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PODCAST | Best-selling author Jeff Sharlet and his father, political scientist Robert Sharlet
Jeff Sharlet, Molly Prize-winning journalist and author of ‘The Family,’ and scholar/author Bob Sharlet, join Thorne Dreyer on Rag Radio. Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | July 17, 2014 Award-winning journalist Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family, … Continue reading
Alice Embree / Terry DuBose : Defend the Soldiers’ Right to Heal
Under the Hood contingent at Veterans Day Parade, Killeen, Texas, Saturday, November 10, 2012. Photo by Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog. Defend the right to heal: Veterans’ Day parade in Killeen As the deployments wind down from this … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Anti-War Vets, Fort Hood, IVAW, Malachi Muncy, Susan Van Haitsma, Terry DuBose, Under the Hood, Veterans Day
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Jack A. Smith : Reversing the Vietnam War Verdict
Demonstrators at the October 21, 1967 march on the Pentagon carry a banner that says, “Support our GIs, Bring Them Home Now.”Reversing the Vietnam War verdict Most of the allegations about insults directed at soldiers or vets from war opponents … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War Vets, Foreign Policy, Jack A. Smith, Revisionist History, U.S. Military, Vietnam, VVAW, World History
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Harry Targ : Vince Emanuele, Anti-War Vets, and the 99%
Anti-war vet Vince Emanuele. Photo by Jessica A. Woolf / nwtimes.Veterans unplugged:Hoosier anti-war activist connectsreturning veterans to the 99% By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | November 6, 2011 “I grew up in Chicago and Northwest Indiana. Working-class family, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War Vets, Harry Targ, IVAW, Occupy Wall Street, U.S. Military
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Susan Van Haitsma : Anti-War GI’s March in Killeen Vets Day Parade
Representatives of IVAW and Under the Hood Cafe marched in the Killeen Veterans Day Parade. Photo by Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog.The burdens of war:Anti-war GI’s on Veterans Day By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Anti-War Vets, Ft. Hood, IVAW, Susan Van Haitsma, Under the Hood
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Clare Bayard : Veterans and the Healing Process
AWOL soldier Jeff Hanks speaks about the effects of PTSD on his family, Nov. 11, near Ft. Campbell in Oak Grove, Ky. Photo by Robert Smith / AP.Healing from empire:Anti-war veterans redefine Veterans Day By Clare Bayard / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Anti-War Vets, Clare Bayard, IVAW, PTSD, Veterans Day
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BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : The Odyssey of Our Winter Soldiers
Nancy Miller Saunders’ Combat by Trial:Documenting 20th century ‘winter soldiers’ By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / August 25, 2010 Combat by Trial: An Odyssey with 20th Century Winter Soldiers by Nancy Miller Saunders. (iUniverse, Inc., 2008.) 591 … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Anti-War Vets, Books, Mariann G. Wizard, Nancy Miller Saunders, SDS, Vietnam, VVAW, Watergate
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Alice Embree : Protesters Block Fort Hood Troop Deployment
Participants in the blockade action at Fort Hood, Texas, on August 23, 2010. Left to right: Iraq Veterans Bobby Whittenberg-James and Crystal Colon, Jeff Grant, Military Spouse Cynthia Thomas and Afghanistan Veteran Matthis Chiroux. Photo from Fort Hood Disobeys. Protesters … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War Vets, Direct Action, Fort Hood, Iraq Occupation, Peace Movement, Political Protest
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Memorial Day in Texas : Farewell to Nick Travis and Lisa Morris
Nick Travis at the opening of the Under the Hood Café in Killeen, Texas. Photo by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.Memorial Day:Texas peace movementLooses two great friends By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / June 6, 2010 Memorial … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Anti-War Vets, Austin, Deaths, Fort Hood, IVAW, Memorial Day, Million Musicians March, Musicians, Peace Movement, Texas, Under the Hood
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Danny at McDonalds : ‘I Got Tired of Killing Farmers’
An Iraqi farmer speaks to Sgt. Bryon Clark in the village of Ka bashe in Kirkuk, Iraq, May 31, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bobby Allen / Flickr.Why Danny quit the army:‘I got tired of killing farmers’ By Leslie … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War Vets, Austin, Iraq Occupation, IVAW, Leslie Cunningham
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Austin : Billionaires for Wealthcare!
Healthcare Not Warfare demonstration in Austin. Above: “Billionaires for Wealthcare.” Below, demonstrators stage a “die-in” for peace. Photos by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.Austin rally calls for healthcare reform,An end to the Afghanistan War By Alice Embree / The … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War Vets, Austin, Central Texas, CodePink, Health Care Reform, Social Action
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David Zeiger : This is Where We Take Our Stand
Episode One : For Those Who Would Judge Me This is Where We Take Our Stand A web series about Winter Soldier By David Zeiger / The Rag Blog / July 18, 2009 I am more than pleased to announce … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Anti-War Vets, Iraq War, Video, VVAW, Winter Soldiers
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