VFP Chapter 27 is working with the Ellison office to promote an April 3 forum on drones (see the Flyer link below). As you probably know, Rep. Ellison is an extreme critic of what we are doing with drones, and we need everyone to turn out to ask questions and say what needs to be said in the ample question/answer time.

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For Further Information contact:
Larry Johnson, VFP 27
larryjvfp@gmail.com
612-747-3904

Once again, Veterans for Peace Chapter 27 is asking churches and other groups to join with us and ring the bells on or around Armistice Day, November 11. The Armistice of 1918 ended the terrible slaughter of World War I. The U.S. had experienced the death of over 116,000 men, plus many who were physically and mentally disabled, severely needing ongoing care. For one moment at the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th month, 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918 , the World agreed that World War 1, must be the War to End All Wars. There was exuberant joy everywhere and many churches rang their bells, some 11 times, to mark the signing of the armistice.

For questions, or to tell us you're joining in, contact: Steve McKeown at s.h.mckeown@hotmail.com (612-869-2040) or Larry Johnson at larryjvfp@gmail.com (612-747-3904) or VFP Office at 612-821-9141

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At our September 11, 2011 meeting, Chapter 27 voted to disassociate from two resolutions passed at VFP's National Convention in Portland, Oregon. Resolution 2011-7 - Impeachment Of President Barack H. Obama For War Crimes Resolution 2011-14 - Support Of Palestinian Rights Under International Law

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by Melissa Hill, with radio interviews of VFP members Barry Reish and Kevin Smith
and "A Call to Freedom" – by Gerald Ganann

132 arrested including eight from Minnesota.
On December 16th 2010, the day that Obama was to release an report on the Afghan war, seventeen people from Minnesota including the author of this article traveled to Washington D.C

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Chapter 27's Chante Wolf's account of her service and views.

This is my story about deployment to the Persian Gulf War (Desert Shield/Desert Storm), as a woman traveling alone, to the first Persian Gulf war, landing at my Top Secret destination a day and a half before the war started. No combat training at all, but given an M-16 and 200 rounds of ammunition for God knows what? It concludes with my coming home and my change of heart about war and violence against us all.

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by Dave Culver, and a short video documentary featuring Chante Wolf and Jim Steinhagen

Recently I had the privilege of taking a bus ride with 35 or so dedicated peace activists to join a throng of more than 7,000 other peace activists from across the nation and world at Ft. Benning (Columbus, GA) the weekend before Thanksgiving to demand the US Army close the School of the Americas (SOA) or Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC).

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by Bruce Berry

Getting "the people's" attention that war is an obscenity was foremost to about a dozen of us VFP members from various chapters around the country, as we converged Oct 1 2010, on the NEWSEUM in Washington D. C. After planning logistics for weeks prior and making banners, the largest being 17' X 25.

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by Amy Goodman

Early in the morning on Friday, Sept. 24, FBI agents in Chicago and Minnesota's Twin Cities kicked in the doors of anti-war activists, brandishing guns, spending hours rifling through their homes.

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by John Prados

U.S. and British Documents Give No Indication Alternatives Were Seriously Considered.

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On June 26, at 2pm, a group of U.S. military veterans hung a large banner on the abandoned Eddystone Hotel, on Sproat St., between Cass and Park, to protest and reveal the effect of war spending on American cities.

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Several Members of Minnesota peace organizations recently journeyed to Albany New York to a conference on Unity among peace activists, religious groups, student and labor organizations and poor people.

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Members of Veterans For Peace work on a lot of different issues every day. In an effort to combine resources and create a central source for information, the VFP National Board is implementing VFP Working Groups.

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By Cynthia and Michael Orange

Memorial Day. I have the same trouble with this day as I do with Armistice/Veterans Day, the Fourth of July, and every stone memorial I've seen for our fallen soldiers. Beneath their obvious solemn messages of sacrifice and loss, I fear a subtle homage to war. I'm sick of war.

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By Shannon P. Meehan

Since the two recent NATO-led military strikes that accidentally killed dozens of Afghan civilians I have been thinking a great deal about the psychic toll that killing takes on soldiers.

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by Board President Mike Ferner

The death of a loved one or someone significant in our life often leaves us saying, "There weren't many like him," or "she'll really leave a hole in this world."

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On an overcast grey Friday morning, Nov. 20th, shortly after 8:00 AM, our VFP bus pulled away from St. Stephen's school bound for Columbus, Georgia.

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The School Project, a joint effort of Veterans for Peace Chapter 27 and Youth against War and Racism, is beginning what will be an eventful year speaking with youth in the Minneapolis public schools, both in classrooms and hallways.

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