[lbo-talk] 9/11 At Ten

[Mark Bennett]

AMVETS is hardly a progressive organization, but they're not quite as
reactionary as the AL or the VFW.  They do more for disabled and troubled
vets than both of those groups combined.    They employ homeless and
recovering vets for pickups, and when they show up it's not much different
than Goodwill and any other such group.  The flag-waving is kept to a
minimum.

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:


> Hah! Was my general description of them accurate? If so, then that's a
> partial answer to Michael's question.
>
> Carrol
>
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> On 9/7/2011 10:22 AM, Mark Bennett wrote:
>
>> Huh?  AMVETS is still around, at least the organization that was formed
>> after WWII.  I've donated tons - literally - of old junk to them.
>>
>> http://www.amvets.org/
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Carrol Cox<cbcox at ilstu.edu>  wrote:
>>
>>  On 9/6/2011 7:32 PM, Michael Pollak wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> BTW, all joking aside, is there any difference between the American
>>>> Legion and the VFW? Do either have place for nonjingoistic veterans like
>>>> yourself? Does any other org?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Veterans for Peace
>>> Vietnam Veterans Against the War
>>> Iraq Veterans Against the War
>>>
>>> After WW1 there was the group called the AMVETS, formed specifically to
>>> provide an alternative to the Legion. It didn't survive.
>>>
>>> Re VFW -- that was the one place where Vietnam Veterns WERE in effect
>>> spit
>>> on in some locals: They were called LOSERS.
>>>
>>> Carrol
>>>
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