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Is Peace Activism Feminist?

published by Alejandra Rishton on 12/14/12 11:40pm

This is a short video I created for my Feminist Online Spaces at Pitzer College. The video is the culmination of my semester long interaction with Iraq Veterans Against the War, and is a tribute to their work:

For this video I took my daughters to the Arlington West Memorial on Santa Monica beach. The memorial consists of crosses placed on the beach for each soldier killed in combat from sunrise to sunset every Sunday. Upon its conception the memorial placed one white cross up for every death, but it has now exceeded its spatial capacity and has had to replace white crosses with red crosses that symbolize ten deaths each. It is a project of Veterans for Peace, and is now in its eighth year of existence. The trip proved itself to be safe for our purposes, and I found it to be very much in line with feminist ideology, albeit lacking in the vernacular of feminist discourse. The video itself follows us through Arlington west as we take in the memorial and interact with the Veterans for Peace members. Spliced into our adventure are images from World War II Army propaganda films (produced by the Signal Corps, of which I was part of for three years), and images from the documentary “The Doctor, the Depleted Uranium, and the Dying Children.” It asks whether or not all peace activism is feminist by default.

Current issue of The Veteran now online

THE VETERAN is the newspaper of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc. In 1971 and 1972 it was published as 1st Casualty. From 1973 to 1975, it was published as Winter Soldier. In 1975, it became THE VETERAN. THE VETERAN ...
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IVAW: Providing a Safe Space for Women and People of All Colors

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...

The legacy of 11 years of war in Afghanistan

Part 1 of 3 clips To mark the 11th anniversary of our invasion of Afghanistan this weekend, Democracy Now! featured this interview about the mental crisis facing veterans and active duty service members.  Included in the...
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Police attacking military personnel

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/nyregion/grief-and-anger-after-noel-po... Above is a link to an article about a police shooting of a national guardsman during a traffic stop he was unarmed and hands on the steering wheel...
Richard returning his medals at the NATO Summit.

IVAW Member Making a Difference: Richard Stroder

As a member-driven organization IVAW relies on our members to be a force for change and forward motion. IVAW members lead veterans and service members in standing up to oppose the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and we stand...
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IVAW Sunnyside Music Festival

Here is a blog about the IVAW security operation this weekend.    http://equalminded.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/sunnyside-music-festival/

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