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 →
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 →
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 →
Beyond Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan: 50 Years of Evolving American Militarism
Beyond Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan: 50 Years of Evolving American MilitarizationR. Kris HardyApril 6th, 2017 Downloadable PDF On April 4th, 1967 at the Riverside Church in New York City, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave an impassioned speech to bring light to the intersection between poverty, civil rights, the military, the government's involvement in... Continue Reading →
USS Liberty Survivors: Our Story – June 8th at 4, 6, and 8 PM at the Guild Cinema
The Donald and Sally-Alice Thompson Veterans for Peace Chapter #63 (Albuquerque, NM) presents: USS Liberty Survivors: Our Story June 8th, 2017 at 4, 6 and 8 PM at Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque NM
Peace at Home, Peace Abroad
Veterans For Peace is an international organization made up of military veterans, military family members, and allies. We are dedicated to building a culture of peace, exposing the true costs of war, and healing the wounds of war. Our network is made up of over 120 chapters across the United States and abroad. Join Us... Continue Reading →
Veterans for Peace Condemns US Actions in Syria
Veterans For Peace condemns the illegal U.S. attack in Syria. We call on the Trump Administration to immediately end all military actions in Syria and to begin intense U.S. diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in the region. We call on our members and all those who want an end to U.S. wars to contact... Continue Reading →