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VA Amnesia And How To Remedy It?

September 18, 2026 Suzanne Gordon, Substack. , , ,
The other day, I did a presentation with Oscar Arbulu, a Marine veteran and executive director of the organization I co-founded, the Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute (VHPI). We spoke about the threats to the VA at a Bay Area Rotary Club and then later at night, we addressed the same topic at the Evergreen Cafe in Berkeley. The Rotary Club members we addressed have a long history of helping veterans. A few veterans were members of the club and some of them used the VA for their healthcare. Other members in the audience included the children of veterans.

Trump’s Ego Arch Would Wreck Memorial Bridge’s History

September 17, 2026 US Army Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. , , ,
Trump, the divider and liar-in-chief, is attempting to construct his Ego Arch at a location that is the historical site of the reconciliation and unification of the United States after the Civil War. No matter how much Trump claims the Arch is for the 250th Anniversary of the United States, we all know it will be the monument to Donald Trump’s attempted make-over of the U.S. government and the City of Washington, DC—just remember the destruction without permission of the East Wing of the White House and the attempted demolition of the Kennedy Center.

How Veterans Are Responding To The Assault On Democracy

September 6, 2026 John Braxton, Labor Notes. , , ,
U.S. military veterans are drilled by their commanders to obey their superior officers. Many still believe it is their duty to support the commander-in-chief even after their tour of duty. But at a time when Donald Trump is undermining the Veterans Administration, attacking unions and other democratic institutions, and instigating illegal wars, could the nation’s 17 million military veterans become key allies in the fight for workers’ rights, democracy, and peace? In their recent book Courage or Complicity? How Veterans are Responding to the Assault on Democracy, Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon provide a wealth of examples showing how veterans and labor can form a powerful alliance for change.

VA’s Largest Community Care Administrator Has A Problem

August 17, 2026 Russell Lemle, Health Care Un-Covered. , , ,
For many veterans grappling with mental health issues, nothing beats sitting in the room with a therapist. Charlie Marg is one of them. His wife, Paige, testified to this last year at a Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing examining treatment in the Community Care Network (CCN) — the VA’s backup pool of private-sector providers: “My husband has utilized telehealth before in some of his referrals to community care. Personally, he would rather choose to see somebody in person… especially when he’s talking about his mental health struggles.”

Largest Gathering Of Service Members For Anti-War Protest Since Vietnam

July 17, 2026 Mike Prysner, Counter Punch. , , , , ,
On July 4, the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, more than 500 veterans and military families gathered in the birthplace of the nation to reject what they called the Trump administration’s fascist vision for the country’s future (including domestic troop deployments and endless war). The coalition—About Face, 50501 Vets, Veterans For Peace, Common Defense, Military Families Speak Out, Fayetteville Resistance Coalition, and CCW—marched under the banner Freedom Over Fascism. Among them in the streets of Philadelphia were at least a dozen currently-serving members of the U.S. military, part of the “Service Members’ Anti-War Contingent” organized by the Center on Conscience and War.

Which Vets On The Ballot Are Defending VA Care?

July 14, 2026 Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early, Popular Resistance. , , , ,
In this crucial mid-term election year, men and women who served in the military are wooing voters by presenting themselves as tougher, more effective foes of MAGA incumbents and even long-serving Democrats. In Massachusetts, a 50-year old former Marine captain, whose career has inspired other vets to run for office, is playing the vet (and youth) card in his September 1 primary challenge to nearly 80-year -old Senator Ed Markey.           “We can’t just have people who seem like tired old Democrats,” says U.S. Representative Seth Moulton, who is giving up his House seat to challenge Markey. To illustrate his point, Moulton recently did some rhetorical muscle-flexing in May

Veterans, Military Members, March In Philadelphia Against Fascism And War

July 8, 2026 Gerry Condon, Counter Currents. , , , ,
Philadelphia — On the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, a coalition of more than 500 veterans, active-duty military members and military families gathered in the birthplace of the nation to reject what they called the “Trump administration’s fascist vision for the country’s future.” Undeterred by 101-degree heat that forced the cancellation of the official Philadelphia parade, the coalition — About Face, 50501 Vets, Veterans For Peace, Common Defense, Military Families Speak Out, Fayetteville Resistance Coalition, and Center on Conscience and War marched under the banner “Veterans Against Fascism.”

Why More US Troops Are Refusing To Fight Than Ever

July 2, 2026 Zoe Alexandra and Rania Khalek, Breakthrough News. , , ,
As Trump's America 250 shenanigans take over Washington, anti-war veterans, service members, and military families will march on Philadelphia for Freedom Over Fascism. Mike Prysner, US Army veteran and executive director of the Center on Conscience and War, tells BT Live that amid Trump’s belligerence in Venezuela, Iran and Cuba, conscientious objector filings have surged higher than at any point since 9/11. From the soldier on the ship that launched missiles at Caracas, to the officer at Guantanamo watching ICE detainees get processed like terrorists, Prysner says the fissures are everywhere.

