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THE VETERAN Vietnam Veterans Against the War 50¢ Volume 36, Number 1 Spring 2006 Mobile to New Orleans: Resistance Defined in Epic Action Ward Reilly THE VETERAN Vietnam Veterans Against the War 50¢ Volume 36, Number 1 Spring 2006 Mobile to New Orleans: Resistance Defined in Epic Action WARD REILLY Veterans leading the march through Mobile Dave Cline of VVAW and Veterans but they know who they are and of Iraq, a country that did abso- radio shows around the country. If For Peace called me and a few oth- what we accomplished together. lutely nothing to the USA. And we there was one disappointment, it ers back in December and asked Veterans for Peace of Mobile, marched, and we rode on buses, was in our national press's failure what we thought about organizing Alabama (led by Paul Robinson) and we marched some more. Our to cover the march. But the good a march along the Katrina-affected put out the official call to march. message was simple enough: news is that we got killer inter- Gulf Coast to commemorate the We knew we were already late in “Let’s stop the war and rebuild national press; Aljazeera covered third anniversary of the war in Iraq, organizing an adventure of this our own nation now.” Our logo us for the last three days, and the in the mold (no pun intended) of scope, but we were determined. It was designed by Perry O’Brien of BBC, CNN, and a Japanese press the civil-rights marches of the six- was a great idea to tie the war in IVAW; it showed a combat soldier agent were with us. In other words, ties. We had been tossing around Iraq—and its staggering cost—to and a civilian woman walking side the people of Iraq and the rest of different ideas about what action the virtual abandonment of the by side into the sunset. the world got to see US veterans to take for the third anniversary of Gulf Coast and the city of New Or- Local press coverage was of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars the Iraq disaster ever since we had leans. If the Bush administration outstanding, with front-page speaking the truth about those marched together in Washington in had trillions of dollars to destroy photos and articles in every city wars, a major coup for us. There September 2005, and it was time and “rebuild” Iraq, why wasn’t we marched through. We were on to make a decision. The Veterans that same administration doing local television and on many live continued on page 16 Gulf March was born. We were everything possible to help the de- “Walkin’ to New Orleans”! stroyed cities in our own country? Stan Goff took the bull by the As the event T-shirts read, “Every horns and started putting together bomb dropped on Iraq explodes a team to organize this huge un- along the Gulf Coast.” This was dertaking, and in January we got based on Dr. Martin Luther King’s down to business. Goff, a retired words during the Vietnam War, Special Forces master sergeant when he said, “The bombs in PO Box 408594 and a member of VVAW, VFP, and Vietnam explode at home; they Chicago, IL 60640 Military Families Speak Out, put destroy the hopes and possibilities www.vvaw.org together a budget and supply list, for a decent America.” [email protected] and we got to work organizing. We We decided to start the 130- set up a website, started a series mile march on Tuesday, March of conference calls, and formed 14 and to end the march in New committees and a task force. The Orleans on March 19, the third an- team involved is too large to list, niversary of our nation’s invasion 2 THE VETERAN Spring 2006 From the National Office BARRY ROMO We keep hearing from the Re- for the next election. publicans how noble this war in On a similar note, remember Iraq is, and how necessary it is for Abu Ghraib? A nineteen-year-old public safety. If it’s so noble, why woman—yes, a teenager—dog is there no Bush family member leash in hand, got blamed for tor- serving there—or two, or twenty? ture. She came back to the good How come other people’s sons and old USA pregnant, and is now in daughters are supposed to make military prison. Iraq safe for democracy? The Bush Compare her fate with that family are never even asked why of a chief warrant officer, an older their kids and relatives aren’t in male (probably a lifer). He tortured harm’s way. to death an Iraqi prisoner of war. Hell, Baby Bush even has He got a letter of reprimand and twins; he could sacrifice one for no jail time, and he’s back at work the cause. If she were killed, they as an interrogator. would still have one who looked Believe what they do, not exactly like the other, so they what they say. wouldn’t miss her so much. And Well, Bush is now down to if she were blown up, they’d have a 27% approval rating, and the a model for the plastic surgeons to press and Congress act like he’s Barry Romo and Kathleen Cleaver. consult while remaking her face. not a lame duck. The problem is And