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It all started in 1967, with six Vietnam veterans marching together in a peace demonstration. Now, fifty-nine years later, VVAW is still going strong-- continuing its fight for peace, justice, and the rights of all veterans.
Explore these pages; see what we've done, what we do, and why we do it. The struggle continues, perhaps these days more than ever. VVAW has never stopped working to protect the welfare of those who served their country.
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Latest Commentary:
From the National Office
Well, not that we are surprised, but the Trump chaos machine keeps churning. The circus has so many rings right now, it's hard to keep up. By the time this paper lands in your hands, who knows what new atrocities will be there to greet us.
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Taken from "Deadly Distractions, Costly Consequences" by VVAW National Office Read More
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Excerpt From THE VETERAN: Now Online Taken from Will the Death of the VA Nurse After the Twin Cities Strike Became Tipping Point Against Trump? by Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early:
On Veterans Day last Fall, President Trump traveled to Arlington Cemetery to reprise his bashing of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on the campaign trail a year before and the DOGE-led assault on VA staffing levels throughout 2025.
"We fired thousands of people who didn't take care of our great veterans," Trump told the assembled crowd. "They were sadists. They were sick people. They were thieves. They were everything you want to name... But we got rid of them, permanently…"
Less than three months later, that Veterans Day boast gained new and more ominous meaning in the Twin Cities. On January 24, 2026, Border Patrol agents fatally shot RN Alex Pretti ten times in the back—a particularly brutal way of reducing the head count at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. The 37-year-old member of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) was off duty at the time.... Read More
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