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Liam Madden handily won the Republican primary for Vermont's lone U.S. House seat, defeating his two opponents by 8 points and 13 points respectively. He now faces Democrat Becca Balint in the November election.There's just one problem: Madden has renounced the Republican party. The Vermont Republican Party has returned the favor and renounced Madden as its candidate. “The state party would not commit any resources toward (Madden's) campaign due to his unwillingness to commit to caucusing with Republicans in Congress,” Vermont GOP Chair Paul Dame said.“I've been very upfront the entire election every single chance I get to speak to the public to say I'm an independent running in the Republican primary,” Madden told The Vermont Conversation. “The entire theme of my candidacy is to structurally, culturally and technologically create an alternative to the two party dominance of our political system, which I think is deeply dysfunctional. It's going to take a departure from this divisive, corrupt, oligarch-controlled and ultimately nonrepresentative and nonfunctional system.”Madden is a Marine Corps veteran who was a leader in Iraq Veterans Against the War. Since graduating from Northeastern University he has worked in the renewable energy field.Madden said that if elected, he will not caucus with either party. Asked how he would be effective in Congress, he said, “I would be courted quite strongly, I imagine, from both sides and I will give Vermonters an incredible amount of leverage.”Madden opposes many of the public health measures used to control the spread of covid, including mask mandates, vaccine requirements and lockdowns. “I would also question that these methods of protection that you claim are the gold standard are really as effective as this claim,” he said.Vermont currently limits abortion access. Madden said he is in favor of abortion rights but believes “it's reasonable to have the states make the decisions about what happens after 24 weeks.”Madden described his opponent, Vermont Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint, as “an incredibly intelligent and thoughtful, big hearted person. But she is also putting a kind face on a really broken system.” 

You know the official story about the world that we're supposed to believe? You know ... that governments are always good and necessary, that politicians only do what they do because they love us so very much, that the police only exist to serve and protect you, and that every war the government has ever fought has been perfectly just and righteous? ADAM VS THE MAN brings you the reality THEY don't want you to know, hosted by libertarian activist Adam Kokesh. From Wikipedia: Adam Charles Kokesh (born February 1, 1982) is an American libertarian political activist, radio host, author and a U.S. 2020 Libertarian presidential candidate running on the single-issue platform of an "orderly dissolution of the federal government." Kokesh is a former U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant, and a combat veteran, having deployed to Fallujah, Iraq in 2004. Upon his return from Iraq, he became an anti-war activist and an advocate for Iraq Veterans Against the War. He has been a radio, TV, YouTube, and podcast host/producer under his brand "ADAM VS THE MAN" since 2010. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/oneamerican/support

Adam Kokesh is a Libertarian activist, author, Veteran, and candidate for President of the United States. Adam has a long history of challenging the status quo of American Politics. This began with protesting the Iraq War with Iraq Veterans Against the War. Some of his most notable protests have ended in his arrest. These include dancing in the Jefferson Memorial and loading a shotgun in Washington, DC's Freedom Plaza. We caught up with Adam as he's been homesteading on his ranch in Arizona. We spoke about psychedelics, the legalization of drugs, and other current events.  To catch up with Adam's show The Freedom! Line head to https://odysee.com/@adamkokesh:2  

Garett Reppenhagen is the son of a Vietnam Veteran and grandson of two World War II Veterans. He served in the U.S. Army as a Cavalry/Scout Sniper in the 1st Infantry Division. Garett completed a deployment in Kosovo on a 9-month peace-keeping mission and a combat tour in Baquaba, Iraq. Garett gained an Honorable Discharge in May of 2005 and began working as a veterans advocate and a dedicated activist. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Iraq Veterans Against the War, worked in Washington, DC, as a lobbyist and as Vice President of Public Relations for the Nobel Prize winning Veterans For America, as a Program Director for Veterans Green Jobs and was the Rocky Mountain Director for Vet Voice Foundation. Garett lives in Colorado where he serves as the Executive Director for Veterans For Peace. In this episode Ethan and Garett discuss what peace means, how Garett got involved in the military and how his mindset shifted as he got out. They also dig into love, activism and what safety looks like as we push beyond our current political and economic climate. Find Garett at veteransforpeace.org and check out People Over Pentagon as discussed in the episode Join the Love Extremists at www.extremist.love and on Clubhouse at www.joinclubhouse.com/club/loveextremists Find Ethan on Instagram at www.instagram.com/ethanlipsitz

It was an honor to do this video interview with three of the nine members, seven male, and two female, of the Full Circle Everest team. They hope to make history as the first Black climbing team to attempt to summit Everest. As of late 2021, there have been 10,184 summits but only eight Black climbers have stood on the top. According to the Himalayan Database, South African Sibusiso Vilane became the first Black to summit on May 26, 2003, and returned in 2005 to summit from the Tibet side, both times with UK operator with Jagged Globe. American Sophia Danenberg became the first Black female to summit on May 19, 2006, with IMG. However, they were with standard commercial teams as there has never been an all-Black only team. The team is quite diverse with several members holding a Ph.D. One, Abby Dione, is an AMGA certified climber and runs a climbing gym. The leader, Phil Henderson is a longtime NOLS leader and attempted Everest in 2012 with Conrad Anker reaching Camp 3. Two are North Face-sponsored athletes, Frederick Campbell and Manoah Ainuu. Rosemary Saal is a NOLS instructor who led the first all-Black American team to the summit of Africa's Kilimanjaro in 2018. Demond “Dom” Mullins is is a combat veteran of the Iraq War, where he served as an Armor Crewman. After service Demond became a National Spokesman for Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and worked as a United States Senate staffer on veterans health and education issues. See the entire team at their site, I spoke today with Phil, Rosemary, and Dom about the expedition. We discussed their "why", who they are trying to reach and of course, all things Everest including their acclimatization and training efforts. The Full Circle Everest team is asking for financial help at their GoFundMe site. They've reached $21,368 of their $50,0000 goal as of this podcast, September 21, 2021. Any amount will help. I donated. You can follow their progress on their site at Full Circle Everest and on Instagram Climb On! Alan Memories are Everything

