RELEASES: Veterans Support Monitoring and Reducing Military Emissions
Veterans For Peace (VFP) thanks Representative Barbara Lee (CA-13) for her leadership in introducing the resolution Recognizing the Duty of the Department of Defense to Annually Report All Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Progress on Reduction Targets (H Res 767). VFP is also pleased to join with numerous other peace and environmental organizations in supporting Rep. Lee’s resolution (Click here for full list of endorsers).
VFP Updates from COP26
Daily reports from VFP-UK member David Collins on the ground for COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland!
CAIR, Veterans For Peace Repeat Call on Xbox, Sony PlayStation, and Valve-Steam to Not Host ‘Arab Murder Simulator’ Six Days in Fallujah
(WASHINGTON D.C., 10/8/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Veterans For Peace today repeated their call on Xbox, Sony PlayStation, and Valve-Steam to not host or digitally distribute the soon-to-be-released video game “Six Days in Fallujah,” developed by Highwire Games and published by Victura.
Report Back - Shut Down Creech 2021
VFP members, including Executive Director Garett Reppenhagen and staff members Chris Velazquez, Jules Vaquera and Casey Stinemetz, just got back from a week of actions in Nevada. Together with many others, they called for an immediate halt to U.S. drone attacks and a ban on the use of all armed drones. For 20 years, the U.S. has carried out drone attacks with no accountability to the public for how many civilians were killed.
VFP Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Veterans For Peace has previously condemned the U.S. "forever wars" against “terror” and called for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, Iraq and other places in the world. We unequivocally believe that war is not the answer to any problem and that there is no military solution in Afghanistan.