by Barry Ladendorf, Veterans For Peace Board President First published May 30, 2016 on BillMoyers.com. As Americans mark Memorial Day, a holiday that invites us to reflect on the cost of war, we are reprinting these remarks that a leader of the Veterans for Peace made last week at Ralph Nader’s Breaking Through Power conference…
May, 2016 – Updated May 8, 2017 The San Diego Veterans For Peace, Chapter 91, has now embarked on a five-year plan to change public understanding of what the Miramar Air Show is actually all about. Here’s a short list. The Miramar Air Show: Glorifies war with an exciting and colorful show of speed, power…
My name is Mike Hanes and I am with the San Diego chapter of Veterans for Peace. After my experiences in the Iraq invasion as a Force Recon Marine operator, I came to the conclusion that the glory, idealism and patriotism that was sold to us growing up, and later as service members, was to…
Veteran members, associate members, and friends and supporters of the San Diego Veterans For Peace, Chapter #91 are proud to announce that in November 2015 the 2500th sleeping bag set was given out to the homeless in downtown San Diego! It is through the generous on-going financial contributions of friends and the general public that…
by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout | Op-Ed We have just marked anniversaries of the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the US government against the people of Japan and Vietnam. Seventy years ago, on August 6, 1945, the US military unleashed an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing at least 140,000 people. Three days later,…
By SDVFP Member Jack Doxey on August 11, 2015 Veterans for Peace National Convention San Diego, California August 5th to August 9th, 2015 Many of our members came from all over the country to attend our national convention in the beautiful city of San Diego. If you arrived at night you couldn’t help but notice…