Nov. 13, Winter Soldier: Champaign-Urbana
Submitted by anonymous on November 5, 2008 - 6:16pm
ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13:
at 12noon: we will have an Antiwar Rally at the University of Illinois's Main Quad
from 11-4pm: we will have the Eyes Wide Open Boot Display, sponsored by American Friends Service Committee
Then our program will be as follows...
Winter Soldier: Champaign-Urbana
Thursday, Nov. 13 at Mumford Hall, Rm. 103, UIUC
6:00-6:45pm The Legacy of GI Resistance
featuring:
Joe Allen, author of Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. Lost
Joe Miller, UIUC lecturer, Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Richard Stacewicz, historian, author of Winter Soldiers: An Oral History of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War
7:00-8:30pm Testimony by Iraqis and Veterans of the Global War on Terror
featuring:
Camilo Mejia, US Army, served in Iraq from April through October 2003; first soldier to be jailed for publicly refusing to return to Iraq
Patty McCann, Illinois Army National Guard, served in Iraq from May 2003-2004
Jacob Crawford, US Navy, Central Illinois Iraq Veterans Against the War Chapter President
Mike Mlekowski, US Marines, participated in the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003
Duane Linton, US Army, served in Iraq for ten months from 2007 to 2008
Tanya R. Austin, US Army, former Arabic Linguist, Military Intelligence
Jason Wallace, Illinois Air National Guard, deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005
Raad Ismail and Raed Jarrar will share the perspective of Iraqis
and more...
Sponsored by:
Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW)
Co-Sponsors:
Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Champaign-Urbana
Arab Students Association
American Friends Service Committee
Campus Greens
Council on American-Islamic Relations
Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort (AWARE)
Campus Antiwar Network (CAN)
International Socialist Organization (ISO)
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)
for more information, call: 706-284-6148
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Central Illinois Iraq Veterans Against the War:
ivaw.champaign@gmail.com
facebook: Central Illinois
ivaw.org
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please post video of this...
i would like to see a video specifically of the testimont by iraq veterans. i may be benefical for the leaders of this organization to better research their orators. I mean, after all, regardless of which side of politics one may be affiliated, aren't they all corrupt and based on a much deeper web of lies? Lets get a copy of that DD214, friends...
Doubts? I Doubt You Care That Much about the Truth
Hmm, I'm not sure you've actually written a coherent statement. Best I can make out about what you said, it sounds like you want people to doubt the veterans. They didn't start this corrupt war. They are doing what they can to end it.
If there should be any skepticism, it should be about those in Washington, DC who voted for the war, those who made up the lies it was based on, and those who have not acted quickly to end it. Plenty of crime to look into there.
Although I don't know whether a video is available of this event, I, too, would welcome a video. Irregardless, what the veterans communicated was clear. The only patriotic thing to do would be to end this criminal war.
It's shameful that more Americans, who show themselves to be overwhelmingly against the war, have yet to take any action to end it. I admire the courage of the veterans in speaking up and organizing so that their voices can be heard.
I'd agree that a healthy dose of skeptiscm is a good thing to have. However, raising skepticism without offering any reason for it, while being silent on the body of lies that the public has been fed about this war, strikes me as somewhat disingenuous. It takes more courage to do what they are doing than to snipe at them with factless gripes.
If you want to be a skeptic, then you chould be an equal opportunity skeptic. I've heard no particular reason to doubt any of the vets.
i'm not here to argue with you...
I simply asked if anyone knew of any sort of documentation on the Nov. 13 presentation. I don't need to you tell me what to think, I've been to Iraq, so please save your discourse.
I know one of the speakers. As we are all in the pursuit of the truth, I just am interested in what this soldier said during this presentation.
Stop feeding me your conspiracy rhetoric before I incrimate one of your beacons of hope in this oh so cruel and unfair world.
Sounds Like BS
"a much deeper web of lies"
"Stop feeding me your conspiracy rhetoric before I incrimate one of your beacons of hope"
Sounds like you're just flinging shit, but want people to believe it's gold.
Jealous I can write well, are you?
You'll see, its fine.
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