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We, as military veterans, do hereby affirm our greater responsibility to serve the cause of world peace. To this end we will work, with others both nationally and internationally.

To increase public awareness of the causes and costs of war.

To restrain our governments from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other nations.

To end the arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons.

To seek justice for veterans and victims of war.

To abolish war as an instrument of national policy.

To achieve these goals, members of Veterans For Peace pledge to use non-violent means and to maintain an organization that is both democratic and open with the understanding that all members are trusted to act in the best interests of the group for the larger purpose of world peace.

For More Information (Including how to become a member): www.veteransforpeace.org

THE PENTAGON HAS BILLION$ TO SPEND ON WAR. OUR CHAPTER HAS ONLY OUR DUES AND YOUR DONATIONS TO SPEND ON PEACE.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Handout for WNC Veterans for Peace Chapter 099 vigil on September 27, 2022

Handout # 83: Peace & Planet News, Summer 2022 THIS IS NOT A DRILL

A Project of New York City Veterans For Peace
Copies available from Western North Carolina VFP chapter 099

This is a tabloid format newspaper containing 24 pages. Here are some of the contents:


No Way Out But War? By Chris Hedges
“Since all we do is war, all proposed solutions are military…War…will cripple Russia, will curb the growing economic and military clout of China. These are demented and dangerous fantasies”

Why I Must Speak Out By Roger Waters
“I believe that the root of all injustice and oppression has always been the same – the dehumanization of the other. mIt is the obsession with Us and Them that can lead us, regardless of racial or religious identity, into the abyss”.

Editorial There Is No Planet B By Mike Ferner
“Think about what it will take to save our Mother Earth and just do it. Do it with abandon. … Do it simply out of love and because it’s the right thing to do. …Do it because this is not a drill”.

The Greatest Threat to Western Press Freedom in Years By Glenn Greenwald
“One of the most insidious despotic innovations of the Obama Administration was to repurpose and revitalize the Wilson-era Espionage Act as an all-purpose weapon to punish whistleblowers”.

Working to Change the Culture of Militarism By Nate Goldschlag
“And those flags – people say they honor the people represented by those flags, their sacrifice. But in the wars of the last 70 years, who did they sacrifice their lives for”?

How Veterans Return From America’s Wars By Ann Jones
“ ‘You can’t assess his injuries in comparison to those of other soldiers who happen to be on the same plane. You have to assess them in comparison to who he was before.’ He is a boy who used to have legs and now he doesn’t”.

Post-Cold War NATO: From Europe’s Guard Dog into America’s Attack Dog By Scott Ritter
“From an ostensible defensive alliance, NATO has grown into an aggressor designed to promote ‘rules’ dictated by the United States”

We Cannot Allow the Ukraine Crisis to Lead to Nuclear War! By Gerry Condon
“What is absolutely needed is a ceasefire and negotiations to end the war as soon as possible”.

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