Garett Reppenhagen is the son of a Vietnam Veteran and grandson of two World War II Veterans. He served in the U.S. Army as a Cavalry/Scout Sniper in the 1st Infantry Division. Garett completed a deployment in Kosovo on a 9-month peace-keeping mission and a combat tour in Baquaba, Iraq. Garett gained an Honorable Discharge in May of 2005 and began working as a veterans advocate and a dedicated activist. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Iraq Veterans Against the War, worked in Washington, DC, as a lobbyist and as Vice President of Public Relations for the Nobel Prize winning Veterans For America, as a Program Director for Veterans Green Jobs and was the Rocky Mountain Director for Vet Voice Foundation. Garett lives in Colorado where he serves as the Executive Director for Veterans For Peace.

t was 50 years ago when Vietnam Veterans Against the War put together the Winter Soldier Investigation to bring to light the realities and atrocities of the American War on Vietnam. In this show, we will remember a little bit of that effort along with the Winter Soldier of 2008 which was presented by Iraq Veterans Against the War. We also try to reflect on and update the impact or lack of impact of these important events. Will anyone ever listen to the wisdom of the past or are we forever doomed to continue?

For this episode of The Green Flame, we speak with Sergio Alexander Kochergin, a filmmaker, organizer, former U.S. Marine, and native of Ukraine. He did two deployments to Iraq in 2003, 2004, and 2005, and testified before members of Congress in 2008 as part of the new Winter Soldier hearings organized by Iraq Veterans Against the War. Sergio lives in Michigan City, Indiana where he is the co-founder of Politics Art Roots Culture, or the PARC center, which is an event and community space. We speak about Sergio's childhood in Crimea, his experiences emigrating to the U.S. and joining the military, his time in Iraq and how he came to oppose the war, and the political situation in Ukraine over the past decade. Sergio draws fascinating parallels between the civil war in Ukraine and what is happening in the U.S. today. PARC Media (Produced by Sergio): https://www.patreon.com/PARCMEDIA Fragments - AERØHEAD https://soundcloud.com/aerohead Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0

Join us for a wide ranging conversation with Clare Bayard where we discuss her 20+ years of organizing in grassroots multiracial struggles for collective liberation, and the role of somatic healing work and the importance of mentorship for intergenerational movements of resistance. Content warning: interview includes mention of sexual trauma and white nationalism. Topics we discuss include: The space between impact and intention. Healing for the sake of being able to show up in work for collective liberation. How anti-racist work has evolved over the years. The role of mentorship in movement building. Mentorship as a bidirectional relationship. Community safety work - alternatives to police, transformative justice, grassroots neighborhood organizing. Concrete suggestions on how we prepare for the wave of increased state repression that is coming. Security as solidarity. About Clare Bayard: Clare Bayard has organized for over 20 years in grassroots multiracial movements for collective liberation, and co-founded Catalyst Project, a movement building center supporting white anti-racist organizing. Clare is an organizer and a parent, a direct action trainer with The Ruckus Society, a writer, and a somatic healing practitioner who focuses on working with survivors of sexual assault and war. Clare's training comes from coalition and campaign work in many movement sectors, particularly in migrant rights, global justice, housing rights and anti-displacement, Palestinian liberation, anti-imperialist struggles against US wars and G.I. resistance, post-Katrina Gulf Coast Reconstruction, and climate justice. Demilitarization and connecting struggles against US empire at home and abroad are at the heart of Clare’s political work. Clare is active in the War Resisters International Network, served in board and staff positions at the War Resisters League for over a decade, and has worked closely with About Face (formerly known as Iraq Veterans Against the War) since soon after its founding.Clare’s writing has been published widely including the Guardian UK, Z Magazine, Alternet, Common Dreams, The Hill, and the recent anthology We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting Racism and Militarism in 21st century America.   Find Clare online: Catalyst Project: collectiveliberation.org Clare’s writing: https://healingandjustice.wordpress.com/ Links to relevant resources: War at Home book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/927659.War_at_Home A Troublemaker’s Guide: Principles for Racial Justice Activists in the Face of State Repression: https://tinyurl.com/y9kxhom4 Catalyst Project: www.collectiveliberation.org GI Rights hotline: https://girightshotline.org/ About Face’s Open Letter from Veterans to Recently Activated National Guard: https://medium.com/@VetsAboutFace/minnesota-national-guard-stand-down-for-black-lives-7596e1f0493b Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/ Anti Police-Terror Project: https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/ Ruckus Society: www.ruckus.org Bay Area Solidarity Statement: https://couragetoresist.org/solidarity2020/   Links to So Many Wings’ social media and website On the web: https://somanywings.org On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/somanywingspodcast On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/somanywingspodcast On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/somanywingspodcast

Our first episode! We are joined by Garett Reppenhagen, executive director of Veterans for Peace. You can learn more and get involved here: https://www.veteransforpeace.org/ We recorded this interview a couple days after the murder of George Floyd. Stay tuned after the interview to hear Emily and Sarah talk about shadow work, jumping timelines, and how no one is behind the wheel of the America bus. **Sound note: Sorry about the buzzing sound in spots, we're new at this!** Featured music is by two veterans, “Support the Troops” by the dearly-missed Jacob George http://www.jacobdavidgeorge.org/ and “The Golden Opportunity Outro” by Brittney Chantele https://www.brittneychantele.com/ Guest Bio: Garett Reppenhagen is the son of a Vietnam Veteran and grandson of two World War II Veterans. He served in the U.S. Army as a Cavalry/Scout Sniper in the 1st Infantry Division. Garett completed a deployment in Kosovo on a 9-month peace-keeping mission and a combat tour in Baquaba, Iraq. Garett gained an Honorable Discharge in May of 2005 and began working as a veterans advocate and a dedicated activist. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Iraq Veterans Against the War, worked in Washington, DC, as a lobbyist and as Vice President of Public Relations for the Nobel Prize winning Veterans For America, as a Program Director for Veterans Green Jobs and was the Rocky Mountain Director for Vet Voice Foundation. Garett lives in Colorado where he serves as the Executive Director for Veterans For Peace. Follow Garett on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SirGarett

