Anti-War Up - Northwest Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans Speak out Against the War
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Northwest Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan
Veterans Speak out Against the War
Hear local and regional chapters of Iraq Veterans Against The War
bring home the truth about the occupations with eyewitness accounts of
what is really happening day in and day out, on the ground in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
Saturday, May 31st
Noon-4:15pm
Antiwar demonstration @ 4:30pm
Seattle Town Hall, 8th Ave and Seneca St.
Panels will address:
" Eyewitness accounts and personal stories from veterans and
military families
" Veterans' Healthcare and the failure of the VA system
" The poverty draft and military recruitment today
" Supporting war resisters and the future of GI resistance
" Racism and the War on Terror
" Veterans, GIs, students and labor working together end the war
With guest speaker Antonia Juhasz, respected policy-analyst, author
and activist.
Her recent book, The Bu$h Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a
Time, exposes the Bush administration's use of corporate globalization
policy as a weapon of war.
Guest appearance and book signing by Dahr Jamail, author of the
award-winning book Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an
Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq.
Event Details
Tickets: $5 at the door, first-come-first served
Doors open @ 11:00am
Directions to Town Hall:
http://www.townhallseattle.org/directionsAndParking.cfm
Sponsored by Iraq Veterans Against The War
Endorsed by: Veterans for Peace (Chapters: 92 Seattle, 72 Portland,
132 Corvallis, 109 Olympia, 139 North Olympic Peninsula, Grants Pass,
913 Wenatchee, 141 SW Oregon, 143 Everett, 134 Tacoma) Dorris Kent -
Gold Star Families for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Anti-Imperialist, Military Families Speak Out Washington and Oregon,
Recruiter Watch PDX, Green Party of Washington, Evergreen Peace and
Justice Action League of Spokane, Collateral Repair Project.org, Code
Pink Oregon and Washington, Eastside Fellowship of
Reconciliation,Tacoma Students for a Democratic Society, Students
Educating Students About the Middle East, Teen Peace Project, American
Friends Service Committee Washington and Oregon, Vancouver for Peace,
PDX Peace Coalition, Oregon Peace Institute, White Feather Peace
Community, Washington Truth in Recruiting, International Socialist
Organization, Youth Against War and Racism, Freedom Socialist Party,
Seattle Central Community College Anti-War Collective, Socialist
Alternative,Courage to Resist, Backbone Campaign, Progressive
Democrats of America, Women in Black Seattle, Port Townsend Peace
Movement, Seattle Anti-Imperialist Commitee,Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom, Peace Action Coalition Tacoma,
Oregonians Against the War, Whatcom Peace and Justice Center, Sound
Nonviolent Opponents of War, Lake Forest Park for Peace, World Can't
Wait, Western Washington Fellowship of Reconcilliation, El Centro de
la Raza.
For more information about NW Winter Soldier go to http://givoice.org/
For questions or to endorse the event contact:
nwwinte...@yahoo.com
The history behind Winter Soldier
The first Winter Soldier event was organized in 1971 by Vietnam
Veterans Against the War in response to a growing list of human rights
violations occurring in Vietnam.
From March 13-16, 2008, IVAW organized a national Winter Solider: Iraq
and Afghanistan outside Washington, DC. This four-day event brought
together veterans from across the country to testify about their
experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan - and present video and
photographic evidence. In addition, panels of scholars, veterans,
journalists, and other specialists gave context to the testimony.
These panels covered everything from the history of the GI resistance
movement to the fight for veterans' health benefits and support.
Check out the historic testimonies at http://ivaw.org/wintersoldier
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