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Veterans For Peace in the News - 2007

Past VFP News - 2007

Become citizens of the world, not just the U.S. - December 19, 2007

Health care and Iraq preoccupy Texas Voters - December 18, 2007

Veterans' concert aims to promote peaceful changes - December 18, 2007
 
This is 'supporting the troops"? - December 19, 2007

Judge dismisses charges against protesters - December 17, 2007
 
Ellsworth urged to keep U.S. out of Iran war - December 12, 2007
 
ACLU asks court to hold CIA in contempt - December 14, 2007
 
Peace group barred from from Florida schools, welcomed by others - December 12, 2007
 
Protesting the war is one of our freedoms - December 10, 2007
 
ACLU in court Wednesday to call for release of secret torture memos - December 3, 2007
 
Residents demonstrate in front of recruiting office - November 29, 2007
 
The nature of war - November 28, 2007
 
Actions of Bush/Cheney make case for impeachment - November 26, 2007
 
Lessons learned along the way - November 26, 2007
 
Veterans Day - A day for peace or a day for war - November 14, 2007
 
When a face is put on a political stance - October 31, 2007
 
Ten days that shook Olympia - November 15, 2007
 
Veterans say parade organizers embarrassed city - November 15, 2007
 
A stand against silence - November 29, 2007
 
VFP remembers fallen soldiers - November 15, 2007

92 year old part of 18 arrested in Boston - November 15, 2007
 
Fallen soldier's dad joins protest to "get war stopped" - November 13, 2007
 
Fighting for peace - October 22, 2007
 
Driving the peace point home - October 20, 2007
 
Veterans air their concern at a Woolsey town hall meeting - October 20, 2007
 
Pro-war group squares off with CodePink - October 20, 2007
 
War propoganda - October 18, 2007
 
Speaker to encourage war resistance - October 10, 2007 
 
What if they had a peace rally and (almost) no one came? - October 11, 2007

The not so small price of Iraq - October 8, 2007

Finally, a good day for the Constitution_- October 8, 2007
Vets get a peaceful welcome - October 6, 2007

Soldiers with picket signs - September 13, 2007

Group wants city council to reconsider impeachment resolution - September 14, 2007

Pittsburgh - week 1 from anti-war camp out - September 13, 2007

Faulty arguments posed by letter writers - September 13, 2007

What's the mood in the U.S. military - September 9, 2007

Olympia - Citizens talk back to Baird - September 9, 2007

Police supress anti-war press conference across from White House - September 7, 2007

I will salute no more forever - September 5, 2007

Nancy Pelosi should listen to Karl Rove - September 5, 2007

Protesters disrupt Hooley Visit - September 4, 2007

Program about Iraq deserved attention - September 3, 2007

Hinchey will meet with war opponents who staged sit-in - September 1, 2007

Iraq war resisters get boost from veterans group - August 20, 2007

82 Year old veteran speak out about DU - August 15, 2007

Kucinich draws cheers from VFP - August 18, 2007

VFP riding despite the heat - August 18, 2007

Kennebunkport, Maine - August 25, 2007

Peace and Justice for veterans brings peace and justice for all - August 16, 2007

Marine who died in Iraq recalls fondly at packed service - August 19, 2007

Bush abandons benchmarks for Iraq - August 19, 2007

Kucinich tells Veterans group that Bush is jeopardizing lives by provoking Iran - August 17, 2007

People's peace delegation to Iran - July 31, 2007

Celebrities attend anti-war rally - July 31, 2007

My turn: Anti-war activists must act - July 25, 2007

U.S. Vets send message to generals - July 26, 2007

On Everett corner, two forms of patriotism collide - July 26, 2007

Abusing Iraqi civilians - July 10, 2007

State Reps mum on impeachment - July 10, 2007

Peace activists son discovers the pain of war - July 10, 2007

Under pressure from brass, court martial to reconvene for war resister - July 10, 2007

The other war - Iraq vets bear witness - July 9, 2007

Ravages of Agent Orange too much for victims' spokesman - July 9, 2007

Anti-war group rallies in Bangor - July 5, 2007

How I spent my fourth of July - July 5, 2007

Fireworks can trigger PTSD for veterans and troops - July 4, 2007

Anti-war veterans gather to share views - June 28, 2007

'Most severely wounded' soldier endures: blind, quadriplegic, struggling to breathe - June 23, 2007

War's Aftermath - June 20, 2007

Building a resistance to the 2008 Iraq War Supplemental Funding Bill - June 19, 2007

Victims press Vietnam Agent Orange case in US - June 18, 2007

Documentary shows deadly impact of Agent Orange - June 15, 2007

South Jersey marchers link civil rights, peace - June 16, 2007

San Francisco lawmakers want blue angels grounded during fleet week - June 20, 2007

Bringing the war home - June 2007

Ozarkans wanted for Veterans For Peace chapter - May 30, 2007

Antiwar music inspires peace movement - June 1, 2007

The frustrations of activism - June 1, 2007

Hundreds protest war, Cheney - May 31, 2007

Veterans For Peace sets up 3000 tombstones in Miami - May 28, 2007

National Veterans group reprimands congress - May 29, 2007

More than 653 names added to signs for dead soldiers - May 30, 2007

Iraq War Veterans march around state capital draws hundreds of supporters - June 1, 2007

Honoring the fallen - May 29, 2007

Removal of bus from parade in Newport provokes boycott - May 30, 2007

W Stands for Wisconsin Impeachment Summer - May 22, 2007

Oberlin city council votes to impeach Bush - May 22, 2007

Bring troops home - May 20, 2007

Appeals court stays new court-martial for US Army officer opposing war - May 19, 2007

