On Sat., May 31, from noon to 4:15 p.m., Seattle Town Hall will be the site of "Northwest Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan," featuring panels addressing eyewitness accounts and personal stories from veterans and military families, veterans' issues, military recruitment, war resistance, racism and the "war on terror," and bridges to labor & students. -- Tickets cost $5 at the door, first-come-first served. -- Details below.[1] ...
1. WHAT: NW Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan
WHO: Antonia Juhasz, Dahr Jamail, & eyewitness accounts and personal stories from veterans and military families
WHEN: Saturday, May 31, 2008 -- 12:00 noon-4:15 p.m.
WHERE: Seattle Town Hall, 8th Ave and Seneca St. *** NORTHWEST WINTER SOLDIER: IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN ** Veterans Speak out Against the War ** Hear local and regional chapters of Iraq Veterans Against The War bring home the truth about the occupations with eyewitness accounts of what is really happening day in and day out, on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan. Saturday, May 31st
Noon-4:15pm Antiwar demonstration @ 4:30pm Seattle Town Hall, 8th Ave and Seneca St. Panels will address: * Eyewitness accounts and personal stories from veterans and military families
* Veterans' Healthcare and the failure of the VA system
* The poverty draft and military recruitment today
* Supporting war resisters and the future of GI resistance
* Racism and the War on Terror
* Veterans, GIs, students and labor working together end the war With guest speaker Antonia Juhasz, respected policy-analyst, author and activist. Her recent book, The Bu$h Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time, exposes the Bush administration's use of corporate globalization policy as a weapon of war. Guest appearance and book signing by Dahr Jamail, author of the award-winning book *Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq*. EVENT DETAILS Tickets: $5 at the door, first-come-first served
Doors open @ 11:00am
Directions to Town Hall: http://www.townhallseattle.org/directionsAndParking.cfm Sponsored by Iraq Veterans Against The War Endorsed by: Veterans for Peace (Chapters: 92 Seattle, 72 Portland, 132 Corvallis, 109 Olympia, 139 North Olympic Peninsula, Grants Pass, 913 Wenatchee, 141 SW Oregon, 143 Everett, 134 Tacoma), Dorris Kent-Gold Star Families for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti-Imperialist, Military Families Speak Out Washington and Oregon, Recruiter Watch PDX, Green Party of Washington, Evergreen Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, Collateral Repair Project.org, Code Pink Oregon and Washington, Eastside Fellowship of Reconciliation,Tacoma Students for a Democratic Society, Students Educating Students About the Middle East, Teen Peace Project, American Friends Service Committee Washington and Oregon, Vancouver for Peace, PDX Peace Coalition, Oregon Peace Institute, White Feather Peace Community, Washington Truth in Recruiting, International Socialist Organization, Youth Against War and Racism, Freedom Socialist Party, Seattle Central Community College Anti-War Collective, Courage to Resist, Backbone Campaign, Progressive Democrats of America, Women in Black Seattle, Port Townsend Peace Movement, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Oregonians Against the War, Whatcom Peace and Justice Center, Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War, Lake Forest Park for Peace, World Can't Wait, Western Washington Fellowship of Reconcilliation, El Centro de la Raza. For more information about NW Winter Soldier go to http://givoice.org/ For questions or to endorse the event contact: nwwintersoldier@yahoo.com THE HISTORY BEHIND WINTER SOLDIER The first Winter Soldier event was organized in 1971 by Vietnam Veterans Against the War in response to a growing list of human rights violations occurring in Vietnam. From March 13-16, 2008, IVAW organized a national "Winter Solider: Iraq and Afghanistan" outside Washington, DC. This four-day event brought together veterans from across the country to testify about their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan -- and present video and photographic evidence. In addition, panels of scholars, veterans, journalists, and other specialists gave context to the testimony. These panels covered everything from the history of the GI resistance movement to the fight for veterans' health benefits and support. Check out the groundbreaking testimonies at http://ivaw.org/wintersoldier --
Michael William
IVAW NW Regional Coordinator
northwest@ivaw.org
cell: 206-962-0426
Iraq Veterans Against the War - www.ivaw.org
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