Emily Cohen Ibañez is a Colombian-American filmmaker who tells stories about the complex relationship between the United States and Latin America. The National Science Foundation, Fulbright Colombia, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation amongst others have supported her research, writing, and films. Her documentary "Bodies at War/MINA" (2015) premiered at El Festival de Cine de Bogotá where it was nominated for a UNICEF award. She was a cinematographer for "Bronx Obama" (2014) directed by Ryan Murdock, which won Best of Fest at AFI Docs. Her short film "Iraq Veterans Against the War Perform Operation First Casualty" (2007) premiered at the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival. She earned her doctorate in Anthropology (2011) at New York University and was a Wenner-Gren Fellow in Ethnographic Film at UC Santa Cruz from 2016-2017, working on her film, "Virtual War," currently in post-production. She was a two-time finalist for the Sundance New Frontier Lab with "Virtual War." She is a Mentor for the Latino Film Institute Youth Cinema Project and a member of the Brown Girls Doc Mafia. Ashley Solis is the main subject and a co-writer of "Fruits of Labor." A short version of the feature film was featured in The Guardian. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/americanfilmmaker/support

For this entire episode, we feature speeches given by community members and organizers for the No War on Iran global day of protest which took place Jan. 25. Over 200 cities in 19 countries took place. Austin's protest included speakers from Iraq Veterans Against the War, Palestine Solidarity Committee, the Alliance for Global Justice, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the ANSWER Coalition, and many others.Another global protest will take place between March 19-21 in cities around the world. The ANSWER Coalition, which organized many of the Jan. 25 protests, will be participating in these as well. More information can be found at answercoalition.org.

For this entire episode, we feature speeches given by community members and organizers for the No War on Iran global day of protest which took place Jan. 25. Over 200 cities in 19 countries took place. Austin's protest included speakers from Iraq Veterans Against the War, Palestine Solidarity Committee, the Alliance for Global Justice, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the ANSWER Coalition, and many others.Another global protest will take place between March 19-21 in cities around the world. The ANSWER Coalition, which organized many of the Jan. 25 protests, will be participating in these as well. More information can be found at answercoalition.org.

This was a great conversation and I like adam a lot, be sure to check him out in Boise the last weekend in June https://kokeshforpresident.com/From His Website: Adam Kokesh was born on February 1, 1982 in California.   In 2007, Kokesh joined Iraq Veterans Against the War and helped bring the organization to national prominence as its most visible leader.  He first came to national attention for holding up a score card during Alberto Gonzales' testimony to Congress regarding the dismissal of U.S. Attorneys keeping track of how many times he said, "I don't recall." His photograph appeared in many national newspapers and resulted in dozens of TV interviews.  He was later to become the story himself when prosecuted unlawfully by the Marine Corps (while he was in the inactive reserves) for staging a street theater protest that included a mock combat patrol, "to bring a small piece of the reality of war home to Washington, DC." Adam was an active supporter of Ron Paul and would eventually come to found and lead Veterans for Ron Paul, organizing a stunning march on the White House for vets to turn their back on Obama and raise awareness about military suicide. He was invited to speak at the 2008 Revolution March in DC organized by grassroots Ron Paul supporters and his speech that day is what put him on the map as a promising representative of the freedom movement.----------------------------------------------------- JUSTIN WREN'S Fight For the Forgotten:https://www.facebook.com/FightForTheForgotten/http://fightfortheforgotten.org/https://water4.org/https://twitter.com/TheBigPygmyhttp://instagram.com/thebigpygmy ------------------------------------------------------  Dive in with us and as always, please email with questions. mindmeltpodcast@gmail.com Thank you so much for listening and please leave a review on Itunes / Stitcher  Instagram = @mindmeltpodcast. If you enjoy our podcast you may also enjoy others, such as:    Aubrey Marcus's  https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=25921&refid=asa Timesuck Podcast: https://timesuckpodcast.comThe Joe Rogan Experience: http://podcasts.joerogan.net/True Crime Garage: http://truecrimegarage.com/#wethepeoplelive: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wethepeople-live Thank you for the support!!  https://www.facebook.com/FightForTheForgotten/

Adam Charles Kokesh (born February 1, 1982) is an American libertarian political activist, radio host, author and a U.S. 2020 Libertarian presidential candidate running on the single-issue platform of an "orderly dissolution of the federal government." Kokesh is a former U.S. Marine Corps sergeant, serving in 2004. Upon his return from Iraq, he became an anti-war activist and an advocate for the Iraq Veterans Against the War group. He emerged as a radio talk show host in 2011 when his TV, radio and web access show Adam vs. The Man was licensed by Russia Today's US affiliate, until it was cancelled months later due to an FEC complaint. He first came to national attention after his photograph appeared in various newspapers, including the front page of the Los Angeles Times at a protest during Alberto Gonzales's testimony to Congress regarding the dismissal of U.S. attorneys. Kokesh is an advocate of voluntaryism, and has organized and participated in many anti-government political demonstrations, some of which have resulted in him being detained or arrested. https://www.youtube.com/user/AdamKokesh Cheshire Viq - Artist Twitter- https://twitter.com/Cheshireviqq Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cheshireviq/ DeviantArt - https://www.deviantart.com/cheshireviqq Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFEjRe-s0tO-1YxZ4tdNJIg Slippery Slope Show (Soft launch September) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrQY4Qz-T9NE4g772T7D5fA __________________________________________ MORE THAN PATRONS. TEAMMATES We consider patrons to be part of the team, which is why you get the chance to help shape episodes, merchandise and more! Get access to hangout before the show with your favorite guests, aftershows hosted on your channel and private hangouts with Kyle and Steve. These and SO many more are waiting at: • http://patreon.com/nonsequitur KEEP THE DISCUSSION GOING • http://nonseqshow.com/schedule • http://twitter.com/nonseqshow • http://facebook.com/nonseqshow ‍ • http://https://discord.gg/kKTZppf ✉️ • http://live@nonseqshow.com THE NONSEQSHOP • http://teespring.com/stores/nonseqshop DISCLAIMER❗️ The views and opinions expressed by viewers, guests, or commentors are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of The NonSequitur Show. Artwork, graphics and segments/titles including: NonSequitur • IDEALOGY • Ad+Homies • Smoking Nun • Strawman ©2018 Kyle Curtis ©2018 The NonSequitur Show • Never Follow | All Rights Reserved --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nonseqshow/message

