To say “Jimmy Carter pardoned war resisters” is a bit like saying that “Abe Lincoln freed the slaves.” Grassroots movements laid the table.
Author: Gerry Condon
Gerry Condon is a Vietnam-era veteran and war resister, a former president and current national board member of Veterans For Peace (VFP), president of the Golden Rule Committee, and a member of the crew that sailed the Golden Rule to Cuba. He represents VFP on the steering committee of the Peace In Ukraine Coalition. He can be reached by email at gerrycondon@veteransforpeace.org. Condon refused Army orders to deploy to Vietnam in 1968. He was court-martialed and sentenced to ten years in prison, but escaped to Sweden, where he worked with the American Deserters Committee, and then to Canada, where he worked with the AMEX-Canada war resister collective.
Active Duty Airman on White House Hunger Strike against Starvation of Children in Gaza
Hebert plans to continue the hunger strike — limiting himself to water and a juice supplement — for as long as he physically can.
Why Were Three Reservists from Georgia Killed at Tower 22?
Three US soldiers killed. At “Tower 22,” a US base in Jordan. Near the borders of both Syria and Iraq. By “Iran-backed militias,” we are told.
Witnessing the Gaza Genocide and Dealing with Despair
Lessons in genocide learned while joining journalists and others trying to get into Gaza at the Rafah crossing in Egypt.
Golden Rule Makes a Splash at the United Nations
Veterans For Peace brings the peace boat’s message of nuclear disarmament and environmental justice to multiple U.N. missions,
U.S. Veterans Sail Historic Peace Boat to Cuba
The antinuclear sailboat visits the site of the Cuban Missile Crisis, when, as today, many feared nuclear war would erupt.
Golden Rule Reaching Thousands of People Along Mississippi River
The historic peace boat continues its mission to prevent nuclear war–this time taking its message to the heart of the United States.
Letter to President Biden: “Enough Is Enough—War Is Not the Answer”
As veterans who have experienced war, we are concerned about the young soldiers on both sides who are being killed and injured.
President Biden: De-Escalate in Ukraine, Do Not Risk Nuclear War!
If US and others had kept promises to eliminate nuclear weapons, we would probably not be at war today in Ukraine, worrying about Armageddon.