The Veterans Administration Is A Model For Public Health Care

May 26, 2026 Suzanne Gordon, Barn Raiser. , , , ,
Bruce Carruthers is a Vietnam veteran who served in the Army and now lives in Waynesville, North Carolina. At age 81, Carruthers could be spending more of his time with his three sons and grandchildren, traveling or focusing on the woodworking projects that he enjoys. Instead, for the last six years, he’s devoted hours each week to stop efforts to privatize the nation’s largest and only publicly funded health care system, run by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Carruthers has a long and deep connection to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). For 30 years, from 1974 to 2002, he worked first in VHA’s Human Resources department and then in hospital administration

From ICE To Iran, Veterans Are Challenging US Militarism

May 15, 2026 Clare Bayard, Waging Nonviolence. , , ,
One hundred fifty people holding tulips stand in formation on the marble floor of the Cannon House Office Building, until Capitol Police arrest over a third of them and remove them in cuffs.  Maybe you saw an image of these veterans with their flowers — the red tulips that are an Iranian national symbol honoring martyrs. Perhaps you saw a photo of a disabled veteran’s wrists being handcuffed while leaning on a cane. You may have caught a video where a mother or a partner of a deployed soldier spoke about wanting their loved one back from this unconscionable war.  

As Trump Threatens Iran, Veterans Protest ‘War Machine’ At Capitol

April 21, 2026 Brad Reed, Common Dreams. , , , , ,
Dozens of veterans were arrested by US Capitol Police on Monday after they occupied the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill to protest President Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran. During the protest, which was organized by a coalition of veterans groups, the demonstrators stood in the middle of the rotunda, holding red tulips and chanting anti-war slogans. A video published by Reuters shows Capitol Police restraining the veterans and taking them into custody one by one. One of the demonstrators arrested was Mike Prysner, executive director of the Center on Conscience and War (CCW) and a veteran of the 2003 Iraq War.

Veterans Say They Won’t Be Fooled By False Promise Of VA Privatization

April 13, 2026 Suzanne Gordon, Beyond Chron. , , ,
On April Fool’s Day, over a hundred veterans, former VA employees and local healthcare activists met at a Veterans Town Hall in the Veterans’ Memorial Building in Santa Rosa, California.  The meeting was called to alert veterans and the local community to the cost and consequences of “The Tragic Dismantling of the VA.”  A number of veterans groups, like Veterans for Peace, Veterans of Sonoma County and local community members who, for the past year, have spent every Friday rallying in front of the Santa Rosa Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), sponsored the event.

How Veterans In Labor Have Joined Fight Against Trump

January 13, 2026 Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon, Popular Resistance. , , ,
In the U.S., seventeen million people, across multiple generations, have a shared personal identity based on their past military service. About 1.3 million former service members currently work in union jobs, with women and people of color making up the fastest-growing cohorts in their ranks. According to the AFL-CIO, veterans are more likely to join a union than nonveterans. In a half dozen states, 25 percent or more of all actively employed veterans belong to unions.  In the heyday of industrial unionism in the 1950s and ‘60s, tens of thousands of former soldiers could be found on the front lines of labor struggles in auto, steel, meat-packing, electrical equipment manufacturing, mining, trucking, and the telephone industry.

Another Mass Staffing Purge At The VA

December 19, 2025 Suzanne Gordon and Russell Lemle, Substack. , , ,
In late November, a mental health leader at a major VA medical center learned about a directive issued to the 18 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) regional offices, known as VISNs (Veterans Integrated Service Networks). Department of Veterans Affairs’ leaders in Washington were imposing lower caps on employee positions nationwide. Directors of local VA medical centers and clinics had a month to decide which vacant positions to eliminate, and which job offers to rescind. None of these identified positions would be filled because they would be swept from organizational charts entirely.

Veterans Demand An End To War And Occupation

November 16, 2025 Jae Franklin, Fight Back! News. , , , ,
Chicago, IL – On November 11, hundreds of people gathered at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, demanding an immediate end to the militarization and federal attacks on our communities, divestment from state-funded violence such as genocide and war, and rights for all workers. “I wanna ask you veterans, I wanna ask you workers, for your solidarity as we demonstrate, as we organize, and we clarify the principles of this country, that it is freedom, it is democracy, it is solidarity that moves us, not disunity, not exclusion, and certainly not ICE,” said Stacey Davis Gates
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