Amber interviews Army veterans Maggie Martin, Co-director of About Face, and Brittany DeBarros, Co-director of About Face Drop the MIC campaign. Maggie and Brittany discuss the background and growth of About Face (formerly known as Iraq Veterans Against the War) and a recent action that took place at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia while President George W. and Mrs. Laura Bush were presented the Liberty Medal for their "commitment to veterans". Photo credit: Ryan Harvey Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yRk5lMw-jS6OQJkxzDy5CQny89OAI0yw/view?usp=sharing About Face is currently conducting their annual fundraiser. Just $5 can go a long way in supporting the organization in providing materials, training, travel, and so much more. You can make a one-time donation here: https://www.gofundme.com/about-face-veterans-against-the-war To become a member or monthly sustainer, go here: https://aboutfaceveterans.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VetsAboutFace/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VetsAboutFace Show notes: Video put together of the action by Brian: https://www.facebook.com/VetsAboutFace/videos/381269442414869/ CSPAN Video (skip to approximately 45:00 to most clearly hear the interruptions as Joe Biden starts speaking): https://www.c-span.org/video/?454269-1/george-w-bush-laura-bush-awarded-liberty-medal Tomas Young: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/us/tomas-young-dies-at-34-critic-of-iraq-war-in-film.html The Militarization of Indian Country: http://www.honorearth.org/the_militarization_of_indian_country_by_winona_laduke Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq: http://www.owfi.info/EN/ Federation of Council of Workers and Unions: https://www.revolvy.com/page/Federation-of-Workers-Councils-and-Unions-in-Iraq

Adam Kokesh is running for President of the United States in 2020 on a platform of an orderly, peaceful, and responsible dissolution of the U.S. Federal Government.Adam and I discuss today's technological information revolution and cultural emergence to continuously make the institutions of government less & less relevant in our lives. What do self-driving cars & augmented reality contact lens have in common? Less centralized interaction and more transparency and trust in a future world.In 2007, Kokesh joined Iraq Veterans Against the War and helped bring the organization to national prominence as its most visible leader. He first came to national attention for holding up a score card during Alberto Gonzales' testimony to Congress regarding the dismissal of U.S. Attorneys keeping track of how many times he said, "I don't recall." His photograph appeared in many national newspapers and resulted in dozens of TV interviews. He was later to become the story himself when prosecuted unlawfully by the Marine Corps (while he was in the inactive reserves) for staging a street theater protest that included a mock combat patrol, "to bring a small piece of the reality of war home to Washington, DC."Adam was an active supporter of Ron Paul and would eventually come to found and lead Veterans for Ron Paul, organizing a stunning march on the White House for vets to turn their back on Obama and raise awareness about military suicide. He was invited to speak at the 2008 Revolution March in DC organized by grassroots Ron Paul supporters and his speech that day is what put him on the map as a promising representative of the freedom movement.While in jail in Washington, DC in 2013, he began writing FREEDOM!, now considered a "bible for voluntaryism." The book is in its fourth printing and has been downloaded over 2 million times. With the platform he has built for himself, he was able to successfully self-publish and make it available for free in every digital format possible including audiobook. In a jailhouse interview with Fox 5 DC during that time, Kokesh announced his plans to run for President of the United States in 2020 on a platform of an orderly, peaceful, and responsible dissolution of the U.S. Federal Government.FREEDOM! was officially endorsed by the US Department of Justice when they banned it from federal prison facilities, declaring "the entire publication" to be, "a threat to the good order and discipline of the institution."- https://kokeshforpresident.com/Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on Instagram, Twitter or via email mark@vudream.comHumans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Mark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/

Adam Kokesh is running for President of the United States in 2020 on a platform of an orderly, peaceful, and responsible dissolution of the U.S. Federal Government.Adam and I discuss today's technological information revolution and cultural emergence to continuously make the institutions of government less & less relevant in our lives. What do self-driving cars & augmented reality contact lens have in common? Less centralized interaction and more transparency and trust in a future world.In 2007, Kokesh joined Iraq Veterans Against the War and helped bring the organization to national prominence as its most visible leader. He first came to national attention for holding up a score card during Alberto Gonzales' testimony to Congress regarding the dismissal of U.S. Attorneys keeping track of how many times he said, "I don't recall." His photograph appeared in many national newspapers and resulted in dozens of TV interviews. He was later to become the story himself when prosecuted unlawfully by the Marine Corps (while he was in the inactive reserves) for staging a street theater protest that included a mock combat patrol, "to bring a small piece of the reality of war home to Washington, DC."Adam was an active supporter of Ron Paul and would eventually come to found and lead Veterans for Ron Paul, organizing a stunning march on the White House for vets to turn their back on Obama and raise awareness about military suicide. He was invited to speak at the 2008 Revolution March in DC organized by grassroots Ron Paul supporters and his speech that day is what put him on the map as a promising representative of the freedom movement.While in jail in Washington, DC in 2013, he began writing FREEDOM!, now considered a "bible for voluntaryism." The book is in its fourth printing and has been downloaded over 2 million times. With the platform he has built for himself, he was able to successfully self-publish and make it available for free in every digital format possible including audiobook. In a jailhouse interview with Fox 5 DC during that time, Kokesh announced his plans to run for President of the United States in 2020 on a platform of an orderly, peaceful, and responsible dissolution of the U.S. Federal Government.FREEDOM! was officially endorsed by the US Department of Justice when they banned it from federal prison facilities, declaring "the entire publication" to be, "a threat to the good order and discipline of the institution."- https://kokeshforpresident.com/Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on Instagram, Twitter or via email mark@vudream.comHumans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Mark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/

