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Friday,
November 20, 2015
Ballots Have Been mailed!
 Ballots have been mailed to all members
whose national dues were current at the time of the 2015 VFP National convention. If your
dues were current and you have not received your ballot, please notify the
national office at 314-725-6005 between the hours of 9am - 5pm CT.
If you have received your ballot, get it back to us soon!
Ballots postmarked on or before November 30th will be counted.
Visit the national website to view the pros and cons, board rationale,
board vote, member vote, and viewpoints from VFP members. Audio is provided for
resolutions debated at the convention.
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This Weekend - SOA Watch
Vigil
Join us as we
continue to denounce the failed U.S. policies, which have left a brutal legacy
of impunity and Human Rights violations throughout the
hemisphere.
VFP SOAW
Coordinator: Mike Tork im4peacenow@yahoo.com
Hourly Shuttle Info from Atlanta to Columbus
Schedule of events
Meeting
for VFP members is scheduled at 6:30 - 7:45, room 210, on Saturday,
November 21st.
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A War the West Cannot Win by Andrew
Bacevich
 President Francois Hollande’s response to
Friday’s vicious terrorist attacks in France, attributed to the Islamic State,
was immediate and uncompromising. “We are going to lead a war which will be
pitiless,” he vowed.
Whether France itself possesses the will or the
capacity to undertake such a war is another matter. So too is the question of
whether further war can provide a remedy to the problem at hand: widespread
disorder roiling much of the Greater Middle East and periodically spilling into
the outside world.<Full Article>
Travel Opportunities for Activists
See Cuba
before America invades again, this time with bankers and realtors! Cuba is
selling out of hotel rooms, and if you want to see it in the next two years, you
need to act now. As this article points out, even some of those in the travel
business can’t get rooms.
Only 1 room
remains to travel to Cuba in January 2016 with VFP. Our tours are led by VFP
member and Cuban documentary film maker Jim Ryerson, who has been to the island
more than 25 times. If you are interested, please contact Jim. Like the other 2
trips, this one will sell out.
jim@travelingman.net
323-436-5223
Here is the itinerary
http://cubaexplorer.com/tours/jrjan/
(Click on Book Now
to see prices)
| Location |
Sponsored by |
Dates |
Contact |
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Cuba |
Code
Pink |
Feb 2016
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Visit the
Code Pink website |
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Việt
Nam |
Việt Nam's
Hoa Binh (Peace) Chapter 160 |
Mar 14- 30, 2016
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For more
information, please email Nadya Williams |
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Cuba |
Code
Pink |
May 2016
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Visit the
Code Pink website |
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Palestine |
Interfaith
Peacebuilders |
May 21 - Jun 1 2016
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For more
information email esiegel@ifpb.org |
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Columbia |
Witness for
Peace |
Jul 20-30, 2016
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For more
information email or call: Patrick Bonner: 323-563-7940
pkbonner@earthlink.net |
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Palestine |
Interfaith
Peacebuilders |
Jul
16- 29 2016
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For more
information email esiegel@ifpb.org |
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Palestine |
Interfaith
Peacebuilders |
Oct 24-Nov 6
2016
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For more
information email esiegel@ifpb.org |
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In
This Issue:
Veterans For Peace Mark Remembrance Day
2015
Click the image to view the video
VFP members Barry Ladendorf, Mike Hearington, Gene
Marx, Adrienne Knapp and Tarak Kauff marched along with VFP U.K.
members to the Centoaph on Remembrance Day in London. Members
wore hoodies bearing the Harry Patch quote, "War is organised murder", and
carrying a banner saying "Never Again".
Remembrance Day (sometimes known as Poppy Day) is a
memorial day observed in Commonwealth of Nations member states since the end of
the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died
in the line of duty.
Related Article:
Save the Dates: Aug 11-16, 2016 - VFP Annual
Convention
The 2016
Annual VFP Convention will be held at the Clark Kerr campus of UC Berkeley in
Berkeley CA.
VFP 2016 Annual Spring Tour to Viet
Nam
 Dates of travel: Mar 14 - Mar 30,
2016
Each year since 2012, members of Việt Nam's Hoa Binh
(Peace) Chapter 160 of Veterans For Peace invite up to 20 veterans,
non-veterans, spouses & peace activists to come to Việt Nam for an insider's
2-week tour. The Hoa Binh chapter is the first & only overseas VFP chapter
of American veterans living in Việt Nam!
The mission of the tour is to
address the legacies of America’s war, as well as visit a beautiful country
& form lasting ties of friendship & peace.
For more information, email Nadya Williams @ nadyanomad@gmail.com
Member/Chapter Highlights
Mike
Bassett, member of Washington DC Chapter 16, summarized the
reasons for last week's protest against Prime Minister Netanyahu's visit to the
White House in an article entitled, VFP – “American National Security Has Been
Compromised by U.S. Support for PM Netanyahu.”
Nov 20-22,
2015 - SOA Watch 25th Anniversary
Vigil
Nov 20-22,
2015 - Veterans Art Showcase in Hyde Park, NY
Nov
26 - Thanksgiving Day
Dec 1 - Giving
Tuesday
Dec 24 - Anniversary of Christmas Truce
Aug 11-15,
2016 - VFP Annual Convention at Clark Kerr campus of UC
Berkeley, CA
 Did you know?
In 2003, a VFP delegation was sent to Vieques, Puerto
Rico to pressure the government to clean up the site and turn it back to the
inhabitants of the island.
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