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.
110+ Organizations to Biden: End U.S. Program of Lethal Strikes Abroad
113 organizations from the United States and around the world sent a letter to President Biden calling for an end to the U.S. program of lethal strikes outside recognized battlefields, including through the use of drones.
SOVA Testifies House Committee on Veteran Affairs
The House Committee on Veteran Affairs held a May 27 hearing on VA Infrastructure at which Bruce Carruthers spoke for SOVA
Veterans For Peace Objects to Militarism in “Eagle Act” and “U.S. Innovation and Competition Act of 2021”
Veterans For Peace calls for an end to the framing of China as the United States’ greatest national security threat. Our greatest national security threat is the worsening climate crisis. Rather than squandering tax dollars and fossil fuels on war preparedness, our government needs to address the climate crisis.