Today's guest needs no introduction, but he'll get one anyway. Adam Kokesh joins Felony Friday host John Odermatt to talk about his past run-ins with the law and his unique campaign for President, which if elected he will execute a peaceful dissolution of the federal government. Adam joined the Marines at age 17 and saw war first hand while serving during the Iraq War. In 2007 he joined Iraq Veterans Against the War and in 2008 he founded Veterans for Ron Paul. For those who have seen Adam speak live, he's a talented and motivating speaker. Adam has a long history as an activist. He's been arrested over three dozen times for protesting, smoking cannabis, cur [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest needs no introduction, but he’ll get one anyway. Adam Kokesh joins Felony Friday host John Odermatt to talk about his past run-ins with the law and his unique campaign for President, which if elected he will execute a peaceful dissolution of the federal government. Adam joined the Marines at age 17 and saw war first hand while serving during the Iraq War. In 2007 he joined Iraq Veterans Against the War and in 2008 he founded Veterans for Ron Paul. For those who have seen Adam speak live, he’s a talented and motivating speaker. Adam has a long history as an activist. He’s been arrested over three dozen times for protesting, smoking cannabis, cur [...]

listen to an interview with artist / activist Aaron Hughes from Justseeds Artists' Cooperative and also Iraq Veterans Against the War. in this interview Aaron speaks about various portfolio projects including the collaboration between Iraq Veterans Against the War and Justseeds, as well as other initiatives, info : info on Justseeds and Aaron's work at : https://justseeds.org/artist/aaronhughes info on the Iraq Veterans Against the War / Justseeds collaboration : https://justseeds.org/portfolio/celebrate-peoples-history-iraq-veterans-against-the-war info on Aaron's work : http://www.aarhughes.org

Season 2, Episode 43 - In Memory of Joshua Casteel (Dec. 1979-Aug. 2012) Tommy​ and I are honored to present this special episode in memory of the life of Joshua Casteel. Joshua was a classmate of ours at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We're honored to have Joshua's mother, Kristi Casteel, join us on The Curiosity Hour Podcast to talk to us about her son's life. Joshua Casteel was a United States Army soldier, conscientious objector, writer, playwright, and divinity student. He was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in a Christian Evangelical family to parents Rick and Kristi Casteel. While Joshua displayed early interest and skills in various arenas, including sports, music, theater, writing, and academics he chose to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and father by attending West Point Military Academy. From his first experience with military life, questions began to surface as to whether he was ‘a fit' for military life and philosophy. After much deliberation, he realized he decided he needed to leave West Point. He enrolled at the University of Iowa and graduated with honors with a multidisciplinary major in Literature and the Arts with an emphasis in Philosophy. After 9-11, he felt he was constrained to fulfill his initial military commitment. He served with the Army's 202nd Defense Battalion as an interrogator at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq, arriving six weeks after revelation of prisoner abuses by US personnel at the prison. After spending six months in Iraq and experiencing the realities of war and violence first hand, all the while struggling with the ethical and theological questions pertaining to his job and identity as a Christian soldier his military career finally came to an end. Years of study, counsel, prayer, and first hand experience ultimately led him to apply for conscientious objector. The Army approved his application and granted him an honorable discharge in 2005. Joshua went on to graduate from the University of Iowa in 2008 with a dual Master of Fine Arts Degree in playwriting and non-fiction writing. He was an active member of Iraq Veterans Against the War and the author of several plays performed in the US and abroad, including Returns and The Interrogation Room. His play will be performed as an opera in the UK in 2018. During the seven years between his return from Iraq and his death, he was featured writer for several magazines and a public speaker on religious and political matters around the world. He was featured in the documentary films Iraq For Sale: War Profiteers and Soldiers of Conscience. Excerpts of Casteel's emails from Iraq were published in Harper's Magazine and in book form by Essay Press, entitled Letters From Abu Ghraib. A second edition was published by Wipf and Stock Publishing in July, 2017. Prior to his death Joshua was at work on his memoir entitled, No Graven Image. He was attending the Divinity School at the University of Chicago at the time of his diagnosis. Before he died he was honored for his work towards justice and peace. Joshua died of lung cancer in New York City in New York Presbyterian Hospital on August 25, 2012. The Joshua Casteel Foundation was formed to carry on his legacy of nonviolence, working towards peace, justice and reconciliation in the world in ways that respect and honor the value of human life. Website (check after December 1, 2017): http://joshuacasteel.com Special thanks to Kristi Casteel, Rebekah Casteel Latchis, Naomi Casteel Thompson, Erin Gullickson, Christopher Merrill, Chad Nicholson, Shawn T. Storer, Rachel Swanson Hillestad,Cory Thompson, Jeffrey J. Weiss. Special thanks to Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan for permission to use excerpts from Soldiers of Conscience by Luna Productions (http://lunaproductions.com/soldiers-of-conscience-the-movie/) The Curiosity Hour Podcast is hosted and produced by Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund.

Source: flickr It was the 1960s ” and throughout the United States, opposition to the War in Vietnam was growing. The Draft forced young men to make a choice about their own participation in the war. And many chose to resist. Over the course of the war, 2.6 million went to fight in Vietnam. More than 15 million were exempt or disqualified from military service. And over 200,000 officially defied the draft. Today, the US military is made up of those who enlist. What does it take ” in the absence of an official draft ” to build resistance to war and empire among the very people charged with fighting for it? Featuring:   Draft Resistors: Bruce Cutler, Bruce Dancis, Joseph Gerson, Larry Gossett, Pete Knutson, Mike Rotkin, Phil Stahlman, and Sam Yamashita. Camilo Mejia, former Staff Sergeant, Iraq Veterans Against The War. Credits: Host: Marie Choi The Draft and The Vietnam Generation Producer, Video Editor, Director: Beth Sanders Camilo Mejia speech Recordist and Video Editor: Charles Jenks Special thanks to the Traprock Center for Peace and Justice and to Camilo Mejia for allowing us to share it. Producers: Monica Lopez, Marie Choi, RJ Lozada, Anita Johnson Executive Director: Lisa Rudman Web Editor and Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker The speeches were originally recorded and produced by Carly Forbes for Migrant Matters, a Rabble.ca podcast. Photo Credits:  flickr For More information The Draft and the Vietnam Generation http://www.thedraftproject.com/ Iraq Veterans Against the War https://ivaw.org/ VIDEO SERIES: IVAW Winter Soldier Testimonies on Racism and Dehumanization of the Enemy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbfL8eaF7kQ&list=PLC184F50861366AE3   VIDEO: Camilo Mejia on GI Resistance to the War in Iraq https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q290evMczw Please call us if you carry us-510-459-8558-and we will list your station on our website. If you excerpt, please credit early and often. The post The Draft, Duty, and Dissent: G.I. Resistance to War appeared first on KPFA.

