Although not specifically a project of Iraq Veterans Against the War, Dialogues Against Militarism (DAM) is composed of several IVAW members from San Francisco; Eddie Falcon, Matt Edwards, and myself. While you can follow the DAM delegation at www.againstmilitarism/blog I thought I would post the contributions...

Dialogues Against Militarism (DAM) is working on report backs for the first few days of our delegation. We've already held several meetings with groups like New Profile, Council of Unrecognized Villages of the Negev, the Shministim, and Coalition of Women for Peace, Breaking the...

It has been a while since my last post -- I have been incredibly busy on an amazing project called Dialogues Against Militarism (DAM). We are a group of US war resisters, conscientious objectors, and anti-militarist organizers travelling through Israel and Palestine over the next few weeks. I came...

The efforts of New Organizing Institute's BootCamp participants - 60 young organizers chosen for a crash course in utilizing new media for progressive campaigning - will be tested today in an interactive online mock campaign.

We've spent all week receiving technological training and getting drilled by expert instructors in...

Inspired after reading a piece by Huffpo contributor Gregg Mitchell. Go read it!

Alyssa Peterson was one of the first female U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq -- a 27 year old whose suicide is made more tragic with the release of these memos on torture. She objected to...

As hundreds of consumers crowded downtown San Francisco this Black Friday, local veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan interrupted shopping as usual with a reminder that men and women in uniform are still stationed overseas in harm's way this holiday season.

I was one of several members of Iraq Veterans...

Today I visited the San Francisco National Cemetery on the decommissioned military base known as the Presidio. Over 30,000 men and women are buried there, and today each grave was marked with a tiny American flag. Tomorrow, millions of these flags from across the country will be put into storage...

During the past 14 years, the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy has resulted in over 10,000 discharges from the United States military. It has been estimated that Don't Ask Don't Tell has cost American taxpayers $363.8 million dollars. This estimate, of course, does not include the psychological...

Iraq veteran and honorably discharged Marine Sgt. Adam Kokesh was brought before a military hearing last Monday after being accused of misconduct. Officially, his crime was wearing his military uniform without authorization. But unlike many of the estimated 200,000 homeless veterans also wearing their uniforms without permission, Kokesh...

As the much too familiar saying goes: "In war there are no winners, only losers". This is plain to see as we have all witnessed incredible loss due to the war in Iraq: the lives of over 3,400 American troops, of over 63,000 Iraqi civilians, and the projected...