A fundraiser for Iraq Veterans Against the War will be held on Sunday, March 2 at 3 p.m. at the First Universalist Church, 57 Main St. in Essex.
Keynote speaker will be Andrew Bacevich, Boston University professor of History and International Studies. The featured speaker will be Iraq veteran Liam Madden.
Music will be by Pat Scanlon. A short DVD by IVAW will be shown. Light refreshments will be served.
Proceeds will support the upcoming Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan, to be held March 13-16 in Washington, DC. Recent U.S. combat veterans will testify on what is really happening in these areas.
The event is sponsored by Samantha Smith Chapter of Veterans for Peace, and the North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice. For more information, contact: Paul Brailsford at 978-356-7671.
For information about the Winter Soldier event, visit ivaw.org/wintersoldier.
- Saturday March 1, 12:30 PM: Black Dog Cafe and Wine Bar, 308 Prince St., Lowertown, Saint Paul
A Call to Winter Soldiers with Adam Kokesh of Iraq Veterans Against the War and local artists Sandino Gomez, Joe Williams and Cordelia Clancy, and MC'd by Chris Matthews. Adam Kokesh will speak about his combat tours of Iraq while in the Marines and will present a short documentary with three veterans who will testify at the Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan hearings in Maryland this March. The hearings are based on the Winter Soldier hearings held by Viet Nam veterans in 1971 and will describe what is being done daily by the occupying forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. This event is sponsored by Veterans For Peace Corrie-Mizo Chapter 11 to raise funds for, and awareness of the 2008 Winter Soldier hearings. For more information call 831-425-5377.
Cost: $5 - $15 sliding scale
- Thursday February 28, 6:30 - 8:30 PM: Joliet Public Library, Black Road Branch, 3395 Black Road, Joliet, IL 60431
A film showing and panel discussion with local Vietnam and Iraq War Veterans
"These are times that try men’s souls", wrote Thomas Paine, who turned not to sunshine patriots, but rather to winter soldiers who would stand up, even in its darkest hours, for the soul of their country.
In this spirit, hundreds of Vietnam War veterans stood up, risking everything at a 1971 Winter Soldier Investigation. This film documents personal, candid testimony of countless, amoral acts observed and committed by our soldiers, which we learn are the inexorable result of national policy.
Once again March 13-16 in Washington DC, the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) will be holding their own Winter Soldier Event.
Join us in deepening our understanding of these momentous events with a panel discussion and film showing. Suggested Donation $5-$10 This is a Fundraiser for Iraq Veterans Against the War & Rochester Against War
Sponsored by Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), Rochester Against War (RAW), and Peace Action and Education Task Force of Metro Justice (PA&E)
For more information contact: [email protected]br /> -- Doug Noble, PA&E and RAW, at 585-442-3393br /> -- Mike Totten, IVAW, at 585-520-2851
Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter (in photo) will speak at Barnstable High School on Wednesday Feb. 27 at 7 p.m., along with comedian Jimmy Tingle, as part of a fundraiser for the Winter Soldier campaign of Iraq Veterans Against the War.
Ritter and Tingle will discuss "the corporate media's coverage of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, the Bush administration's plans for the 'War on Terror,' and the need for diplomacy," according to the website of Cape Codders for Peace and Justice, the sponsoring organization.
The evening will begin with a monologue by Tingle, a presentation by Ritter, an interview of Ritter by Tingle, questions from the audience and a book signing, according to the CCPJ website. Suggested donation at the door, $10.
The event will be held in Knight Auditorium of the high school, 744 West Main St., Hyannis. For more information, contact CCPJ at 508-432-1718 or [email protected].
IVAW hosts a Winter Soldier Fundraiser. Good Music, Cold Beer, Raffles and other ways to dip into your wallet.
Help America's veterans stop Bush's war.
Featured musicians: Tacia Northey, Barry Weber, Carol Williams
Sponosred by VVAW
Featuring Fort Hood veterans and family members with an appearance by Scott Ritter.
$10 suggested donation includes food and soft drinks (please bring other beverages).
Music by Bill Passalacqua.
7:00 - Doors + Pot Luck
8:00 - Screening of “The Ground Truth
9:30 - Address and Q & A by Tyler and other IVAW members.
11 – 2 dance our collective asses off, get lifted
Contact: Chicago- IVAW
Phone: (773) 489-9580
Contact e-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ivaw.org
Maine Veterans For Peace (VFP Chapter 001) invites you to a fundraising party to benefit Winter Soldier, the public war crimes investigation being organized by Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) in Washington, D.C. from March 13-16, 2008.
At Winter Soldier U.S. veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan will give eyewitness testimony about the war crimes committed by their units at places like Haditha, Fallujah and Abu Ghraib, atrocities which are endemic to wars of occupation directed essentially against civilian populations. "Once again, " IVAW has noted, "politicians and generals are blaming 'a few bad apples' instead of examining the U.S. military policies that have destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan." Iraqi and Afghan survivors will also testify.
In order to ensure the success of Winter Soldier, IVAW must raise thousands of dollars for travel and hospitality of witnesses, and for the necessary technical support that will allow the event to be simulcast throughout the country. Maine VFP is asking you to join us to help support this historical initiative that we expect will have considerable impact in readdressing public attention to why these wars must be ended and all our troops brought home now.
Special Guest: Liam Madden will be joining us. Liam served as a Communications Electronics Specialist in the Marine Corps from January 2003 to January 2007. While enlisted he was deployed to Iraq, Kuwait, Thailand, Okinawa, Japan, and Korea. During his last year in the Marines, Sergeant Madden co-founded the Appeal for Redress, a campaign of service members demanding that congress halt the war in Iraq. Liam is currently the president of the Boston chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War, and is a student at Northeastern University.
Please join us. Mid-winter fellowship and dancing will be encouraged. There will also be a brief reading by Michael Uhl from Vietnam Awaking, a memoir which provides an account of how Vietnam veterans were organized around the issue of American war crimes in Indochina, which led to the original Winter Soldier in 1971.
Please bring a dish to share. VFP will provide non-alcoholic beverages.
Contact/RSVP: Michael Uhl - 677-6018 or Bruce Gagnon - 443-9502
- Thursday February 21, 7 PM: NY Society for Ethical Culture 2 W 64th St New York NY
The evening will begin with a special taped greeting to the young vets from Pete Seeger followed by a panel of VVAW discussing the first Winter Soldier (1971). The 2nd Winter Soldier will be in D.C. next month. We will next have panels of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans (live) and young veterans (live feed or dvd) that have chosen to go to Canada (tape or 'live feed'). Music provided by Meetliah.
Prices:
Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans - Free
Students - $5
Adults (Members Of Peace Groups) - $20
- Thursday February 21, 6 - 8 PM: Capen Auditorium in Edwards Hall at Illinois State University, 100 N. University St., Normal, IL 61761
The Central Illinois Chapter of IVAW is presenting the Winter Soldier Documentary to raise awareness of Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan and to recruit more members for the chapter. This event is being co-sponsored by Student Peace Action Network, Bloomington Normal Citizens for Peace and Justice, The Indy, ISU Political Science Club, and more.
Contact e-mail: [email protected]
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