Photo by flickr user Brooke Anderson. Given Trump's massive military budget proposal and the 14th Anniversary of the United States war in Iraq, we bring you this program from our archives with the voices of U.S. Soldiers and Iraqis reflecting on the costs of war. Special thanks to KALW News in San Francisco. Photo Credit: Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War present at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, GA. Featuring: George W. Bush, former U.S. President; Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense; Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State; Yara Badday, Iraqi-American; Paul Bremer, former U.S. Administrator to Iraq; Richard Becker, West Coast Coordinator for ANSWER Coalition; Paul Wolfowitz, former Deputy Secretary of Defense; Ghazwan Al-sharif, Iraqi translator; Ryan Berg, U.S. Marine; Starlyn Lara, U.S. Army; Jordan Towers, U.S. Marine; Barack Obama, U.S. President; Aaron Glantz, journalist. Credits: Host: Anita Johnson and Kyung Jin Lee Staff Producers: Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada, Andrew Stelzer, Esther Manilla Executive Director: Lisa Rudman Web Editor & Audience Engagement Manager: Sabine Blaizin Special thanks to KALW News in San Francisco. Featured Music: Blue Dot Sessions: Lesser Gods of Metal. Photo Credits: flickr user Brooke Anderson For More information: KALW News Aaron Glantz, reporter and author of The War Comes Home Answer Coalition Iraq Veterans Against the War Swords to Plowshares Coalition for Iraq + Afghanistan Veterans for Peace Civilian-Soldier Alliance War Resisters League Veteran Artists Articles and Books: Happy anniversary, Iraq War by Matthew Duss, Michael Cohen, Foreign Policy Clamor, by Elise Fenton, Cleveland State University Poetry Center War Plan Iraq: Ten Reasons Against War with Iraq ed. Milan Rai, Verso Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations by Iraqi Veterans Against the War & Aaron Glantz, Haymarket Books The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan by Dahr Jamail, Haymarket Books The post The Cost of War: A Reflection on the United States and Iraq Conflict (Encore) appeared first on KPFA.

Join host, Greg Carlwood, of The Higherside Chats podcast as he talks freedom, self-governance, and dissolving the State, with guest, Adam Kokesh. While we are all acutely aware of the uphill battle that must be fought in order to overcome the constant combat to our consciousness, many may differ on the best possible solutions to solve such a severe crisis. Yes, indeed there is a battle being waged throughout multiple fronts that appears hopelessly inescapable- from the systemic indoctrination through the school systems, to the wage slave scheme, it is painfully obvious that we are living in a broken system designed to indenture the masses- and while recognizing these oppressive inadequacies may be the first step on the road to recovery, what comes next is another thing. Today's guest, Adam Kokesh, has been a resolute figurehead of the Libertarian movement. As the author of "FREEDOM!", and host of the popular show "Adam Vs. The Man", Kokesh has been a passionate activist upon his return from the Iraq War. Today, Kokesh joins The Higherside to educate us on the violent role of the federal government and detail how he believes a society rooted in personal responsibility is the most viable option to restore freedom and circumvent oppression. 2:22 As an activist, author and champion of causes ranging from Iraq Veterans Against the War to gun rights, Kokesh has a rich and complex history of advocacy. Greg and Adam begin by walking through a few experiences that helped set him on a path to activism. Adam explains, his experience of Libertarianism began as far back as high school, slowly proliferated into a more philosophical perspective, and eventually expanded into an ethical examination of our society and political system. Kokesh also elaborates on how his military experience facilitated his disenfranchisement, the circumstances that lead to his 2010 Congressional campaign, and the inspiration behind his book "FREEDOM!". 9:42 Adam discusses how his activism landed him in jail. He begins by elaborating on the catalyst that put him on the radar, his Youtube video "Freedom Plaza", in which he loads a shotgun in close proximity to the White House. As a passionate proponent of gun rights, Kokesh articulates on how he believes matters such as gun control should be decided and what the future holds for technological advances in weaponry. 14:37 Greg and Adam debate the merits of gun rights and whether gun control should be deemed a violent policy, or if the very presence of weapons can be considered an act of aggression. 19:50 Despite understanding the elite's agenda to create a fearful and obedient society, using false flags and coordinated acts of terrorism being sold as random chaos, escaping the campaign of mass manipulation can be difficult. And, while we would love to believe it is only institutionalized acts of bloodshed that pose the real threat to public safety, stupidity is another factor that cannot be ignored. Adam examines not simply the tools of violence, but the prevalence of violence in society, and how it's foundation is rooted in the nefarious actions of governments worldwide. He also addresses critiques of this anti-government perspective and offers possible approaches to achieving this Libertarian utopia. 27:00 Kokesh clarifies the finer points on how we can ensure everyone evolves equally and there is a shift in paradigm even with the absence of an enforcement class. He also analyzes the ways in which agents of chaos and disruptors of the natural order can be managed in the absence of a central control mechanism. 30:00 While Adam contends that the real problem lies in government and the decentralization of power is the only viable solution, Greg questions if the nefarious acts attributed to government may in fact be the corrupt conduct of wealthy industrialists, corporate lobbyists, and corporate control in the governing process. 41:44 As a firm believer that all taxation is theft,

Vincent Emanuele joined the United States Marine Corps as a squad automatic machine gunner in 2002. After two combat-deployments in Iraq, he refused orders for a third and immediately began organizing with Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War. In 2008, Vince testified to Congress at the Winter Soldier Hearings on Capitol Hill, where he provided detailed accounts of war crimes, atrocities, drug abuse and sexual assault within the military. See https://www.facebook.com/vincentjr.emanuele Emanuele is just back from Standing Rock and discusses environmental and antiwar strategy. This show contains the second half of a discussion begun last week. Robert Alvarez is a Senior Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. and an Adjunct Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Strategic International Studies. He is considered one of the nation's preeminent experts on civilian and military nuclear programs. Between 1993 and 1999, Mr. Alvarez served as Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Energy. Between 1988 and 1993, Mr. Alvarez served on the Majority Staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, chaired by Senator John Glenn (D-OH). His work has appeared in Ambio, Science and Global Security, Science, the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Issues in Science and Technology (the magazine of the National Academy of Sciences), the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Technology Review, the Washington Post, the Nation, the Los Angeles Times, the Huffington Post and other publications. Mr. Alvarez won the John Barlow Martin Award for Public Interest Journalism and has been featured on CBS “60 minutes,” the PBS NOVA show, NPR's All Things Considered, the New York Times, and several documentary films.

