Today, June 7th, the VA implemented new regulations for how veterans access private-sector Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP) healthcare. These regulations are the result of the 2018 MISSION Act, and are expected to do the following: Will create standards that diminish the VA high-quality model of healthcare. Studies show that 86% of veterans prefer the... Continue Reading →
Thank you for your service: Now get lost.
By Sally-Alice Thompson, WWII Veteran, US Navy Originally published in the Albuquerque Journal. A young man who has lived throughout his childhood in the U.S. and has no memory of life in any other country is approached by a Marine recruiter. He is given to understand that if he signs up for military service, he... Continue Reading →
Screening of “Thirty Seconds to Midnight” on October 12, 2018 at 6PM
You are invited to a FREE screening of Regis Tremblay's film "Thirty Seconds to Midnight" Friday October 12th, 2018 6 PM Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice 202 Harvard SE (Corner of Harvard & Silver) Albuquerque, NM 87106 Sponsored by: Veterans for Peace Progressive Democrats of America End Wars & Occupations Action Group "More urgent... Continue Reading →
Armistice Day on Nov 11th, 2017
The First World War (World War I, "The Great War", "The war to end all wars") lasted from July 1914 until November 1918. Ultimately, carried on by more than 70 million military personnel in two opposing alliances with repeating rifles, machine guns, artillery, poison gas, tanks, war ships, and planes - millions perished. It is... Continue Reading →
Gun Violence Prevention Forum
Gun Violence Prevention Please attend a forum on gun violence prevention Sunday, May 20th 3-5pm at St Andrew Presbyterian Church. The flier above provides the names of the panelists including Rev. Jim Atwood, noted author on gun violence in America. The church is located at 5301 Ponderosa on the north side of Montgomery Park. It... Continue Reading →
END THE GUN VIOLENCE, AT HOME AND ABROAD! An Urgent Message from Veterans For Peace
(Reprinted from https://www.veteransforpeace.org/our-work/position-statements/veterans-peace-statement-gun-violence/) END THE GUN VIOLENCE, AT HOME AND ABROAD! An Urgent Message from Veterans For Peace As veterans who have been traumatized by the violence of war, we were shocked and saddened by the recent mass murder of 17 high school students in Parkland, Florida. This horrible slaughter, carried out by a... Continue Reading →
2018 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March, Albuquerque NM
What does Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mean to you, and what are you doing to carry his legacy to improve equality and eliminate the triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism? We're continuing our fight every day. Subscribe to the VFP 063 News Mailing List
Nuclear Winter / News Alert – Trump Administration Targeting Russia, Planning to Reduce Restrictions on Nuclear Weapons Use
Nuclear Winter / News Alert: Reports are showing that the Trump administration has approved work on a new nuclear missile, likely in violation of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Also, early indications from the Department of Defense "Nuclear Posture Review" are that the Trump Administration will be loosening the restrictions on nuclear weapons use... Continue Reading →
Nuclear Winter, Part 1: Buried alive in our own trenches
Paul Zimmer, now 83 years old, was a US Army Private in 1955 when he was assigned to the Yucca Flats/Nevada Test Site nuclear test site to be a human guinea pig during a series of nuclear tests conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission. As part of Operation Teapot, the US military was researching the... Continue Reading →
