Skip to main content

ATTENTION: This site is no longer active but remains as an archive.

Iraq Veterans Against the War has become About Face: Veterans Against the War. About Face can be found at aboutfaceveterans.org

Iraq Veterans Against the War

Join IVAW

Donate to IVAW

  • About
    • Founding of IVAW
    • Mission, Values, and Vision
    • War in Afghanistan
    • Why We Are against the Wars
    • Resolutions
    • IVAW Timeline
    • Board of Directors
    • Advisory Committee
    • Staff
  • Events
  • Campaigns
    • Operation Recovery
    • Winter Soldier
      • Breakdown of the Military
      • Civilian Testimony
      • Corporate Pillaging
      • Cost of War at Home
      • Crisis in Veterans Healthcare
      • Future of GI Resistance
      • Gender and Sexuality
      • Legacy of GI Resistance
      • Racism and War
      • Response to DoD
      • Rules of Engagement
      • Press Coverage
      • Press Releases
    • Right to Heal
  • Members
  • Resources
    • AWOL
    • Active Duty
    • Conscientious Objector
    • Depleted Uranium
    • History of Resistance
    • IRR Reactivation
    • Lariam
    • PTSD
    • Profiles of Resisters
    • Resources for Veterans
    • Stop Loss
    • Women's Resources
    • Mesothelioma
  • Press
  • Contact
    • Press
    • Speaker Request

Operation Recovery Update

published by Aaron Hughes on 05/30/11 1:24pm
Posted to: 
Staff

Operation Recovery to join Bradley Manning Support Rally June 4th

The Operation Recovery Campaign is traveling to Leavenworth, Kansas to join a rally in support of Bradley Manning.  A public pressure campaign forced authorities to transfer Bradley to the Leavenworth facility where he is being held in much better conditions.  But the fight for justice in his case is certainly not over.  Read this statement from IVAW's Kansas City chapter leader, Will Stewart-Starks about why veterans have a special duty to support Bradley Manning:

In the past few months a broad based coalition of peace and civil liberties activist have come together in cooperation to demand that [Bradley Manning's] indefinite detention by the whim of the military will finally cease.  It is important for IVAW and its members to understand the implications and precedent his case has had in regards to turning back further GI rights across the board.

The weight of these allegations [against Bradley] is certainly too much for one ... to bear alone.  This is why we in the veteran community must stand up, shoulder to shoulder and demand his freedom, and in doing so call for our own.  We must ensure that not another one of our brothers or sisters receives such retaliatory abuse and each and everyone of us is respected first, as equal under the law with the same inherent rights as any other person.

Read Will's full statement here

AP Interview with Joshua Shepherd and Matt Howard

Joshua Shepherd and Matt Howard of Iraq Veterans Against the War speak to the Associated Press about Scott Olsen at #OccupyOakland.

Keith Shannon on Countdown with Keith Olberman

Keith Shannon, the roommate of injured Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen and a fellow Iraq War veteran, shares what happened Tuesday night when the Oakland Police Department fired upon the crowd with rubber bullets, bean...

“I Risked My Life To Come Home To This?”

By Ryan Harvey (October 27, 2011) Scott Olsen served two tours in Iraq with the United States Marine Corps before coming home to a country lacking in jobs but thriving with high-level corruption. He “thought the banks pretty...

Amnesty International Urges Restraint as Police Clamp Down on Occupy Wall Street Protests

(New York) – Amnesty International urged authorities to ensure that police show restraint in their response to Occupy Wall Street protests, following critical injuries suffered by a man in Oakland, Ca. in clashes between...

Press Release: Marine Veteran Critically Injured at Occupy Oakland March

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Dottie Guy, Bay Area Chapter President (415) 290-5447, dottie.guy@gmail.com Jose Vasquez, Executive Director (917) 587-3334, jose@ivaw.org Keith Shannon, Deployed with Scott to...
IVAW Admin's picture

Take Action: Iraq vet critically injured by police at Occupy Oakland

Scott Olsen, a Marine veteran who did two tours in Iraq, was hit by a police projectile during last night's brutal police crackdown of Occupy Oakland.  He is in serious but stable condition at an Oakland hospital. WARNING:...

Pages

  • « First
  • ‹ Prev
  • …
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • …
  • Next ›
  • Last »

Supporter Newsletter!

Donations

Make a single donation or become an IVAW sustainer by making your donation a recurring one. Please consider making your generous gift right now.
Donate Online Today!

Speaker Request

Please be advised that we get many speaker requests, but regret that we are sometimes unable to fill them.
Speaker Request

Joining IVAW

Iraq Veterans Against the War is open to Active Duty, National Guard and Reservists who have served since 09/11/2001.
Join IVAW

Navigation

  • About
  • Events
  • Campaigns
  • Committees
  • Chapters
  • Members
  • Resources
  • Contact