A sober accounting of the casualties of war mitigates against turning Memorial Day into a patriotic celebration of U.S. militarism.
Author: Michael T. McPhearson and Gerry Condon
Michael T. McPhearson is the Executive Director of Veterans For Peace and was a U.S. Army field artillery officer during the Gulf War. A prominent peace and racial justice advocate, McPhearson co-founded the Don’t Shoot Coalition in Ferguson, Missouri, following the 2014 killing of Michael Brown Jr., and serves on the board of the ACLU of Washington.
Gerry Condon is a Vietnam-era veteran and war resister who serves on the boards of Veterans For Peace and Task Force on the Americas. A longtime peace and solidarity activist, Condon coordinates the voyages of the historic Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat.