Veterans for Peace Taps Skagway Activist to Plan Youth Nuclear Weapons Conference
Shelby Surdyk of Skagway Alaska has been selected to plan and coordinate an International Youth Congress for the Global Elimination of Nuclear Weapons which will be held in Juneau in 2020.
A People’s History of Fallujah Raises Funds for Reparations
The Howard Zinn Committee of Veterans for Peace is pleased to announce that Chapter 95's Zinn-supported reparations work has allowed Fallujah's Women and Children's Hospital to purchase an echo-cardiogram machine, as well as to make connections between this hospital and Western medical organizations.
Dr. Martin Luther King III Visits Friendship park
The son of Martin Luther King Jr. commemorated the anniversary of his father's famous "I Have A Dream" speech by calling for humane treatment of immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees.
VFP Member Tim Keenan Addresses Jane Fonda
Tim Keenan of Veterans For Peace Chapter in Traverse City, Michigan, recently attended a talk given by Jane Fonda and Michael Moore.
Tim Keenan had the chance to address Jane, saying “If I could, what I would do right now is I would come up to you and I would drape the Congressional Medal of Honor around you,” said Tim Keenan, a Vietnam War veteran. “I’m so proud of you for all the work you’ve done and all that you have endured, the adversity and your courage.”
Veterans For Peace Signs on to Open Letter to People of Japan
VFP joins a coalition of concerned peace organizations and citizens of the United States who are advocating for the importance of abolishing nuclear weapons globally, toward a more peaceful world. The coalition recently issued an open letter to express our sincere regrets and apologies for the deaths of those killed by our nation’s atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a war crime and crime against humanity, although our government has never apologized.