This is the Inaugural Peace Festival event on Saturday, August 5th, 20232:00 to 6:00 PM at Roosevelt Park, Coal & Spruce SE Albuquerque, NM
Save Our VA!
On June 7th, 2014 the VA implemented new regulations for how veterans access private-sector Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP) healthcare. These regulations are the result of the 2018 MISSION Act, and are expected to do the following: Will create standards that diminish the VA high-quality model of healthcare. Studies show that 86% of veterans prefer... Continue Reading →
Thank you for your service: Now get lost.
By Sally-Alice Thompson, WWII Veteran, US Navy Originally published in the Albuquerque Journal. A young man who has lived throughout his childhood in the U.S. and has no memory of life in any other country is approached by a Marine recruiter. He is given to understand that if he signs up for military service, he... Continue Reading →
Armistice Day on Nov 11th, 2023
The First World War (World War I, "The Great War", "The War to end all wars") lasted from July 1914 until November 1918. Ultimately, carried on by more than 70 million military personnel in two opposing alliances with repeating rifles, machine guns, artillery, poison gas, tanks, warships, and planes - millions perished. It is one... Continue Reading →
END THE GUN VIOLENCE, AT HOME AND ABROAD! An Urgent Message from Veterans For Peace
(Reprinted from https://www.veteransforpeace.org/our-work/position-statements/veterans-peace-statement-gun-violence/) END THE GUN VIOLENCE, AT HOME AND ABROAD! An Urgent Message from Veterans For Peace As veterans who have been traumatized by the violence of war, we were shocked and saddened by the recent mass murder of 17 high school students in Parkland, Florida. This horrible slaughter, carried out by a troubled... Continue Reading →
2023 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March On Washington 60th Anniversary will be celebrated on August 26th, 2023 in, Albuquerque NM.
The event will start at 10:00 AM. Stay tuned for more details! What does Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mean to you, and what are you doing to carry his legacy to improve equality and eliminate the triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism? We're continuing our fight every day. Subscribe to the VFP... Continue Reading →
Nuclear Winter / News Alert – Trump Administration Targeting Russia, Planning to Reduce Restrictions on Nuclear Weapons Use
Nuclear Winter / News Alert: Reports are showing that the Trump administration has approved work on a new nuclear missile, likely in violation of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Also, early indications from the Department of Defense "Nuclear Posture Review" are that the Trump Administration will be loosening the restrictions on nuclear weapons use... Continue Reading →
Nuclear Winter, Part 1: Buried alive in our own trenches
Paul Zimmer, now 83 years old, was a US Army Private in 1955 when he was assigned to the Yucca Flats/Nevada Test Site nuclear test site to be a human guinea pig during a series of nuclear tests conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission. As part of Operation Teapot, the US military was researching the... Continue Reading →
Beyond Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan: 50 Years of Evolving American Militarism
Beyond Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan: 50 Years of Evolving American MilitarizationR. Kris HardyApril 6th, 2017 Downloadable PDF On April 4th, 1967 at the Riverside Church in New York City, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave an impassioned speech to bring light to the intersection between poverty, civil rights, the military, the government's involvement in... Continue Reading →
USS Liberty Survivors: Our Story – June 8th at 4, 6, and 8 PM at the Guild Cinema
The Donald and Sally-Alice Thompson Veterans for Peace Chapter #63 (Albuquerque, NM) presents: USS Liberty Survivors: Our Story June 8th, 2017 at 4, 6 and 8 PM at Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque NM
Veterans for Peace, Albuquerque NM 