From "I Know You Don't Mean It" by Brock McIntosh:

One time I approached the mountains to wash off in a snowy spring. It reminded me of Arkansas, mountains without the green. I know you speak from ignorance. Your words you can't understand. The beauty of life is everywhere. Even in Afghanistan. Jacob George and I accepted an invitation to meet with the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers in Kabul shortly after the Arab Spring. In some sense, whatever we did for Afghanistan, we wanted permission from the Afghan people and to honor their voices. I was lucky that Jacob beat me back to Afghanistan. Whereas I am quiet, reserved, and carry a serious demeanor, Jacob overflowed with an energetic happiness. He greeted people by hugging them, beaming from ear to ear. He wanted to know your story and listened like you were the only person who mattered. When a person speaks, he is expressing what is in the mind and the heart, and that's where Jacob wanted to be... Read More

In This Issue:

1. No New War in the Middle East by Bill Branson
2. It Really Is Life Or Death by Maggie Martin
3. A Visit to the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University by Meg Miner
4. Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
5. Notes From the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
6. The Arrogance -- and Ignorance -- of Power by W. D. Ehrhart
7. Credo of a Sore Loser (poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
8. The Last Time I Dreamed About the War: Essays on the Life and Writing of W. D. Ehrhart by Joe and Jack Miller (Reviewers)
9. On IVAW's 10th Anniversary by VVAW
10. Alternatives To Incarceration for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans by Jim Murphy
11. GREEN (poem) by Eugene Lee Neese, Jr.
12. Three Days in Ferguson: Observations from the Rust Belt by Vincent Emanuele
13. Militarization of Police by Tim Butz
14. Congress Drowns Suicide Prevention Act While DoD Makes Moves to Help by Geoff Millard
15. Jacob David George, 1982-2014 by Robert Clack
16. Veterans Re-Enlistment (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
17. "I Know You Don't Mean It" by Brock McIntosh
18. Veterans Call to Commemorate the Christmas Truce of 1914 by Ben Chitty
19. Oxy, the Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
20. Telling Our Stories by Ryan Connolly
21. Jim Proffitt - RIP by Yesenia Flores
22. Hurt Souls (poem) by Dennis Serdel
23. Nixon and Pepsi by John Ketwig
24. VVAW Protested Nixon (photos) by VVAW
25. Nixon's Atrocious Lies and Cover-ups in His Air War on Neutral Cambodia by Daniel C. Lavery
26. Nixon's Dream-Stomping Ego by Allen Meece
27. A Short Remembrance of Nixon's Resignation by Steve Krug
28. 4th of July Requiem (poem) by Thomas Brinson
29. 1971 Peace Demonstration by Otmar Fischbach
30. JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters by John Ketwig (Reviewer)
31. Henry Kissinger Out With New Book (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
32. The ARVN A-28 Pilots Wept by Jim Willingham
33. 1968 (poem) by Richard Wells
34. Can Your Hear Me? (poem) by Eugene Lee Neese, Jr.
35. The Passing of Fred Branfman by Al Hubbard
36. Rest and Relaxation by Gregory Ross
37. On the Beach by Marc Levy
38. Don't Do Stupid Stuff (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
39. Deserts of Civilization (poem) by Dimitri Rimsky
40. My Lai. UN School. (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
41. Kingdom of Cambodia by Marc Levy
42. in transit (poem) by John Samuel Tieman
43. Holding My Breath... by Gregory Ross
44. Rock 'n Rollin' to Vietnam by Mic Terry
45. The Light Where Shadows End by R.G. Cantalupo
46. VVAW Photos from the Archives by VVAW
47. Vets Day 1971 (photos) by VVAW
48. Chelsea Manning - The Price of Conscience by William Potvin
49. Memorial Day, Chicago, 2014 (photos) by VVAW
50. People's Climate March, September 21, 2014 (photos) by VVAW
51. Meditations by Al Donohue
52. Letter to Editor by Tim Teater
53. RECOLLECTIONS: Danny Nutly by Dan New
54. Boots on the Ground (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger