Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:25:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Vets Call to Conscience <calltoconscience at yahoo.com>
Please send this out to your local press. Bye the way, anyone going to the vet event in DC or SF this weekend and willing to pass out the Call?
Immediate Release**For Immediate Release**For Immediate Release****
Date: March 1st, 2003 Contact: Terri Allred Seattle, Washington
calltoconscience at yahoo.com (206) 909-0481
Speakers Available for Interview
www.calltoconscience.net
Military Veterans call upon the Troops to "Do the Right Thing"
Veterans Call to Conscience to Active Duty Troops & Reservists
Almost 1000 ex-military from WWII veterans to Active Duty Troops have signed a statement of conscience calling upon troops to "follow their conscience" and "do the right thing" stating that they will support their actions.
The statement reads in part: "If the people of the world are ever to be free, there must come a time when being a citizen of the world takes precedence over being the soldier of a nation."
Thousands of copies of the statement have gotten into the hands of deploying troops, here in the US and throughout Europe.
The statement has been endorsed by prominents like: Howard Zinn, Father Roy Bourgeoisie, Daniel Ellsberg, Michael Moore, Ron Kovic, Kurt Vonnegut andd others. 20% of the signers are Gulf War Veterans. Many signers are active duty and include several locked up for filing for CO status. The statement has been translated into Turkish, Farsi, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Danish and Malay. Signers include Gulf war veterans from England and Scotland and members of the Israeli IDF. The statement has made its way onto many US bases and has been leafleted to troops in Germany and in Belgium.
The Call to Conscience has established a Speakers Bureau. The bureau features veterans of WWII, Korea and Vietnam as well as the first active duty marine to refuse deployment to the Gulf in 1991. Two members of the speakers bureau are Gulf War Veterans with much to say about the war in 1991. Many speakers filed for Conscientious Objector status during the Vietnam and Gulf War. Several spent many months in Leavenworth military prison for their opposition to war. Speakers are Black, Asian, native and women. Speakers range from an important religio
To interview signers please email or call: calltoconscience at yahoo.com or call (206) 909-0481
Veterans Call to Conscience Speakers Bureau Veterans Call to Conscience Speakers Bureau Available for National & International Press
Dave Allen 101st Airborne Winooski, Vermont Air Assault as an anti-tank crew-member during the Persian Gulf War. Member of Green Mountain Vets for Peace (VFP). (802) 598-7453
Robert Bossie US Air Force 1955- 1959 Chicago, Illinois Member of Priests of the Sacred Heart Co-Founder of Voices in the Wilderness Member of the 1991 Gulf Peace Team which positioned themselves on the Iraq-Saudi Arabian border to oppose the war Traveled to Iraq three times with medicines in open violation of sanctions Speaks widely on Iraq (312) 641-5151
Bob_Bossie at claret.org Scott Camil Sgt. USMC - 1965 -1969 Gainesville, Florida 20 months Vietnam, 2 Purple hearts Southeast Regional Coordinator VVAW 1971-1973 Box 141693 Gainesville , FL 32614
Carl Dix Army 1968 - 1972 Brooklyn, NY Vietnam war resister 1969 - Fort Lewis 6 Sentenced to 19 months in Leavenworth Prison National Spokesperson for the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) Unique perspective on revolution in the United States (866) 841-9139 x2670 carldix at hotmail.com
Joseph C. Farah Army 1960 - 1963 Indianapolis, Indiana Chapter President - Indianapolis Veterans For Peace (VFP) Writer-researcher, educator, independent scholar and published critic. 1998 traveled to Viet Nam with former American POW's. (317) 514-3600 ndyvetsforpeace at aol.com
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Kim Hawkins Navy 1987-1991 (Gulf War) Trenton, Maine aardvark340 at hotmail.com
Robert Kirkconnell Air Force 1967 - 1994 Member Veterans for Peace (VFP) & Palestine Media Watch 27 years active duty in the US Air Force 2 tours of Viet Nam Decorations include: Bronze Star with combat v device & 4 Meritorious Service Medals Home (909) 866-0284 Cell (909) 553-1937 bobkirk47 at aol.com