Craig Murray is an author, broadcaster and human rights activist. He was British Ambassador to Uzbekistan from August 2002 to October 2004 and Rector of the University of Dundee from 2007 to 2010. See https://www.craigmurray.org.uk Murray explains that he has met the leaker of either the DNC or Podesta emails and that both sets of emails were leaked by one or more people at either the NSA or the Democratic Party, that Russia played no role at all. Vincent Emanuele (pictured at right) joined the United States Marine Corps as a squad automatic machine gunner in 2002. After two combat-deployments in Iraq, he refused orders for a third and immediately began organizing with Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War. In 2008, Vince testified to Congress at the Winter Soldier Hearings on Capitol Hill, where he provided detailed accounts of war crimes, atrocities, drug abuse and sexual assault within the military. See https://www.facebook.com/vincentjr.emanuele Emanuele is just back from Standing Rock and discusses environmental and antiwar strategy. This show contains half our discussion. The second half will appear next week.

Host Antonia Juhasz is joined in studio by anti-war veterans with Iraq Veterans Against the War, Shawna Foster and Derek Matthews, who share their stories about organizing against hate and Islamophobia in the 2016 Presidential election with the #VetsVsHate campaign. And, having participated in the COP21 UN Climate Agreement negotiations in Paris in December with the It Takes Roots to Weather the Storm Delegation, they discuss how organizing against climate change is intimately connected to organizing against war. Shawna Foster is a veteran of the US National Guard where she served as a Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapons Specialist. Derek Matthews was a Sergeant in the Marine Corps. He deployed to Afghanistan and twice to Iraq.   The post #VetsVsHate #VetsVsClimateChange appeared first on KPFA.

Luke talks to Jonathan Smucker, an activist/organizer and Berkeley sociology Ph.D. student about his Mennonite background, his work with groups like Iraq Veterans Against the War and Beautiful Trouble, and his new experiences in academia.

Marine, activist and entrepreneur Devon Read is our guest this week on Yoshi Didn't. Devon joined the Marines in 2000 to earn money for college, but was stinted of the opportunity with the 9-11 attacks and deployment to Iraq in 2003. Devon gives us the insider experience of serving as a Marine while invading Baghdad in search of weapons of mass destruction. Though proud to have served his country and of the camaraderie he built with his battalion, Devon reveals what it was like in the days and final minutes crossing the border into Iraq, the mental and emotional repercussions of the betrayal he experienced serving in the Iraq war, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder affecting him and many other veterans left without mental health treatment, the complexities of the military industrial complex, the discrimination women suffer in the military, the difference drone strikes have made on war and accountability and the hope we share to move forward when humanity hits rock bottom. Devon is a proud member of the Iraq Veterans Against the War and has spoken out on the negative, detrimental consequences of war on veterans and civilians. And of course to keep things a little light, we delve into Devon's experience as a VFX editor on the movie, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," his passion for Star Wars and the Prequel Star Wars films he made (the link to the Star Wars trailers for "Prelude to Hope" are below) and the business he created, Happy Owl Studio which makes iPad cases and Bamboo Cash Boxes for point of sale purchases. And of course to keep things a little light, we delve into Devon's experience as a VFX editor on the movie, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," his passion for Star Wars and the Prequel Star Wars films he made (the link to the Star Wars trailers for "Prelude to Hope" are below) and the business he created, Happy Owl Studio which makes iPad cases and Bamboo Cash Boxes for point of sale purchases.   Follow Devon's company on Twitter: @HappyOwlStudio  Website: www.happyowlstudio.com  Youtube page for his Star Wars films: 

On Wednesday May 23, 2012, Iraq war veteran and former Army medic Will Stewart-Starks showed posters of artworks by veterans, including himself, and spoke of the Right to Heal, a project of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW).  The presentation was featured on the May 22 broadcast of Tell Somebody. From IVAW’s Operation Recovery Page: Service members have the right to receive medical care and advice from medical professionals. Service members who experience PTSD, TBI, MST, and combat stress have the right to exit the traumatic situation and receive immediate support, and compensation. Click on the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory. If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us    

On the May 4, 2010 editon of Tell Somebody, I played just a few minutes of a phone interview I did with Antonia Juhasz in October, 2008 about what was then her brand new book The Tyranny of Oil - The World's Moswt Powerful Industry - and What We Must Do to Stop It.  After listening again, I decided to post the entire interview here. Juhasz is an associate fellow with the Institute for Policy Studies and a senior analyst for Foreign Policy In Focus. She is on the National Advisory Committee of Iraq Veterans Against the War and on the Board of Directors of Coffee Strong. She has taught at the New College of California in the Activism and Social Change Masters Program and as a guest lecturer on U.S. Foreign Policy at the McMaster University Labour Studies Program in a unique educational program with the Canadian Automobile Workers Union. Right-click on the .mp3 filename below and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.

The second interview with Aaron Hughes, Lead Organizer of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), joined by Lily Hughes of the Soldier-Citizen Alliance, who has been working with IVAW. They talk about IVAW's strategy, its campaigns, and aspects of the organizing model they're using, especially leadership development. Lily also describes her path to becoming an organizer.

An interview with Aaron Hughes, Lead Organizer of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Aaron talks about the program and work of IVAW, how he came to become an organizer, including his experience in Iraq, and the leadership development model of organizing IVAW has come to embrace. First of a two part interview.

