events and conferences. He is also featured in the […]
