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Veterans For Peace Issues Iran War Statement

March 4, 2026 Veterans For Peace, Popular Resistance. , , ,
Veterans For Peace has condemned the U.S./Israeli attack on Iran, called for widespread resistance, and issued its own Iran War Talking Points. “We call on our members, friends and allies to resist this dangerous and illegal war, said Michael McPhearson, Executive Director of the 41-year-old veterans’ organization.  “We offer support and helpful information to members of the military who decide to refuse illegal orders and resist an illegal war.” The Trump administration’s ever-changing rationales for going to war against Iran are lies.  Iran posed no threat to the United States.

Minneapolis Is A City Of Heroes: Veterans Join Community Resistance

February 3, 2026 Gerry Condon, Popular Resistance. , , ,
“Peace at Home, Peace Abroad” is the vision that has inspired Veterans For Peace for many years.We have watched as the racist violence we witnessed in US wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq has been reproduced in U.S. cities by militarized police using gestapo tactics. We are currently seeing simultaneous US wars abroad and at home.  Even as the US has attacked Venezuela, kidnapped its president and threatened to overthrow the governments of Cuba and Iran, thousands of “Homeland Security” troops have invaded and terrorized a major U.S. city, Minneapolis, even murdering two nonviolent protesters.

Veterans Call To Action: ICE Out Of Our Cities!

January 28, 2026 Veterans For Peace, Popular Resistance. , , , ,
Veterans For Peace is outraged at the murders of three civilians by ICE agents, the first being Keith Porter who was killed by an off-duty ICE agent, then Renee Good who was killed in her vehicle, and most recently Alex Pretti – a VA nurse – who was killed on the sidewalk for legally and lawfully expressing his Constitutionally protected first amendment right to film operations. ICE and other militarized federal agents have been allowed to act with impunity for over a year, and this has culminated in harassment, bloodshed, and summary executions of US citizens simply for exercising Constitutional rights.

Veterans For Peace Condemns Trump’s Illegal War On Venezuela

December 19, 2025 Veterans for Peace, Popular Resistance. , , ,
Veterans For Peace unequivocally rejects the Trump administration’s escalating attacks and threats of war against Venezuela. The U.S. seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker and President Trump’s unilateral declaration of a naval blockade of Venezuela and closure of its air space constitute a brazen escalation of military aggression and a violation of both the U.S. Constitution and international law.  The U.S. has continually attacked Venezuela since the inception of the Bolivarian Revolution a quarter-century ago. In 2002, a U.S.-backed military coup temporarily ousted then President Hugo Chávez before the Venezuelan people rose up and reinstated him.

Reclaim Armistice Day 2025

November 7, 2025 Veterans For Peace. , , , ,
On November 11, 1918, the guns finally fell silent. The “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” marked a global sigh of relief and a promise: War No More. Armistice Day was meant to remind future generations of the cost of empire and the necessity of peace. In the United States, that meaning was later erased. In 1954 Congress renamed it Veterans Day, shifting the focus from ending war to glorifying it. A day of peace became a billboard for endless wars and the corporations that profit from them. That erasure serves the same interests that erase truth everywhere—from Palestine to our own communities. The beneficiaries are easy to find. The same weapons manufacturers and security firms arming Israel’s genocide of Palestinians build the surveillance tech used by ICE and police to terrorize immigrants and poor communities here at home.

Veterans Condemn Israel’s Blatant Violations Of Gaza Ceasefire

October 27, 2025 Veterans for Peace, Popular Resistance. , , , ,
Veterans For Peace unequivocally condemns Israel’s gross violations of the ceasefire in Gaza. We demand that the Trump administration pressure Israel to abide by the ceasefire agreement: to end all attacks on Gazans; and to allow abundant aid (at least 600 trucks a day) into Gaza. We call upon the President and U.S. Congress to cut off all military aid to Israel.     We further call on U.S. political leaders to secure the freedom of Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen who was kidnapped from his bed while visiting family in the West Bank last February, and whom Israel continues to hold in a notorious torture prison.   Israel’s gross violations of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, including aerial bombing and artillery barrages, have killed over 100 Palestinians – including many children – in the first two-and-a-half weeks of the “ceasefire,” causing fear and panic among Gaza’s civilian population.

A Group Of US Veterans Has Joined The Global Flotilla Sailing To Gaza

September 25, 2025 Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. , , , , , ,
The Global Sumud Flotilla, which departed Barcelona on August 31, is the largest civilian maritime attempt to break Israel’s siege of Gaza. Dozens of boats are sailing across the Mediterranean to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians. On the night of September 23, the boats were hit with a barrage of attacks. “Multiple drones, unidentified objects dropped, communications jammed and explosions heard from a number of boats,” said the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) in a statement. “We are witnessing these psychological operations first-hand, right now, but we will not be intimidated.” This was not the first time the flotilla had been targeted. Alleged drones hit two boats in the flotilla earlier this month, and, while Israel’s involvement has not been proven, the country’s Foreign Ministry has denounced the mission as a “jihadist initiative.”

All Eyes On Gaza! All Hands On Deck!

September 18, 2025 Gerry Condon, Popular Resistance. , , ,
The activist organization Veterans For Peace, with chapters in over 100 U.S. cities and several international chapters, is calling for urgent action to end the US/Israeli genocide in Gaza, to defend the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza, and to free a disabled veteran kidnapped by ICE. Israel’s deliberate and systematic genocide in Gaza continues is taking a critical turn to even greater death and destruction, with Israel’s full onslaught of Gaza City and the displacement (again) of millions. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been martyred. Children are starving to death while the whole world watches in horror.  Why won’t the United Nations or the countries of the world put a stop to the daily bombing and cruel starvation?

