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Army Sniper to Riot Police: Just Say "No, I'm Not Going to Shoot."

Pat LaMarche | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Scott Olsen, War on Terror, Ivaw, President Obama, Occupy Wall Street, Oakland, Kayvan Sabeghi, Iraq, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Pat LaMarche

Since his return from combat, former Iraq Veterans Against the War board chair Garett Reppenhagen has tirelessly opposed the Iraq war as well as all recent acts of U.S. aggression -- including the violent attack of Occupation protesters.

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How You Can Help Scott Olsen, Iraq War Vet Critically Injured At 'Occupy Oakland'

Posted 12.26.2011

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Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen was injured after being hit in the head with a police projectile at Occupy Oakland. Olsen's family is waiting to see i...

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The F Word: WikiLeaks and War Spending

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Tim Kaine, Ivaw, Economy, Deficits, War, Bailouts, Violence, Iraq, Media, Joe Biden, Grit Tv, Wikileaks, War Crimes, Laura Flanders, Spending, Ethan McCord, Grittv, News, Tea Party, Politics News
Laura Flanders

Last week we spoke to Ethan McCord, who featured prominently in the first bombshell release from WikiLeaks. On Friday there came another massive revel...

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Breaking the Psychological and Economic Ties Binding Us to War

Antonia Juhasz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Oil, Psychology, Economics, Peace, Big Oil, Ivaw, Veterans, Politics News
Antonia Juhasz

We chose to write this blog to answer the questions: what are the psychological and economic ties binding us to the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and how can we break them?

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Introducing Dialogues Against Militarism

Stephen Funk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Against, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Militarism, Dialogues, Peace, Ivaw, World News
Stephen Funk

Dialogues Against Militarism hopes to connect antiwar activists and war resisters from the US with those in Israel/Palestine to work more collectively against the militarism of our societies.

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Winter Soldiers in MTV's "Real World"

Aaron Glantz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reality TV, Mtv, Afghanistan, Ivaw, Real World, Suicide, Iraq, Ptsd, War Cimes, Veterans, Entertainment News
Aaron Glantz

It's great to see reality TV taking in some of the reality of the real, "real world" -- and especially bringing to true costs of the war in Iraq to an audience that might not be listening to NPR.

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Veterans Opposed To The War In Iraq March In Denver

skinnychef | Posted 05.25.2011

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skinnychef

Iraq Veterans Against The War marched to deliver a letter of demands to Democratic presidential nominee Obama. The letter called for an immediate withdrawal of troops, post-deployment care for vets and an end to redeployments.

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