On September 25th, Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) held a press conference and feeder march to the People's Uprising March.  There goal was to connect the dots between the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the economic policies of the G20 nations.  The group created a living memorial, made of mud and sidewalk chalk.  IVAW explains "The memorial highlighted the hundreds of thousands of veterans waiting for or denied benefits from the Veterans Administration. It also payed tribute to the untold number of civilian deaths and the millions of displaced people, overwhelmingly comprised of women and children, by war."

Iraq Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace speak out against corporate war profiteering in front of Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Oakland- Rustbelt Radio

Interview with the American veteran Geoffrey Millard, spokesman of Iraq Veterans Against the War.

I've been reading a lot of articles that deserve some more mention. Not only is police brutality the classic oppressive instrument of the state, it is a fundamental look into how government agencies are set up to run. Take these news clips:-"Outside the debate, members of Iraq Veterans Against the War led a demonstration at the Hofstra University gates. At least fifteen people were arrested–including five IVAW members. Emily Forman of I-Witness Video captured footage of police on horseback attacking the crowd. Police horses trampled at least one veteran, Nick Morgan, who lay on the ground nearly unconscious in a pool of blood. Morgan served in Iraq for about a year. His condition is unknown."Taken from DemocracyNow! Thursday October 16th, 2008-"In Maryland, new details have been released on the state police spying on peace groups and anti-death penalty activists. In July, Maryland was forced to admit its agents infiltrated meetings and events of the Baltimore Pledge of Resistance and the Baltimore Coalition Against the Death Penalty. On Tuesday, Maryland’s top police chief admitted fifty-three nonviolent activists, as well as several protest groups, were classified as terrorists and entered onto a federal database that tracks terrorism suspects. Activists are now being invited to review their files before they are deleted."Taken from DemocracyNow! Wednesday October 8th, 2008-Today in one of my classes, there was an interesting question posed. "Think of how different your life would be, if at all, if you never had to fear violence of any kind?" This kind of police action is state violence directly against the people of this nation. Police all across the country have committed acts of violence and oppression against the working, working poor, and working/studying/activist youth of this country. Take a glimpse into what happened outside the last presidential debate:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmQESpuiurIThis disrespect goes to our veterans...now think of what you may have experienced. Being pushed around, humiliated and taunted in the squad car, at the office, in the cell, chained up inside a courtroom with a leash around your neck. At other protests, tactics continue to include shooting rubber bullets and gasses into the crowds of men, women, and children. Since when was protesting illegal? This is direct state intervention and violence against what is arguably the most basic duty of people in a free society...demanding democracy in their streets. Demanding an end to an illegal war and occupation, which has devastated the people, enflamed a civil war, and condemned the region to billions of years of radiation from exploded depleted uranium shell casings. Oil supplies are not a good reason to invade a country...though, the members of the White House may not agree with me. You may have heard of Project for a New American Century...well, this is where you can find the neo-cons' logic and reasoning, as well as a hint that they might have let a certain disaster happen to get us behind some not-so-popular initiatives. I believe the quote from one of their publications read that they would need a "Pearl Harbor-like event" to get the people behind these plans. Lots of exploding, fire, massive destruction, many questions as to why it happened in the first place...if there's one disaster after Pearl Harbor that fits all these criteria, it's 9-11.Let me plainly state the obvious: The members of our government have used the pretext of a threat of terrorism to concentrate power into the hands of fewer and fewer people with less and less oversight. This is especially alarming considering the fact that U.S. troops are now being stationed for operations right here on U.S. soil. That's right:"In a barely noticed development, a US Army unit is now training for domestic operations under the control of US Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command. An initial news report in the Army Times newspaper last month noted that in addition to emergency response the force “may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control.” The military has since claimed the force will not be used for civil unrest, but questions remain."Taken from DemocracyNow! Monday, October 13th, 2008Martial law is coming soon, and the police are the test run. The Army is next. Fight the power. Hit the streets. Show your numbers. Resist, refuse.

Chanan Suarezdiaz is an Iraq War Veteran and an anti-war activist. He is the President of the Seattle, Washington Chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). Suarezdiaz was a medic in Iraq from September 2004 until February 2005 when he got seriously wounded in the back by shrapnel. He spent many months in Ramadi, Iraq and recounts some of that experience in this interview. He calls it a "racist war of oppression". He also talks about the important organizing he's doing with Iraq Veterans Against the War both inside the military itself where anti-war sentiment is growing quickly all the time and among veterans. This interview occurred in Eugene, OR in the beginning of 2008 when he and David Solnit were touring and organizing for IVAW and the "counter-recruitment" movement just before the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq where way over a million Iraqis have been killed as well as over 4000 Americans at that time. He reports that the US troops don't want to be in Iraq and Suarezdiaz cites some of the main issues of the vets besides that they don't like being an "occupying force". The troops are more and more often doing "search and avoid" missions for this reason. More and more squads and platoons are refusing orders and resisting. He emphasizes that they need a strong anti-war movement to back them up and big, huge demonstrations are very good.One out of four homeless people are vets both from the Vietnam War and this Iraq War-- and maybe more wars. He discusses the "back door draft" meaning that recruiters target and trick poor rural and urban folks since they have no other way to get money and they join because they need a job-- the reason that Suarezdiaz himself did. Ultimately many of the promises made by recruiters are never fulfilled and if people complain they are dismissed. The health care is nothing close to what is needed, especially regarding the mental health issues of post traumatic stress which is SO common. Suicide among vets and active duty military is VERY high. We discuss racism against the Iraqis and among the US troops. IVAW asks for 1) Immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces in Iraq, 2) Full VA benefits for all vets and abd 3) Reparations for Iraqis.YouTube - Chanan Suarez Diaz on GI Resistance to the war ...Chanan Suarez Diaz addressed a packed room on June 16, 2007 ...Watch video - 18 min - Rated 4.3 out of 5.0www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR_WPHrTDFI

This week Visibility 9-11 welcomes peace activist Dr. Dahlia Wasfi to discuss her connections to the war in Iraq, her activism against the war, and her views on the 9-11 cover-up.  Dr. Wasfi also responds to recent ad hominem attacks aimed at her and other alleged "signers" of the Kennebunkport Warning.Visit Dr. Wasfi's website here.Iraq Veterans Against the WarCourage to ResistIntermission music by Yvan Le Gall.