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A Fruitful 2009 Veterans for Peace National Convention
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| How do we build the anti-war movement under
the new conditions? |
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| This seemed
to be the overriding question that the activist at the convention
wanted to address. Everyone acknowledged that with the ousting of
the Bush Gang and the election of the Obama Presidency and now
especially with the economic crisis, we have entered a new period with
new conditions and new challenges for our movement.. How do we change
what we are doing so that we can build a much broader and more
effective movement? This was the main topic of discussion at the
convention. I am presenting these three videos, composed of material captured at the convention, because the speakers and participates fearlessly addressed these questions and had something to say that deserves a larger audience. |
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| Bill
Fletcher Keynote at Veterans
for Peace Nat'l Convention |
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| Bill
Fletcher gave a very timely speech at the Veterans for Peace
National Convention on August 8, 2009, U. of Maryland, College Park. He
is introduced by Mike Ferner, President of VFP. This is a new versus which uses b-roll provided by Jeffrey Keating. [26 minutes] |
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| "Break Through" Workshop at Veterans for Peace Nat'l Convention | ||
| Selections from the "How Do We Break Through?" workshop at the Veterans for Peace National Convention August 5 - 9, 2009 in Collge Park, Maryland. This workshop took place on Friday and was led by Mike Ferner, Patrick McCann & Michael McPhearson.[60 minutes] | ||
| VFP Goes
to Church at Veterans for Peace Nat'l Convention |
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| Veterans for Peace National Convention had a Community Event at Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ on Friday, August 7, 2009 Cameron Barron and Jane English, emcee (VFP chapter 016 - Washington, DC) Speakers included Chantelle Bateman, President, DC chapter, Iraq Veterans Against the War; Rev. Graylon Hagler, pastor, Plymouth United; Parisa Nourzi, Empowerment DC; Michael McPhearson, Executive Director, VFP; Rev. Lennox Yearwood, President, Hip Hop Caucus; Elaine Johnson (Military Families Speak Out); Lucy Murphy and friends (cultural performance); Ameer Shurrab (Palestinian, Gaza Strip) [60 minutes] | ||
| VFP
National Convention Photos on Flickr |
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| Veterans for Peace
Press Conference for Camilo Mejia |
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