Climate justice is peace justice
Join the global Climate Strike, kicking off with youth-led actions this Friday, September 20th! For the past fifteen years, Courage to Resist has resolutely stood side by side with those bravely speaking out against the US war machine. We’ve seen first hand the incredible accomplishments possible when people mobilize, even in opposition to the seemingly monolithic Pentagon. Here’s a fact that maybe we’ve simply taken for granted far too long: The U.S. military is the largest single source of climate-destroying pollution. Read more, including events near you.
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Podcast: "It was easier to kill people than lay down the gun" -Suel Jones
In 1998, Suel Jones went back to Vietnam and met some of the very people he had once fought against. This experience launched him into a life of activism. Suel explains:
"I met the enemy, guess who it was? It was me. And it's always true. And that saved me. That has really saved me. And once I saw hell, started seeing what war really did, not only to the other people, that's when I said, "I can no longer be quiet. I have got to finally say something." But it took me a long, long time to be able to step out and make that decision. It was just too hard."
This Courage to Resist podcast was produced in collaboration with the Vietnam Full Disclosure effort of Veterans For Peace — “Towards an honest commemoration of the American war in Vietnam.” This year marks 50 years of GI resistance, in and out of uniform, for many of the courageous individuals featured. If you believe this history is important, please ...
