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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. Back to Top 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. Back to Top 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> Back to Top 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 Cuba Code Pink Feb 2016 Visit the Code Pink website 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: Ballots Have Been mailed! This Weekend - SOA Watch Vigil A War the West Cannot Win by Andrew Bacevich Travel Opportunities for Activists Veterans For Peace Mark Remembrance Day 2015 Save the Dates:  Aug 11-16, 2016 - VFP Annual Convention VFP 2016 Annual Spring Tour to Viet Nam Member/Chapter Highlights Upcoming VFP Endorsed Actions/Events 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: Irish State is in ‘Gross Breach’ of Neutrality, War Veterans Say Back to Top 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. Back to Top 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 Back to Top 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.” Back to Top Upcoming VFP Endorsed Actions/Events 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 Back to Top 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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