Veterans For Peace 2024 virtual convention August 16 - 18​

CEASEFIRE NOW! Demilitarize and Decolonize! is the theme of the 39th Veterans For Peace National Convention being held online this month, Friday through Sunday, August 16 to 18.

This year’s convention promises to be dynamic and jampacked—not to be missed! One of the Friday keynotes is Jewish U.S. Army Major Harrison Mann, who will explain why he resigned over U.S. support of the Israel-Hamas war. Senior Airman Juan Bettancourt will likewise discuss his public declaration as a conscientious objector. And Black Agenda Report editor Margaret Kimberley, a well-known radio personality, is coming to share her perspective on current events.

The focus on Gaza continues Saturday, with a panel that includes Palestinian American activist and lawyer Huwaida Arraf; Israeli military refuser Elik Elhanan, who co-founded the Israeli-Palestinian Combatants for Peace; and legislative specialist Odeliya Matter, who works as a Program Associate on Middle East Policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation. Freedom Flotilla participants are featured panelists for Sunday’s program, “We Sail Until Palestine is Free.”

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