Vermont Peace/Antiwar Coalition (VPAC) is a statewide organization working across divides toward a peaceful and just world centered on our right to a nuclear-free future and towards cooperative and non-violent resolutions to conflict, especially in relation to U.S. foreign policy and NATO interventions around the world.
Here's a Start. This includes a map of the over 800 U.S. military bases around the world: Introduction & Overview - Study war no more (worldbeyondwar.org)
Also, here's an inspirational Cuban song to work by:
Playing for Change, "Young Women of Guantanamo"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blUSVALW_Z4
Alternatives to Mainstream Media Page
The resources below are added by our members.
UKRAINE WAR AND THE RISK OF NUCLEAR WAR:
“Why did Putin Invade Ukraine? Towards to a confrontation between USA and Russia" - Dr. Jim Garrison, 38 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UybOmx3k8UA
“This is a War of Propaganda:” John Pilger on Ukraine and Assange | Talking Post with Yonden Lhatoo, 20 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9pEotvlW-s
https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream
(article in journalist Hersch's Substack Newsletter.)
Propaganda in the Ukrainian Proxy-War, w/ Noam Chomsky, Alexander Mercouris and Glenn Diesen, from the Duran (52 minutes).
https://rumble.com/v28w1tw-propaganda-in-the-ukrainian-proxy-war-w-noam-chomsky-
Ukraine: Scott Ritter, Daniel Ellsberg, Mathew Hoh: https://youtube.com/watch?v=eqrCrX7nC58&feature=share
Doctor John Campbell, UK health expert
(294) European nuclear risk - YouTube
“War Made Easy” Film Panel Discussion featuring Norman Solomon, Dennis Kucinich, Kathy Kelly & More, by RootsAction.org on 3/21/23,
an online in depth discussion of the war on Iraq, the media, and wars today.
The film “War Made Easy: How Presidents and the Pundits keep spinning us to death”” is still available for viewing on Youtube. (1 hour, 9 minutes.)
(full film)
Propaganda in the Ukrainian Proxy-War, w/ Noam Chomsky, Alexander Mercouris and Glenn Diesen, from the Duran
https://rumble.com/v28w1tw-propaganda-in-the-ukrainian-proxy-war-w-noam-chomsky-
In Ukraine, US. fears “unacceptable” ceasefire, March 20,2023, by Aaron Mate
https://mate.substack.com/p/in-ukraine-us-fears-unacceptable
https://jacobin.com/2023/02/wolfgang-sporrer-interview-ukraine-war-diplomacy-minsk-agreements
Ukrainian Pacifist Movement:
https://mobile.twitter.com/sheliazhenko in article by Codepink's Marcy Winograd, Antiwar.com, January 17, 2023, in this excerpt asked Yurii to describe the pacifist, antiwar movement in Ukraine
Ukrainian Pacifist Movement: An Interview With Its Leader Yurii Sheliazhenko - World BEYOND War
Jeremy Corbyn, Ilhan Omar join hundreds calling for an end of war in Yemen | Middle East Eye
75+ US organizations endorse protests against war on Yemen this month | Al Mayadeen English
Consequences of school shootings and this uniquely American problem that also illustrates the costs of war: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/ar-15-damage-to-human-body/
Women in South Africa's Struggle Against Apartheid: Resource Page - Just World Educational
BOOKS:
Retired Army Major Danny Sjursen’s book, Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War:
https://www.internationalpolicy.org/people/Danny-Sjursen
Chris Hedges’ book, "War is a Force that Gives us Meaning"
https://www.supersummary.com/war-is-a-force-that-gives-us-meaning/summary/
George Orwell, 1984.
Neville Shute, On the Beach
ECONOMICS/EMPIRE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogH0wRD0Vkw&t=1636s
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Inspirational No War Music
The resources below are added by our members. Please suggest your own and we will have a look!
Keb 'Mo' and Manu Chao, One Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjPODksI08&list=PL6SLhg9PaWUMN8505SLckvA3kIFjerg39&index=15
Peace, jewish arab peace song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d_i2F2LlF8
Peter, Paul, and Mary, Blowin in the Wind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld6fAO4idaI&list=PL6SLhg9PaWUMN8505SLckvA3kIFjerg39
Ed Perrone, No Good Songs About War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x47CnKkVRDE&list=PL6SLhg9PaWUMN8505SLckvA3kIFjerg39&index=3
Youngbloods, Get Together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_dCc4zxBRQ&list=PL6SLhg9PaWUMN8505SLckvA3kIFjerg39&index=6
Curtis Mayfield, People Get Ready
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj7W37ZG-nY
Sister Rosetta, This Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOrhjgt-_Qc
Woody Guthrie, Deportee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa3sJTX-W_4
Timba Encendia, Si Somos de la Caliente
(23) Si Somos de la Caliente - TIMBA ENCENDIA - YouTube
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