Hundreds welcome Iraq War Resister Spc. Agustin Aguayo home - May 18, 2007

Anti - war group banned from parade - May 18, 2007

Had we learned the lessons of the Vietnam War - May 18, 2007

Anti - war veterans urge boycott of Newport - May 18, 2007

Remaking the peace movement - May 7, 2007

Grassroots continue pressure Democrats to stand up to Bush - May 7, 2007

Encounters with minutemen: Raging Grannies 'N' friends - May 6, 2007

20 Groups to Reid and Pelosi: Don't back down! - May 6, 2007

Redwood City debates stand on immigration policies - May 5, 2007

Antiwar vets to meet in Bloomington (for 2008 Convention) - May 5, 2007

Seattle students walk out in opposition to the war - May 3, 2007

Chorus of anti-war voices - May 3, 2007

Bush veto incites rally over 101 - May 2, 3007

Peter Tracy 'This is our country' - April 26, 2007

A gathering focusing on peace - April 27, 2007

Protesters attempts necessity defense - April 26, 2007

War protesters allege ban on free speech - April 25, 2007

Antiwar activists push to impeach - April 24, 2007

One students personal experience changes her view of the war - April 25, 2007

'Hootenanny' rallies for peace - April 20, 2007

Former marine to speak tonight on mideast policy - April 17, 2007

Marine Mom, Tina Richards, arrested outside Pelosi's office - April 17, 2007

Democrats break their promise to voters to end Iraq war - April 17, 2007

A son's experience put a mother on protest path - April 16, 2007

Long Shadows: Veterans' Paths to Peace at the 2007 Wisconsin Film Festival - April 16, 2007

Veterans For Peace launches greater New Orleans Chapter -
April 9, 2007

It's Peace Week at Ventura High - April 11, 2007

Protests grow over training camp - April 12, 2007

New British PM should emulate Democrats - April 11, 2007

History will vindicate Lt. Ehren Watada - April 10, 2007

Ophthalmologist Allen provided great service to veterans with bill - April 10, 2007

Town fights for it's peace and quiet - April 10, 2007

The few, the proud, the disillussioned - April 9, 2007

Soldiers are not toys! - April 8, 2007

War breeds strange bedfellows - March 31, 2007

Volunteers build instant memorial to Iraq war dead - March 31, 2007

Opposition to the war growing among troops - April 3, 2007

Sit-in underway in Pelosi's office in Washington D.C. - April 2, 2007

Brown should take his lead on Iraq from the Democrats - March 30, 2007

Seeds planted in Vietnam flourish in activism on Iraq - March 28, 2007

Anti-war rally on St. Patrick's Day - March 28, 2007

LT Watada mistrial is clear victory - February 12, 2007

Women in the military - February 9, 2007

Outside Watada trial, 1000 demand his freedom - February 8, 2007

War and Peace - February 6, 2007

The Occupation Project Launches - February 5, 2007

Over 1000 military personnel call for a withdrawal from Iraq - January 19, 2007

War Opponents occupy Congressional offices - February 7, 2007

War protesters gather over bridge - January 26, 2007


Charges dropped against elderly war protester

Stolen time, stolen lives, a memorial at the Rayburn Building - February 3, 2007

Ned Kelley: Vermonter, Vietnam Veteran, and anti-war activist - February 1, 2007

Democrats sidestep defunding demands - February 2, 2007

LT Watada prosecutors surrender on journalist subpoenas - January 31, 2007


Veterans ask Cathedral City to oppose Iraq War esalation - January 30, 2007

Veterans march against surge - February 1, 2007

Small towns join big cities in antiwar protests - February 3, 2007


Protests focus on Iraq troop increase
- January 28, 2007

Crowds on both coasts protest Iraq War - January 29, 2007

Huge anti-war demostration draws fed-up protesters - January 29, 2007

US Military spied on hundreds of antiwar demonstrations - January 25, 2007

ACLU Report show widespread Pentagon surveillance of peace activists - January 17, 2007

Kucinich receives petition signed by troops opposed to Iraq war - January 17, 2007

Resister can't deny war's legality to justify refusal to deploy - January 17, 2007

Bush: Prior Iraq policy is failing - January 17, 2007

Learning of civil rights movement causes man to rethink Army - January 16, 2007

Hundreds brave cold in King march - January 16, 2007


Fallen soldier's names grace hill - January 9, 2007

Laying ghosts of war to rest - January 8, 2007

28 Arrested in San Francisco in support of Watada case - January 9, 2007

More subpoenas come down in Watada case - January 9, 2007

'Peace In' continues in office of Representative Doris Matsui - January 9, 2007

Mom pushes for veterans retreat after son dies in Iraq - January 4, 2007

Watada hearings threatens to backfire on Bush
- January 4, 2007


'Peace In' continues in office of Representative Doris Matsui - January 9, 2007

Mom pushes for veterans retreat after son dies in Iraq - January 4, 2007

Literary lunch: Veterans recall path to peace - January 3, 2007

3000 lights delivered to Rep Kaptur
- January 2, 2007

Anti-war community to launch more 'more confrontational' campaign - January 2, 2007

Supporting US troops by putting Iraq war on trial - January 2, 2007

Crowd gathers to mourn US lives lost in Iraq
- January 1, 2007

3000 Death overlooks execution row - January 3, 2007


100 Mourn war's toll; Protest follows 3000 death
- January 1, 2007

War protesters hold silent vigil for fallen troops
- January 1, 2007

Hearing in two days for anti-war officer - January 2, 2007


Activists on both sides see more work ahead in 07 - January 1, 2007

Top 10 assaults on American civil liberties - January 1, 2007

Ringing it in right - Residents step out to welcome 2007 - January 1, 2007


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