Chicago Veterans For Peace
@DeMilitarizeCPS
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ChicagoVFP is working to educate The People on the epidemic of militarization, especially the youth in Chicago Public Schools. https://t.co/9C7FmTeJMC
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Joined November 2013
.@SenGillibrand @SenSchumer Voting is a fundamental right of our democracy which veterans fought to defend. Now, we need you to step up by passing the Freedom to Vote Act! #VetsforDemocracy #January6th #StoptheCoup @commondefense
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"It’s time to cut the bloated Pentagon budget and use those resources where they will actually serve my fellow workers: funding good, green, union jobs." https://t.co/leuDQUkx1y
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.@wearedissenters @VetsAboutFace @DeMilitarizeCPS please help us out in explaining why this is so problematic. Thanks y’all. And just to be clear we’re 100 percent agaisnt JROTC in schools! #AbolishImperialism
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Armistice Day TV is starting in just over an hour! Tune in to the VFP Twitch Channel ( https://t.co/srIQhGAxis) at 11am ET to watch and interact in the chat. Programming will run until 10pm ET. Full Run of Show here: https://t.co/amE7demAOM
#ReclaimArmisticeDay
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Just a reminder that these politician tweets don’t erase their voting records on enriching defense contractors, deportations, militarizing the border, continuing to fund a corrupt Pentagon and privatizing the VA #VeteransDay #ReclaimArmisticeDay
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Here is an article on breaking up the military-industrial complex. https://t.co/hgkLcoXBqz
washingtonpost.com
Despite the end of two decades of war, a congressional committee just voted to increase the Pentagon's budget by $24 billion.
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The House will vote on the NDAA (Military Funding) tomorrow: CALL 202-224-3121 Capitol Switchboard (Ask for your House rep.) My name is ______ and I am your constituent in zip code ______. Please vote for an NDAA amendment that would reduce the current military budget by 10%. If
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My latest op-ed: “2 decades after the 9/11 attacks & War on Terror, the US continues to inflict massive violence domestically & across the globe. … But for those targeted in countries from Afghanistan to Iraq to Somalia…for whom is the war over?” https://t.co/Jejk9lncDg
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A reminder that the Taliban surrendered to the US a few weeks after the initial invasion in 2001. US politicians and generals rejected it. They chose profit and war over peace & stability. US imperialism is a cancer that will destroy us all if we don't figure out how to stop it
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Register to our upcoming DemilitarizeU episode on #Afghanistan, taking place this Thursday, 9 September at 8pm ET. This edition will feature both #Afghan diaspora leaders and veterans of the war in Afghanistan. Register now: https://t.co/CMr75z7hI2
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August 27th marks the anniversary of the Kellogg Briand Pact The pact had two clauses: the first outlawed war as an instrument of national policy and the second called upon signatories to settle their disputes by peaceful means. https://t.co/uiDh1FF4cT
#FuckWar #VFP #veterans
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“We’ve been opposed to tar sands oil, the pipeline, and environmental damage…its connection to military spending & it being the biggest polluter in the world…If we’re going to have peace, we have a lot of work to do,” @VFPNational as #stopline3 action approaches MN Capital.
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Veterans For Peace Statement on the Withdrawal: https://t.co/Z8itnM6QYQ
veteransforpeace.org
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...
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Hey @Wendys — is this how you treat Black women who work for you? She gets suspended, and he gets…
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"Please, your honor, forgive me for taking papers instead of human lives." - Air Force intelligence analyst and drone whistleblower Daniel Hale, at his sentencing this week. Watch my commentary on this from last night, it's important and under-covered: https://t.co/9OaduE7c76
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Honored to be asked to share my story at this demonstration asking @SenSchumer to do the right thing & help lead the effort to repeal the 2001 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Foce (AUMFs). Thank you to @nycDSAantiwar for the invite & for organizing ✊🏼 #NoMoreWar
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