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 Taken from Vets Join Protest at RNC by David Cline:
At the end of July, the Republican National Convention (RNC) was held in New York City to showcase the renomination of George W. Bush in a cynical attempt to play off the pain, loss, fear and anger caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Mike Hoffman and Rob Sarra of Iraq Veterans Against the War
In response, there were a series of mass mobilizations, civil disobedience actions and other protests against the Bush agenda of pre-emptive war and assaults on social programs and civil liberties.
Large numbers of veterans and military families participated in some of these demonstrations. Members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War took part in several actions, detailed in the following report.
THE WORLD SAYS "NO" TO THE BUSH AGENDA
On Sunday, August 29, the day before the RNC began, hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of Manhattan to say "no" to the Bush agenda of war, greed, hate and lies.... Read More
Also In This Issue:
- The Struggle Continues by VVAW
- Vets Join Protest at RNC by David Cline
- From the National Office by Barry Romo
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- Notes from the Boonies by VVAW
- My View by John Zutz
- VVAW Letter of Support by VVAW
- US Military Posture cartoon by Jeff Danziger
- Leave No Vet Behind by Ray Parrish
- Memorial Day in Milwaukee by John Zutz
- Captain by Marc Levy
- Chicago Homeless Standdown by Meg Miner
- Homeless Sandwich Run by Bob Riggle
- Memorial Day in Chicago by Barry Romo
- In Memoriam poem by Rosemarie Dietz Slavenas
- Presenting the Flag by Hannah Frisch
- Defending VVAW Against Swift Boat Vets' Lies by Keith Nolan
- Chicanos in the Ranks by Barry Romo (Reviewer)
- Winter Whether by John Prados
- Nixon and VVAW by Horace Coleman
- Cross-Cultural Music by Bob Riggle (Reviewer)
- Real Results of War by Stanley Campbell (Reviewer)
- New Books on PTSD by Ray Parrish (Reviewer)
- Historical Photos by VVAW
- Iraq Vet Speaks Truth by Robert Sarra
- On Ambush & A Space in Time poems by Dave Connolly
- Why I Joined VVAW by Kenneth A. Dalton
- Art as Politics & Propaganda by Billy X. Curmano
- Honored Glory poem by Dana Patillo
- An Awakening by Robert W. Gaines
- Supporting Our Soldiers by Gregory A. Helle
- NYRB by Marc Levy
- Purple and Broken Hearts by Dennis Serdel Perry
- Someone Else's Kids by Douglas Nelson
- Oxy the Smart Bomb cartoon by Billy X. Curmano
- Golf Balls by Arnold Stieber
- Author Disagrees with Review by Gerald Nicosia
- Hilgendorf Responds by Kurt Hilgendorf
- Letters to the Editor by VVAW
- A Soldier poem by Doug Soderstrom
- Remembering Dave by Joe Miller & Barry Romo
- Meanwhile in Vietnam cartoon by Jeff Danziger
- POW Remembered by Richard Boes
- Coalition Forces Suffer More Than One Thousand Dead cartoon by Jeff Danziger
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