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Back-Talk from the "Old Stock"
Keefer, Michael
Article
2015
Stephen Harper has been talking recently about "old stock" Canadians -- and at the same time stirring up fear and loathing against more recent arrivals in this country, notably those of Muslim faith, ...
The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America's Soldiers: Book Review
Hynes, H. Patricia
Article
2017
A review of the book, "The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America's Soldiers" by Joseph Hickman.
A Decade of Gulf War Illness: Against The Current vol. 91
Ensign, Tod
Article
2001
The demon is back: Ten years after the U.S. air war began over Kuwait and Iraq on January 17, 1991, tens of thousands of sick Gulf War vets await treatment and/or compensation for chronic health probl...
Dismantling Democracy: Stifling Debate and Dissent in Canada
Article
2015
An extensive dossier of the Harper government's attacks on democracy, debate, and dissent.
Forgotten Graffiti Sheds New Light on Long, Hot Journeys to Vietnam
Svrluga, Susan
Article
2014
Inside a rusting former US army ship, historians found vivid details of the hopes and fears of soldiers bound for war.
Jeff Sharlet (activist): Wikipedia article
Article
2016
Jeff Sharlet (1942–1969), a Vietnam veteran, was a leader of the GI resistance movement during the Vietnam War and the founding editor of Vietnam GI.
No One Else Will Stop The Killing
Ferner, Mike
Article
2009
Because we personally understand what war truly means, we have written, called and demonstrated repeatedly for an end to the killing in Afghanistan and Iraq.
A Shameful Situation: Millions of Soldiers and Veterans in Serious Trouble
Quigley, Bill
Article
2014
Millions of US soldiers and veterans are in serious trouble, in the areas of suicide, homelessness, unemployment, poverty, disability, medical care, and mental health.
University for Counterinsurgency and Imperialism?
O'Connell, Chuck
Article
2015
The United States has set aside one day in the year, Memorial Day, to remember those who died in military service. For the University of California-Irvine that is not enough. After reading the Chancel...
Vietnam Veterans Against the War: Connexipedia Article
Article
A national veterans' organization.
War and the Culture of Violence: Against The Current vol. 125
Feeley, Dianne
Article
2006
Last year I had the opportunity to see “Winter Soldier,” a rarely shown 1971 documentary based on the testimony of over 100 soldiers recently back from Vietnam. It was filmed during a three-day hearin...
Winter Soldier 2008: Against The Current vol. 134
Franco, Nate; Feeley, Dianne
Article
2008
More than 250 veterans and military families gathered from March 13-15 outside Washington, DC for the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) Winter Soldier Investigation: Iraq and Afghanistan. Videos of...

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Bonus Army
Connexipedia Article
1932
The Bonus Army was the popular name of an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers—17,000 World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C., in the spring and summ...