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	Friday, January 29, 2016 Last Day to Order Your Winter Issue of Peace In Our Times! *Deadline to order is Jan 30, 2016. A few of the featured stories Open Letter to Donald Trump – Amal David Plant Your Ass in the Ground – Bruce Gagnon Why Dulles Killed the Kennedys – David Swanson I helped Create ISIS – Vincent Emanuelle Guantanamo – Frida Berrigan Additional stories by Mike Ferner, Denise Levertov, Doug Rawlings and much more . . . Order Today Bundles ($35) includes 80 newspapers Individual Annual Subscriptions ($15) Back to Top Chapter Reports Due Today For VFP Newsletter Deadline for submitting chapter reports is January 31st.  Send your reports (200 words) to editor@veteransforpeace.org.  Photos are welcome! Back to Top Twelve Drone Protestors Arrested at Hancock Air Force Base Click the image above  to view video On Thursday morning, January 28, thirty life sized cutouts of Syracuse peacemaker Jerry Berrigan blockaded the main entrance of Hancock Air National Guard Base outside Syracuse, NY. The cutouts were accompanied by twelve nonviolent drone resisters, who were arrested after blockading for an hour and a half. Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern was among those standing with the Memorial in the roadway. Others were Beth Adams, Bev Rice, Bill Ofenloch, Brian Hynes, Charley Bowman, Ed Kinane, James Ricks, Joan Pleune, Joan Wages, Pete Perry and Steve Baggarly. Back to Top Save The Date:  Mar 5-6, 2016 Summit on Saudi Arabia Date:  Mar 5-6, 2016 Time: Saturday, 8:00am to 9:00pm | Sunday, 8:00am to 5:00pm Location: The UDC David A. Clarke School of Law (4340 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008) CODEPINK, along with VFP, The Nation Magazine, Institute for Policy Studies, Peace Action, and many other organizations are hosting a two-day summit examining the policies and practices of Saudi Arabia and U.S.-Saudi ties. This Summit will address issues such as human rights; Saudi internal and foreign policy; and the prospects for change inside the kingdom and in U.S.-Saudi relations. For more information email Andrea at andrea@codepink.org Purchase your ticket today! $20 - $100 sliding scale, includes lunch Back to Top Show your support for Bowe Bergdahl!     Fitted Unisex Tee     100% ringspun combed fine jersey. $20.00 Veterans For Peace is dismayed by the Army’s decision to charge Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl with desertion and endangering troops. He is being made the scapegoat for the failed policies for the disastrous U.S. occupation of Afghanistan Sgt. Bergdahl should be freed from the Army with an Honorable Discharge. Order your Bowe Begdahl Tshirt Today! VFP Bowe Bergdahl Statement Back to Top Concepcion Picciotto, Presente! Longtime White House Protester    Bio Back to Top Travel Opportunities for Activists We will embark on our 4th and last VFP trip of 2016 to Cuba March 3-11.  Members and supporters of our message of peace are welcome to join us.  However, please be advised that we take 15-20 people, and there are only 3 rooms available. 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 by phone. Like the other 3 trips, this one will sell out. jim@travelingman.net 323-436-5223 Here is the itinerary http://cubaexplorer.com/tours/jrv/ Location Sponsored by Dates Contact Cuba Code Pink Feb 2016 Visit the Code Pink website Cuba Veterans For Peace Mar 3-11 For more information, call Jim Ryerson @ 323-436-5223 Việt Nam Việt Nam's  Hoa Binh (Peace) Chapter 160 Mar 14- 30, 2016 For more information, please email Nadya Williams Cuba Code Pink May 2016 Visit the Code Pink website Palestine Interfaith Peacebuilders May 21 - Jun 1 2016 For more information email esiegel@ifpb.org Columbia Witness for Peace Jul 20-30, 2016 For more information email or call:  Patrick Bonner:  323-563-7940  pkbonner@earthlink.net Palestine Interfaith Peacebuilders Jul 16- 29 2016 For more information email esiegel@ifpb.org Palestine Interfaith Peacebuilders Oct   24-Nov     6 2016 For more information email esiegel@ifpb.org Back to Top		In This Issue: Last Day to Order Your Winter Issue of Peace In Our Times Today! Chapter Reports Due Today For VFP Newsletter Twelve Drone Protestors Arrested at Hancock Air Force Base Save The Date:  Mar 5-6, 2016 Summit on Saudi Arabia Show your support for Bowe Bergdahl! Concepcion