Latitude 38: Resurrecting The Golden Rule

Resurrecting the Golden Rule the Anti-Nuke Flagship
Latitude 38
March Edition

An article about the Golden Rule’s famous history and current efforts to rebuild this vessel. A complete story of the 25 foot ketch and its crew of anti-nuclear weapons activists and their inspiring journey into the Pacific to stop nuclear testing. This effort was headed by former US Naval Commander Albert Bigelow to draw attention to issues surrounding nuclear bomb test being conducted in US territory. Their example helped to ignite a storm of worldwide public outrage against nuclear weapons that resulted in a Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963.

Veterans For Peace, Chapter 22, Garberville, California has been helping in the restoration this 30 foot Angelman-Davies gaff ketch. There are plans to launch the boat sometime this year and begin a ten-year voyage in opposition to war and militarism. Find out more about the Golden Rule Project.

You can download the March Issue of Latitude 38 for eBooks, iPans, Issuu version and just plain pdfs. The Golden Rule article begins on page 100.

Ukiah Nor-Cal VFP Conference

Veterans For Peace Northern California Conference

March 1-3, 2013, Ukiah California

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Photos: Judith Sandoval

Oakland Vet Center Newsletter

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St Patrick’s Day Parade, Veterans For Peace

March 16, 2013
Saturday, 11am–2pm
Market Street
San Francisco

Join in the celebration and march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade with Veterans For Peace, San Francisco, Chapter 69.

Ukiah Nor-Cal Conference: Music, Keynote, Movies

Public Invited to Evening Events:
Music, Keynote and Movies
Veterans For Peace
Nor-Cal Conference
Ukiah, California
March 1 & 2

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:  Stephen Scalmanini
Tel:  (707) 391-5853
Email:  sscalmanini@yahoo.com

Veterans For Peace of Northern California invite the public to attend the evening sessions of their annual northern California regional conference on Friday and Saturday, March 1st and 2^nd, in Ukiah.  On Friday evening, live music and poetry reading will start at 7:15 p.m.,

Northern California Regional Convention of Veterans for Peace

March 1st to March 3rd
Friday 5 pm to Sunday 2:30 pm
Veterans Memorial Building
293 Seminary Avenue
Ukiah, California

AGENDA: Friday, March 1

San Francisco Bay Area Veterans: Sankofa Sunday

Celebrate Black History Month
African American Veterans: Warriors of Courage, Change & Peace
Sunday, February 10, 2013, Noon-7pm
War Memorial Veterans Building
401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 223, San Francisco

Sunday, February 10, 2013, Noon-7pm

Join us and celebrate our rich, fascinating, and empowering Black History.

We’ll have an array of information booths, video stories, distinguished guest speakers, a screening of the acclaimed WWII film “Red Tails,” a dinner, and awards/recognition ceremony.

For event updates & RSVP visit www.SFBAVeterans.wordpress.com

The Legacy of Agent Orange

By Paul Cox

I did not look out the window of the Freedom Bird as it lifted off from the Da Nang airport in 1970. I had been there 18 months mostly as a grunt in the Corps. I never wanted to see the place again. Didn’t want to think about it. Had come to despise the war. Was lucky to be leaving in one piece, and wanted to get on with life.

Turns out it wasn’t that easy. The war ground on, and back in the States it was omnipresent—in the news, the music, and my nightmares. Even though I knew too much in my gut about war, I soon learned just how little really I knew about the War. Two weeks before shipping out to Vietnam, I located it for the first time on a globe at the Oceanside USO. And, other than passing a few abandoned French forts during my tour, I hadn’t learned much else about its history or our involvement. So after returning home I read, then read some more. The Pentagon Papers was a revelation;

A Human Rights Documentary Film Series

Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives & Veterans for Peace present
Impugning Impunity: A Human Rights Documentary Film Series

Friday November 9
Syria: The Assads’ Twilight / France (2010), 6pm

Saturday, November 10
The Mexican Suitcase / Mexico, Spain (2011), 4:45pm
Granito: How to Nail A Dictator / USA, Guatemala, Spain (2011) 7pm
$10 donation
San Francisco Veterans Buildng, Room 223
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

The festival is co-sponsored by The Puffin Foundation, The Center for Constitutional Rights, San Francisco Veterans for Peace and Icarus Films.  With the support of the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) and Courage to Resist.

Pakistan Peace Delegation Report, Medea Benjamin

Codepink in Pakistan

Pakistan Peace Delegation Report
Monday, November 12, 2012, 6pm
War Memorial Veterans Building
401 Van Ness Ave, 2nd Floor

Medea Benjamin, Codepink co-director and founder, and Pakistan trip delegates Toby Blome and Dianne Budd discuss their trip to Pakistan and the struggle to stop the proliferation of drones. Delegates will, also, provide tools and resources to take action! Presented by Codepink, in partnership with Veterans for Peace. Please join us! Facebook event