Democracy Now
| May 21, 2012
Democracy Now is joined at the NATO summit in Chicago by Scott Olsen, who survived two tours in Iraq but almost died when he was hit with a police projectile at an Occupy Oakland protest last year. Olsen returned four of his medals at Sunday's ant...
Al Jazeera English
| May 21, 2012
Anti-war demonstrators have clashed with police outside the NATO summit in Chicago, with reports of injuries in the scuffle.
The hours-long standoff began after an otherwise peaceful march led by a group of veterans who spoke passionately about t...
Democracy Now!
| Nov 2, 2011
In New York City, members of Iraq Veterans Against the War marched in their military fatigues from Vietnam Veterans Plaza to Zuccotti Park, the heart of the Occupy Wall Street movement. "It's clear that veterans are part of the 99 percent. Veteran...
Link TV
| Oct 19, 2011
Thousands marched through Downtown Oakland to Frank Ogawa Plaza, renamed Oscar Grant Plaza by protesters, on Saturday, where an encampment has been set up in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests. Link TV spoke with activist and filmmake...
— Sep 25, 2012 at 06:30 pm
...Hundreds of international fighters have flocked to Syria to join the war against Bashar al-Assad’s government. Some are fresh-faced idealists dr...
— last Wednesday at 08:10 pm
...Vietnam war, alongside thousands of GI resisters, like Bradley Manning. Iraq Veterans Against the War San Francisco is disappointed that the boa...
— May 7 at 05:16 am
...not be welcome in the land of the free. Adam Kokesh and fellow members of Iraq Veterans Against the War conduct a mock patrol outside the White ...
— May 8 at 02:20 pm
...Senate Office Building being arrested wearing a T-shirt that read, “Iraq veterans against the war.” He was arrested again in 2011 when he led a ...
Iraq Veterans Against the War is an advocacy group of active-duty United States military personnel, Iraq War veterans, Afghanistan War veterans, and other veterans who have served since the September 11, 2001 attacks who are opposed to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. The organization advocates immediate withdrawal of all occupation forces in Iraq, reparations to Iraq so that the Iraqi people can control their own lives and future, and full benefits, especially adequate health care, and other support services for returning servicemen and women.
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