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Veterans Day
Today Let’s Honor the Veterans Who Have Turned Against the US War Machine
Hundreds of veterans returned from Iraq ready to fight the horror and injustice of the U.S. military industrial complex.
This Veterans Day, We Must Resist the Rampant Dehumanization That Justifies War
In the end, dehumanization destroys us, too, even if we don’t realize it.
Our Children Are Experiencing Militarization of the US Up Close and Personally
Educational “culture wars” overlook the ways in which war has altered what we teach our kids.
Let’s Turn Rising Generations Into War Resisters Rather Than Veterans
No amount of moralizing or drum-beating can ever inspire people like me to fight a war for U.S. war-makers again.
Veterans Must Also Heal From Moral Injury After War
Healing from the moral gravity of the war experience requires more than a treatment for "mental illness."
As a Veteran, I Refuse to Celebrate War
Let us reclaim Veterans Day, call it Armistice Day, and honor those who struggle for justice and peace.
One-Hundred Years Later, It’s Time to Disarm Armistice Day
Veterans Day has become a celebration of war-machine porn, unlike its somber beginnings in the Armistice Day.
Veterans Resist: Deploying Art to Oppose Militarism
More veterans and service members are turning destructive energy and military training into acts of creative resistance.
William Rivers Pitt | The Danger of the Sacred Soldier
We must stop idolizing soldiers and start caring for them as people.
A Veteran’s Day Dispatch From Standing Rock
I cannot help but think that the best way to stop this pipeline is to get all the soldiers and police to simply refuse their orders.