Picciotto, Presente! Travel Opportunities for Activists Smedley Butler Chapter 009 to Host Rally - Muslims are Not Our Enemy VFP Logo Shirt Available for a Limited Time! Fundraising Opportunity for VFP Chapters! Seeking Women Candidates for VFP Board VFP Radio Show in Nashville TN Member Highlights 501(c)(3)'s and Political Election Activity Save the Dates:  Upcoming VFP Endorsed Actions/Events A Thought Worth Remembering! Smedley Butler Chapter 009 to Host Rally - Muslims Are Not Our Enemy When:  February 27, 2016 Where:  Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC)               100 Malcolm X Blvd,               Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120 The event's intent is to gather at the Mosque to show our support and solidarity with the Muslim community and to demand an immediate stop to the targeting of the religion of Islam and Muslims. This bigotry and religious intolerance must be challenged. We want to make it clear that "Muslims are Not Our Enemy". Back to Top VFP Logo Shirt Available for a Limited Time! Price:  $22.00 Back by popular demand! We are relaunching the VFP logo tee-shirt campaign, which offers a variety of styles and colors to choose from. The back of this shirt features the ‪#‎MLK‬ quote: "The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today: My Own Government. I cannot be silent". The front of the shirt is the classic VFP logo. Get Your Shirt Now! Colors: blue, pink, white, grey, and pale blue Styles: t-shirts, hoodies, and ladies styles Back to Top Fundraising Opportunity for VFP Chapters! Over the next four months, musician Tom Neilson will be traveling coast to coast, putting on fundraising shows for local peace organizations. Tom is willing to perform free of charge for VFP chapters, to help them raise funds. Any interested chapter should reach out to Tom. Shows are being offered first come, first served. Tom's current calendar can be viewed on his website.  Back to Top Seeking Women Candidates for VFP Board If you are interested in being a Board member, please send a short resume including a statement explaining why you are interested in serving as a VFP Board member to Board President Barry Ladendorf bdlvfp@gmail.com or call the VFP National Office 314-725-6005 to speak to the Executive Director Michael T. McPhearson to answer any questions. Back to Top VFP Radio Show in Nashville TN The Nashville chapter will be hosting an hour long radio show on Thursdays @ 2pm ET. Radio Free Nashville (107.1 and 103.7 and streaming at radiofreenashville.org) Discussion of Vet Suicide <Audio> VFP full disclosure effort to maintain the truth of Vietnam.  <Audio> Back to Top Member Highlights Former VFP President, Elliott Adams, and VFP members, Hervie Harris, Nathan Lewis and Peter Looker were among 13 arrested protesting at Seneca Lake Gas Storage protest.  <Story> Read Ellen Barfield's book review of Nan Levinsons' “War Is Not A Game: The New Antiwar Soldiers and the Movement They Built”. Members of the New Jersey Chapter 21 showed their solidarity for an Islamic Community Center after racist attacks were made when the center submitted an application to build an Islamic community center on the site of an old warehouse.<Article courtesy of iacenter.org> Back to Top 501(c)(3)'s and Political Election Activity VFP will abide by the 501(c)(3) rules set forth by the law firm Harmon, Curran, Spielberg Eisenberg, LLC regarding political election activity.  The document contains a list of "10 Mistakes Nonprofits Should Avoid in an Election Year" Back to Top Save the Dates:  Upcoming VFP Endorsed Actions/Events Feb 27 - Muslims Are NOT our Enemy Rally in Boston MA Mar 5-6, 2016 - 2016 Summit on Saudi Arabia in Washington, DC Mar 27- April 2, 2016 - Shut Down Creech AFB outside of Las Vegas, NV Apr 15 - GDAMS (Global Day Against Military Spending) Apr 22 - Earth Day May 14-21 - Sam's 5th Annual Ride for Peace, Raleigh, NC to Washington, DC May 23-25 - VFP 2nd Annual Lobby Days May 30 — Memorial Day (Observed) Jul 27 - Korean War Armistice Day Aug 11-15, 2016 - VFP Annual Convention at Clark Kerr campus of University of California Berkeley, CA Sep 21—International Day of Peace Nov 11 - Armistice Day Back to Top A Thought Worth Remembering! "Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."   .....John F. Kennedy
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