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There’s a Peace & Economic Justice Conference being held in Spokane this weekend (with some opening festivities on Friday. Use the above link to sign up. There are some very educational workshops in this conference and all are highly recommended. … Continue reading →

We are now part of the Amazon Smile program, where if you shop at Amazon, and can donate to us at the same time. This doesn’t cost you anything! So check it out here and spread the word!

Saudi Arabia is bombing schools, hospitals, even weddings in Yemen. With weapons from Europe, the US, and Canada. But in 24 hours, the European Parliament could table a vote for an arms embargo. The Saudis are unloading massive pressure to … Continue reading →

We here are Spokane VFP stand against Islamophobia. Luckily, there’s a website for that: http://veteranschallengeislamophobia.org/ Check it out and take part to help remove this scourge.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been wrongly subjected to arbitrary detention for five and a half years, according to a ruling by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.  The ruling is critical of Swedish prosecutors, who have refused … Continue reading →

And just so you know, we also have a new twitter account should you want to reach out to us that way (or stay in touch). Tweets by VFPSpokane

This is a call for submissions. Spokane Veterans for Peace #035 is now accepting submissions for our sequel to Vet Lit: How We Remember War, the book we released on Memorial Day, 2015.  The title of our new book will … Continue reading →

The illegal 2011 overthrow of the Libyan government subjected the people of that nation and surrounding nations to violence, weapons proliferation, chaos, and desperate insecurity. In no way will compounding the problem with the same approach again improve matters in … Continue reading →

To keep you up to date with some of the national chapter events around the country: A rally in Boston “Muslims are not our enemy”; and a summit in Washington DC on Saudi Arabia and its role in the Middle … Continue reading →