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It all started in 1967, with six Vietnam veterans marching together in a peace demonstration. Now, fifty-nine 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.

Latest Commentary: From the National Office Well, not that we are surprised, but the Trump chaos machine keeps churning. The circus has so many rings right now, it's hard to keep up. By the time this paper lands in your hands, who knows what new atrocities will be there to greet us. T... Taken from "Deadly Distractions, Costly Consequences" by VVAW National Office Read More

Excerpt From  THE VETERAN:  Now Online

Taken from Thank You to About Face, VVAW and Veterans for Peace for Joining This Fight by Aimee Potter:

I am a VA social worker, fighter, advocate, daughter, mother, child of civil rights parents, and grandchild of fighting grandparents. My grandfather, Harold Haber, was a union man, a father, a husband, and a fighter to the end. He died at home from non-COVID-related congestive heart failure, failed by a government and health care system that deprived him of medical care or admission to a non-COVID hospital that could have saved his life. A Navy veteran, he was a casualty of a war at home. Harry was well-loved and popular and affectionately known simply as Harry. He loved his family, especially his wife of 72 years, Miriam, whom he met during World War II while he was serving in the Navy and she was volunteering at the commissary. Harry worked long, hard hours in his parents' grocery stores in Boston and Williamsburg, New York. For most of his life, he worked two to three jobs at the same time.... Read More