GI Resistance, Vets For Peace 2019 Convention, Spokane WA
Going to the VFP convention in Spokane? Don’t miss the GI Resistance panel, Friday, 3:30pm, featuring our Exec. Dir. Jeff Paterson.
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Category: GI Resisters
Podcast: “All forms of resistance to an illegal and unjust war are fully justifiable” – Dee Knight
Dee Knight, who left the US to resist the Vietnam War from Canada, declares, “Don’t be afraid. Follow your conscience.”
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Podcast: “Everything we could think of to screw with the system” – Ray Parrish
“The fact that we were not shot encouraged us that this was not an unusual opinion … that Vietnam was just a bad idea in so many ways.”
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Podcast: “Not something you go home and be proud of” – John Ketwig
“The vast majority of guys who were sent to Vietnam were sent against their will…coerced into the army and had a chip on our shoulders.”
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Podcast: “I’ll be so glad when you go home” – Michael Dempsey
I said, “This is fucked up.” And he said, “You’re just having a little thing.” And I said, “No, it’s not okay.” I said, “We don’t belong here.”
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Podcast: “The right not to fight an illegal war” – John Catalinotto
On organizing with the American Serviceman’s Union: “I thought, what could I be doing that’s more effective than helping the GIs organize to stay out of this war.”
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