Courage to Resist Newsletter Aug 15, 2020
Veterans putting their bodies on the line for Black lives and democracy
By Jeff Paterson for Courage to Resist - Protests for Black Lives Matter have been going on now for two months across the country, since George Flloyd’s murder at the hands of police in May. In June 2020, President Trump began deploying federal Homeland Security law enforcement to select cities in an effort to stop the protests and the removal of racist monuments. In particular, an executive order signed by President Trump on June 26 authorizes deployment of federal police without permission from the states they’re invading in order to protect “Monuments, Memorials and Statues.” Read more
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Podcast: “You’ve got to bear witness” – Mike Hastie
Vietnam War Army medic Mike Hastie gained recent notoriety when a video of him being pepper sprayed by police went viral. Mike has been a long-time anti-war activist and photographer. Here's his story in the newest Courage to Resist podcast episode produced in collaboration with the Vietnam Full Disclosure effort of Veterans For Peace.
“You know, and you just continue to put more and more of the puzzle pieces together, and then you realize that you’ve got to bear witness. You’ve got to tell the truth about the entire war being a total, complete lie.” Listen to Mike
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