hell, Brother Jeb in that he’s in charge, with his finger we support Iraq Veterans Against will be forty next year, and we’re Florida has a whole passel of kids. on the nukes. And he’s thinking the War in their efforts to organize planning a big bash in Chicago. Shit! They are taking forty- and Iran must be next, because God their brothers and sisters and to You’re all invited. This will be a fifty-year-olds and drug addicts, talks to him. Nixon, at this point make their case with the American good time with old friends (and so his drug-user daughter could in his presidency, was talking to people. new ones); it’ll be an event to be join the Marines; might even make paintings of Lincoln and pray- Everyone should check out remembered. History in the mak- a man out of her. Really, there ing to God, not talking to God. our website (www.vvaw.org) to ing, history remembered. Watch have got to be thirty or forty in These are dangerous times, as purchase a copy of the new DVD for further information on our the Bush family alone available Seymour Hersh points out in the version of Winter Soldier, with all website and in future issues of for combat. New Yorker. sorts of extras. Also, check your the Veteran. Along comes Hillary Clin- We in VVAW need to ratchet local area for showings of the ton, hitting Bush from the right on up our visibility in local and new documentary about the GI Iran. Well, goddamn it, she’s got a national activities. We need to and veteran movement during the BARRY ROMO IS A VVAW NATIONAL daughter too. Don’t be a hypocrite, remind people how we were trans- Vietnam War, Sir! No Sir! COORDINATOR AND A MEMBER OF Hillary. Give up your child in time formed by our war, and show that Mark your calendars! VVAW THE CHICAGO CHAPTER. Thanks to Jeff Danziger, Vietnam veteran and political cartoonist, for his generous contributions to this issue. Thanks also to Billy Cur- mano for Oxy, the Smart Bomb, and to John Grant, Marty Webster Jon Bjornson, Ward Reilly, John Zutz, Bill Branson, Claudia Lennhoff, Bill Perry, Dave Kettenhofen, Deborah Harse, Horace Coleman, and others for contributing photos. VVAW Merchandise • VVAW T-Shirt (L, XL, XXL) - $12.00 _______ choose color (black, white, sand) • VVAW Hat - $12.00 _______ • VVAW Embroidered Patch - $5.00 _______ • VVAW Button - $1.00 _______ • VVAW Enamel Pin - $3.00 _______ • VVAW Bumper Sticker - $2.00 _______ • Winter Soldier DVD - $24.95 _______ • Shipping ($4.00 for first item, $2.00 _______ for each item after, excluding buttons & bumper stickers) Total Enclosed _______ Mail order and check to: Ship to: VVAW Merchandise Name _______________________________ PO Box 070391 Address _____________________________ Milwaukee, WI 53207 City, State, Zip _______________________ Spring 2006 THE VETERAN 3 Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc. National Contact List For email addresses, go to our website at www.vvaw.org. If you need a speaker for an event or class visit or someone to interview, please contact the person nearest you. If there is nobody in your area, contact the National Office at (773) 276-4189 or email [email protected]. NATIONAL Northern CA Minnesota Columbus, OH COORDINATORS David Ewing Billy Curmano Mark Hartford Barry Romo (415) 781-8181 (507) 864-2716 [email protected] (773) 276-4189 Central Coast, CA Mpls./St. Paul, MN Kent, OH Pete Zastrow Lane Anderson John Anderson Brian Slease (847) 864-3975 (805) 564-2698 (651) 485-8019 (330) 676-0074 Joe Miller Brighton, CO St. Louis, MO Oklahoma (217) 328-2444 Charles Elliston David Curry Bill Homans Bill Davis (303) 654-1754 (314) 516-5042 (405) 227-4245 (708) 386-1413 Denver, CO New Jersey Waldport, OR David Cline Terry Leichner David Cline Ron Betts (201) 876-0430 (303) 935-5360 (201) 876-0430 (541) 563-3634 John Zutz Miami, FL Jersey Shore, NJ Emmaus, PA (414) 372-0749 Patrick McCann Gerald Gioglio David Shelly Dave Kettenhofen (305) 238-3361 [email protected] (610) 967-2066 (414) 481-4614 Tallahassee, FL Princeton, NJ Levittown, PA Bill Perry Tom Baxter Annie Hirschman Bill Perry (215) 945-3350 (850) 893-7390 (609) 430-0440 (215) 945-3350 Athens, GA Albuquerque, NM Philadelphia, PA NATIONAL STAFF Elton Manzione Bob Anderson Jon Bjornson Bill Branson (706) 369-0546 (505) 858-0882 (215) 438-8883 David Curry Chicago, IL Northwest NM Chattanooga, TN Jeff Machota Barry Romo Joseph Knight Fritz Efaw Lisa Boucher (773) 276-4189 (505) 330-7713 (423) 425-4688 Hannah Frisch Oak Park, IL Las Vegas, NV Austin, TX Bill Davis Rena & John Kopystenski Dave Collins MILITARY COUNSELOR (708) 386-1413 (702) 399-8012 (830) 868-9055 Ray Parrish Rockford, IL New York College Station, TX (773) 561-VVAW Stanley Campbell Ben Chitty Ray "Doc" White (815) 964-7111 (919) 779-1341 (979) 218-6729 Tuscola, IL Cold Spring, NY San Antonio, TX CONTACTS Paul Wisovaty David Eisenhower Tom Wetzler (217) 253-2157 (514) 265-3495
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