Marty Kunz Navy 1970-1976 Seattle, Washington National Organizer Vietnam Veterans Against The War Anti Imperialist (VVAWAI) Organizer Veterans Call to Conscience Project Organized Seattle Protest against Flag Burning Law 1994. Organized National Anti Intervention Conference 1994 (206) 374-2215 Marty at vvawai.org
O'Kelly McCluskey WWII / Korean Veteran Seattle, Washington Veterans For Peace Navy enlisted 44-46 -DAV -1953--57 USAF officer. Spoke out against French Imperialism backed by US reinstitution colonialism on Algeria and Vietnam. Threatened with a court martial and resigned his career rather than be silenced. Became a lawyer & endorsed by Senator Eugene McCarthy as a Peace candidate for US Congress
Stan Nishimura Army: 1964-67 Born: 1943 in Poston, Arizona, a U.S. concentration camp for Japanese people. Member: Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti Imperialist (VVAWAI), Connecticut Peace Coalition/New Haven Organizer for: Not In Our Name Project-CT, Initiator Veterans Call to Conscience (203) 498-8185 nouswar at aol.com
Jeff Paterson Marine Corps 1986 - 1990 San Francisco, California First Active Duty Military Resister to 1991 Gulf War Organizer: Not in Our Name (NION) - Member Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti Imperialist (VVAWAI) Court martial proceedings stopped due to non-stop protest & growing US anti war movement Available through 206 909-0481 jeff at paterson.net http://jeff.paterson.net
Randy Rowland Army 1967- 1970 - Medic Seattle, Washington Presidio 27 Mutineer - 1968 Served 18 months in Leavenworth Military Prison Member - Western Washington Veterans for Peace (VFP) Founder of Pepper Spray Productions Registered Nurse Available through (206) 909-0481 randyro at attbi.com
James Ryan Army 1962 - 1967 Resides in Ostanbul, Turkey Graduate of US Military Academy at West Point Writer Unique perspective on US troops in Turkey Home (216) 362 3474 (0stanbul), cell phone (535) 935 1015 jimryan62 at yahoo.com
Joe Urgo Air Force 1966 - 1970 In Vietnam from Dec67 to Dec68 Former National officer of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Organizer for the Winter Soldier Investigation into U.S. war crimes in Vietnam Organizer Dewey Canyon III Aug 1971 - the first Vietnam Veteran to travel to Hanoi on a peace mission Long time revolutionary activist Member Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti Imperialist (VVAWAI), and Activist for Not In Our Name Project (NION) Redvet55 at hotmail.com
Dr. William Warrick Army Security Agency 1968- 1971 Gainsville, Florida Gainsville Veterans for Peace (VFP) Family doctor in Gainesville Florida for 20 years. Days: (352) 372-1504 (352) 376-1005 asavetmd at bellsouth.net
Cora Tula Watters Marine Corps - Korean Era Professional musician, writer and educator Mixed blood Appalachian Shawnee. A warrior woman Visually impaired grandfather memorized the eye chart so he could pass and enlist in the SeaBees. Her uncle a WWII veteran. Her aunt was a Corps Wave. Her cousine a Marine. Cora joined the Marines when the US went to war with Korea.
"This proposed war of President Bush is neither a just war nor a war for freedom. This is a imperialistic scheme to rule the world and a private vendetta. No longer a "give me your tired, your poor " haven for the oppressed, or a protector of the endangered, we have become a greedy, profit-grabbing nation whose leadership is more interested in oil than in world peace.
Availabe for interviews through (206) 909-0481 tulanappe9 at yahoo.com ttp://www.geocities.com/tulanappe9/peace_anthem4mothers.html
Dave Wiggins, MD Gulf War High Point, North Carolina Gulf War Conscientious Objector - Court-martialed Former Distinguished Graduate of West Point Resigned commission by blocking military traffic in King Khalisd Military City on the front lines. Initiator of the Veterans Call to Conscience Project. Practicing Emergency Room Physician. (336) 886-5101 Cell: (336) 259-0382 dwiggmd at yahoo.com
Howard Zinn Boston, Massachusetts Air Force 1943 - 1945 Author of "A Peoples History of the US" Peoples Historian (617) 244-0779. hzinn at bu.edu