All Hands on Deck! Letter From Veterans Boat On Gaza Flotilla

September 16, 2025 Phil Tottenham, Popular Resistance. , , , ,
Nine of us veterans arrived in Barcelona on August 27th. We were mostly strangers meeting for the first time, with a couple of exceptions.  We began to bond immediately – which was fairly easy considering our common bonds of being veterans sailing for peace.  Two Marine veterans had served together with HMX-1, presidential helicopter. There are two combat veterans. And then there’s me. That’s all that’s left as of today, as four veterans have had to leave the boat for a variety of reasons, including the inherent delays associated with the historical size of the flotilla. In Barcelona, our days were full of training protocols; preparing travel documentation and our “SOS videos” for our anticipated illegal kidnapping.  We also had time for bonding and we took advantage of the luxury of eating out. 

Veterans For Peace Condemns Deployment Of National Guard In DC

September 6, 2025 Veterans For Peace, Popular Resistance. , , , , , ,
Veterans For Peace unequivocally condemns President Trump’s unlawful deployment of the National Guard to Washington, DC. This follows the outrageous deployment of National Guard and U.S. Marines to the streets and parks of Los Angeles in support of ICE terror tactics in a city where as many as one in ten residents are undocumented workers. Veterans For Peace unequivocally condemns President Trump’s unlawful deployment of the National Guard to Washington, DC. This follows the outrageous deployment of National Guard and U.S. Marines to the streets and parks of Los Angeles in support of ICE terror tactics in a city where as many as one in ten residents are undocumented workers. Even U.S. military veterans have been targeted and deported.

Free Zahid Chaudhry!

August 27, 2025 Veterans for Peace, Popular Resistance. , , ,
No one is truly safe. It doesn't matter if you're a beloved spouse and parent, an active community member appreciated by everyone, or a veteran in a wheelchair injured while serving your country. Last Thursday, August 21st, Zahid Chaudhry was detained by ICE during his naturalization interview. Zahid is the president of the Rachel Corrie Veterans For Peace Chapter 109 in Olympia, WA. He is now held at the Northwest Detention Center. “As of Sunday evening (8/24/25), he is being kept in solitary confinement, in 24/7 bright light, without accommodations for his disabilities and almost completely without communication.”  - https://keepzahidhome.carrd.co/ Veterans For Peace calls on the Department of Homeland Security to immediately free Zahid so he can rejoin his family and continue his work in the community.

Veterans Force NY County Sheriff To Take Down Israeli Flag

August 6, 2025 Jack Gilroy, Popular Resistance. , , ,
The flag of Israel represents the greatest human rights disaster in modern history, yet has flown proudly at the Broome County Correctional Facility by order of Sheriff Akshar. His dedication to Trump's unconstitutional actions has also made Broome County one of the leading penal camps for immigrants in New York State.  For over 600 days the Israeli flag flew over our county jail. It was a flagrant display of a Sheriff knowingly engaging in a divisive, illegal act in violation of New York State Public Building Law.   New York State Law forbids a foreign flag from flying over public property. The actual wording of the law states, “It shall not be lawful to display the flag or emblem of any foreign country upon any state, county or municipal building; provided, however, that whenever any foreigner shall become the guest of the United States, the state or any city, upon public proclamation by the governor or mayor of such city, the flag of the country of which such public guest shall be a citizen may be displayed upon such public buildings.”

Veterans And Allies Come Together At A Critical Moment In History

July 24, 2025 Veterans For Peace, Popular Resistance. , , , , , ,
After six years apart due to the COVID-19 pandemic, military veterans and peace activists from around the world will gather in-person once again for the Veterans For Peace National Convention, held July 24–27, 2025, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The hybrid event also offers virtual access for attendees worldwide. Veterans For Peace, a national organization of former service members committed to ending war and militarism, will host workshops, speakers, and strategy sessions focused on peacebuilding, climate justice, and veterans' advocacy—including issues like demilitarizing police, returning deported veterans, confronting mass deportation, and ending U.S. involvement in Gaza and Ukraine.

Soldiers Are Taking A Stand Against Trump’s Abuses

July 6, 2025 Liza Featherstone, Portside. , , , , ,
Kim, an aircraft mechanic, joined the military in 2019, at age 18. She and her mother had struggled to survive, even living in their car at times. She didn’t think she could afford college, so she didn’t apply. Like so many young Americans in that situation, she enlisted “to get a stable paycheck, a roof over my head, food in my stomach at the end of the day.” Deployed only once, Kim spent most of her time on base, but she enjoyed the routine: waking up early for 15-hour workdays, staying up late to earn an associate’s degree, making lifelong friends and “amazing mentors.” But in 2024, she began to worry about what a new administration might ask the military to do.

‘Have Some Blood! You Like Shedding It All Over The World So Much’

July 1, 2025 Sam Husseini. , , , , ,
Mike Ferner, of Veterans For Peace, threw blood at the US mission to the UN today: “Here, United States, have some blood! You like shedding it all over the world so much? There you go! How about some blood? A small amount of the blood — the blood money — that corporations make taking us to war all the time. No. More. Killing. Please. Stop it.” He and 28 others were reportedly arrested today. He had been participated in #FastForGaza Most arrests took place at the Israeli mission to the UN where a mass action was. Joy Metzler, co-founder of Servicemembers For Ceasefire, was among those arrested there.
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