In an attack piece worthy of a sensational tabloid, the New York Times is training its fire on Tulsi Gabbard, president-elect Trump’s nominee to be Director of National Intelligence. Notably, the Times does not mention Gabbard’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza....
US Veterans Applauds Israeli Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Gaza, Call for US GI’s to Resist Illegal Wars and War Crimes
The US organization Veterans For Peace has issued a statement in support of Israeli soldiers who are refusing to fight in Gaza. “You are doing the right thing,” the veterans group writes, while applauding the Israeli military reservists who are calling for a ceasefire...
Veterans to VP Harris: Push Now To End the Siege of Gaza
The national organization Veterans For Peace has written an Open Letter to Vice President Kamala Harris, asking her to push for an immediate end to the siege of Gaza. The letter begins: “Dear Vice President Harris, we are reaching out to you as military veterans who...
Veteran’s Trial Will Highlight Weapons Manufacturers’ Complicity in Gaza Genocide
This Wednesday, June 26, Jack Gilroy, an 89-year-old veteran, will tell a court in Endicott, New York why he was compelled to deliver a letter to weapons manufacturer BAE Systems, protesting their weapons shipments to Israel, and why he should not be convicted of...
‘The Law Is Simple’: Israel’s Unregulated Nukes Mean Biden Must Halt Military Aid
The national organization Veterans For Peace is demanding that the Biden Administration abide by US law regarding the illegal possession of unregulated nuclear weapons and halt all military aid to Israel. In a letter to President Biden and top members of his...
Active Duty Airman on White House Hunger Strike Against Starvation of Children in Gaza
An active-duty Air Force airman is on a hunger strike in front of the White House, in solidarity with the children of Gaza, who are being deliberately starved to death. Larry Hebert, a Senior Airman with six years in the Air Force, began his hunger strike at the White...
Biden’s Mixed Messages on Gaza Aren’t Fooling Veterans
The average person could be forgiven if they are confused by U.S. policy toward the ongoing Israeli slaughter and starvation of Palestinians in Gaza. On Saturday, March 2, as global protests called for an end to the genocide in Gaza, the U.S. military dropped 38,000...
Why Were Three Reservists from Georgia Killed at Tower 22?
Three US soldiers killed. At “Tower 22,” a US base in Jordan. Near the borders of both Syria and Iraq. By “Iran-backed militias,” we are told. A “red line” has been crossed. Not the 30,000 Palestinians slaughtered in Gaza. That was no red line for the United States,...
Who Lies? Who Dies? Who Pays? Who Profits? Why Veterans Are Calling for Peace in Ukraine
While reading the latest news of the war in Ukraine today, I was reminded of a song by Emma’s Revolution. The name of the song is Who Lies? It asks four fundamental questions that can be applied to just about any war: “Who Lies? Who Dies? Who Pays? Who Profits? ...
Veteran’s Letter to Biden – Negotiate, Don’t Escalate in Ukraine
Dear President Biden, I am writing you as a proud member of Veterans For Peace and its former president. We have been following the war in Ukraine closely, since well before the Russian invasion on February 24 of this year. We were alarmed when you and President Obama...