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Winter Soldiers for Peace and Social Justice: Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Today

Amid concern about the role of military veterans in the January 6 siege of the Capitol and the recruitment of service members by white supremacist groups, this program will feature soldiers who have followed a different path in speaking out against racism and unjust wars from the Vietnam era to the present. The event will commemorate the Winter Soldier Investigation organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) 50 years ago in February 1971, and similar hearings by Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) 37 years later in March 2008.

Echoing Thomas Paine’s famous Revolutionary War passage honoring soldiers who stand with their country in time of crisis in contrast to the "summer soldier" who shrinks from duty, these winter soldiers of the past and present will address the atrocities of war and the prevalence of racism within the military and in U.S. foreign policy. The event will emphasize the relevance of these issues to the continuing struggles for racial justice and ending the endless wars of today.

For the full list of speakers, visit https://go.nd.edu/WinterSoldiersAgainstWar

This discussion is co-sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, the Keough School of Global Affairs, About Face: Veterans Against the War, Veterans For Peace, and the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee.

Mar 12, 2021 04:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)