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THE VETERAN is the newspaper of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc. In 1971 and 1972 it was published as 1st Casualty. From 1973 to 1975, it was published as Winter Soldier. In 1975, it became THE VETERAN.
THE VETERAN was the first voice of Vietnam veterans in America, and has consistently addressed issues of peace and justice. Original articles on Post Traumatic Stress and Agent Orange have appeared since its first year of publication.
THE VETERAN still continues publication two times a year. Articles from recent issues are available below.
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 From Sullivan Campaign '09: Part 1 by Joshua Noehrenberg:
On May 16th, 2009, local organizers from Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), Veterans For Peace (VFP), Labor Beat and American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), just to name a few, gathered in Kresge Hall at Northwestern University to engage in a series of discussions on what it means to demilitarize the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). David Solnit, a long-time organizer with Courage to Resist, and a pioneer of the use of Puppetry at the November 1999 protests against the WTO, led us in a workshop on building a campaign against the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) and military academies, which combine to make the Chicago Public School system the most militarized in the nation. At the end of the session, we set a next meeting time and date, and allotted ourselves several research assignments.
Over the next two months, the Demilitarized U (DU) coalition ebbed and flowed throughout a cycle of bi-monthly meetings... Read More
In This Issue:
- Supporters Rally to Save Our Veterans Land by Steve Crandall
- Building a GI and Veterans Movement by IVAW Field Organizing Team [Chantelle Batemen (East Coast), Jason Hurd (Southeast), Aaron Hughes (Central and Team Leader), Joseph Callen (West)]
- From the National Office by Bill Branson
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- Notes From the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
- More US Casualties in Afghanistan (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- My View - On Generals by John Zutz
- My View - On Torture and Safety by John Zutz
- Fog of War by Harold Trainer
- CA Central Coast Chapter of VVAW: Something New Pays Off by Carolyn Crandall
- Oxy, the Smart Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
- Pleiku Jacket (poem) by Thomas Brinson
- New Opportunities for Veterans and GI Counseling by Ray Parrish
- VVAW Military Counseling Services Expanded by
- After Action Report: VVAW SE Regional Conference by Willie Hager
- Report From The Rear by Gregory Ross
- 58,195 (poem) by Tim Bagwell
- The Hero (poem) by Paul Hellweg
- Kent State 40th Anniversary by Bruce Hyland
- Tin Soldiers and Nixon's Army: Murder At Kent State by Bill Davis
- A Message from Jose Vasquez, Executive Director of IVAW by Jose Vasquez
- The Decision to Hold the G20 Summit in My Home Town by Joyce Wagner
- Sullivan Campaign '09: Part 1 by Joshua Noehrenberg
- Iraq: What Now For IVAW? by T.J. Buonomo
- Iraqi Labor Tour DC Report by Denice Lombard
- Sgt. Israel Garcia: The Ritual (poem) by Horace Coleman
- Pain (poem) by Paul Hellweg
- Winning Was Never An Option in Vietnam by Joe Miller (reviewer)
- No Reason For Dying by Horace Coleman (reviewer)
- Book Note by Jerry Lembcke
- Men Don't Cry by Joseph Giannini
- RECOLLECTIONS: Dedicated REMF Then and Dedicated REMF Now by Steve Crandall
- With General McChrystal at the Little Big Horn (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
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