Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Veterans For Peace Weekly E-Letter

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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
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

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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

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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.
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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.”

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

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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