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IVAW: Providing a Safe Space for Women and People of All Colors

published by Alejandra Rishton on 10/17/12 11:48am

When viewing the IVAW.org community through a feminist and anti-racist lens, one will find a positive and equal environment for people off all genders and colors. The content of the site allows for information to be collected that falls way out of the public discourse, enabling the most repressed voices of our time to speak. The victims of our permanent war economy are typically not afforded the luxury of Internet access, a reality that IVAW.org confronts daily. While IVAW.org cannot fix the issues of access for those living in warzones, they can allow for members to represent ideas that raise concern for the victims of war.

Iraq veteran’s themselves have been placed in a subordinate media position in the United States and elsewhere. They are misrepresented and under-represented in the dominant media structures. Only 1% of the US population serves in the military, and this leaves a gap in the understanding of most Americans that allows for the marginalization of veteran’s issues. Veteran’s today face homelessness and suicide on a scale that has never been recorded before. The mental health issues of men and women in service are not properly addressed by government that chooses to send them to war.

The issues of women in the military, an even smaller minority of the US population, are represented greatly on the site. This site allows for a horizontal creation and management by all of its members, which has created a feminist and anti-racist space through the codification of the site. Good Job!

SUPPORT GI RESISTERS: Two war resisters facing hardship in canada and deportation

Rodney Watson and Kimberley Rivera, both who where featured in the War is Trauma portfolio, need your support. 1. Write the Canadian Immigration Minister and ask him to let Kimberley Rivera stay 2. Write solidarity letters...

Organizer Maggie Martin is interviewed about our work at Fort Hood, 11 years into America's longest war.

This article by Sarah Lazare published by War Times on September 9th 2012 features an interview with IVAW organizer Maggie Martin and offers insight into our powerful organizing work at Fort Hood. Please read and share the...

Remembering Joshua Casteel this weekend

Joshua Casteel Funeral Service is this weekend. He is a brother that has inspired many of us to live up to what we believe. Please keep him in your thoughts.  Post and print this poster in his memory.

IVAW Members and documentary On the Bridge featured on NPR: Worldview

Director Olivier Morel and Iraq Veterans Against the War member Vincent Emanuele featured on Worldview and discuss war, trauma and living 'On The Bridge.'A decade ago, French filmmaker Olivier Morel traveled across...

WARRIORWriters: Reflections at Under the Hood

This is a repost from Under the Hood Cafe & Outreach Center By Maggie Martin On Saturday, September 1, we hosted WARRIORWriters: Write to Heal Workshopat Under the Hood. It was really great to have a chance to slow down...

DISPATCHES FROM UNDER THE HOOD Part Two by CivSol Member Rushelle Frazier

This is a repost from a August 2012 blog on the Civilian-Soldier Alliance Websight. It is the second blog post from Rushelle Frazier, current CivSol Resident Organizer down in Killeen, TX. If folks want to get a better...

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