It all started in 1967, with six Vietnam veterans marching together in a peace demonstration. Now, fifty-seven years later, VVAW is still going strong-- continuing its fight for peace, justice, and the rights of all veterans.
Explore these pages; see what we've done, what we do, and why we do it. The struggle continues, perhaps these days more than ever. VVAW has never stopped working to protect the welfare of those who served their country.
Will you join us?
|
Latest Commentary:
From the National Office
Once again, we must confront our sinking feelings about our country. Do we hold the line, move forward, or do we plummet into fascism? We know that sinking feeling in the pit of our stomachs and that feeling of existential dread. We also know the feelin...
Taken from "Stand Up, Vote, Fight Back" by Bill Branson Read More
| View and sign the Barry Romo Memorial Guestbook
|
Excerpt From THE VETERAN: Now OnlineTaken from Dead Children by Fred Samia:
Causes are ashes where children lie slain.—Stan Rogers
It's the eyes of the children that you never forget, as well as their smiles and laughter.
Palestinian kids are playing in the dusty streets of the tin roof and cement block shelters of their refugee camps. And playing or running family errands in Beirut's teeming neighborhoods or the alleyways of Damascus, the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.
There is no fear, though there is reason enough for it, and the smiles are genuine, rising from the pure curiosity of innocence because all children are innocent—especially dead children.
I hear the reports, watch the shaky phone footage of so many more civilians killed today, and play a game with myself—I see those children who shared a minute or many with me, who guided me through the labyrinth of their streets to help me reach my destination. And I see them as they were then, still young, innocent, smiling, and laughing.... Read More
BEWARE OF VVAW-AI
|