I was abducted by undercover agents while on my way to a Palestine teach-in. My “crime”? Being a journalist who speaks up for Palestine.
Winter 2025 Edition
Not Words of Hope
The suffering is still ongoing. It will go on for generations. But the defiance is there. The Palestinians have not been beaten.
VFP Celebrates Gaza Ceasefire, Pledges to Defend It
Veterans For Peace has consistently called on the US government to stop sending US bombs and war materials to Israel.
Sir! No Sir! in 50-Minute Version
This is a shortened 50-minute version of Sir! No Sir!, one of the great antiwar films about GI resistance during the Viet Nam...
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Prophetic Warning: Denouncing the Merchants of Death
We all have a choice to hold ourselves accountable in the face of Dr. King's warning that we are approaching spiritual death....
Judgment Day for the Merchants of Death
Intervening in this surging, greed-driven, incredibly lethal mess, an international panel of 10 jurors offers 13 recommendations for action.
Change the Conversation from Doomsday to Peace Day
First published by World BEYOND War he Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, with the advice of Albert...
Vietnam: The Other Side
A 9-minute video with Vietnamese and American veterans from that war presents in a nutshell what we did in Viet Nam and how wrong it was.
Three Reasons to Vote Against the Nomination of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense
Why I will Protest the Nomination of Fox News commentator and Trump’s Buddy Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense
1987: The Great Workers’ Struggle in South Korea
Involving over a million workers, the strikes and militant tactics won significant gains in pay and conditions.
Why Jimmy Carter Pardoned Draft Resisters
To say “Jimmy Carter pardoned war resisters” is a bit like saying that “Abe Lincoln freed the slaves.” Grassroots movements laid the table.
Genocide in Gaza: Western Moral Collapse in the Age of Hyper-Imperialism
Author Vijay Prashad argues that the global North has heightened its reliance upon force to insist on obedience.
Intolerable Opinions in the Time of Genocide
John Lilburne was an unconquerable revolutionary and courageous radical for justice, the 17th-century equivalent of Julian Assange.
Spent 26 Christmases in Prison, and Not One Has Been Merry
I have endured 26 Christmases behind bars. This year is no different. No family gathering. No Christmas meal. No gifts from my loved ones. No visits.
GIs Talk About What VFP Means to Them
t’s not unusual to be somewhere representing Veterans For Peace and meet a veteran who didn’t know...
Don’t Deify Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter may have done good works out of office, but in power he fomented a series of domestic and foreign policy disasters.
Saving the Savior Tree
Like the Christmas tree, the olive tree is a savior tree—but one that doesn’t just light up for a season. It lights the way for generations.
Amazing Peace
Into this climate of fear and apprehension, Christmas enters/Streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope/And singing carols of forgiveness.
Is the Catholic Church Okay with Biden’s Genocide?
In a “Hail Mary Pass,”, Will the Pope Use the Threat of Excommunication to End the Biden Administration’s Complicity in Genocide in their meeting on January 10?
How Fascism Came
America’s democracy was destroyed by the two ruling parties who sold us out to corporations, militarists and billionaires. Now we pay the price.