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Iraq Veterans Veterans Against the War calls on all veterans and peace organizations to connect the issues by mobilizing to stand in solidarity with workers organizing to protect their labor rights. - Wisconsin IVAW

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193875367309986

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10AM: Rally at Library Mall, 750 State Street in Madison, WI

11AM: March up State St. and around Capitol to Hans Christian Heg statue, rally at King St. entrance to the Capitol Noon: Rally and speak-out at the capitol, joined by the Wisconsin AFL-CIO and other unions - King Street entrance With Scott Walker's latest maneuver to erase collective bargaining rights, Wisconsin workers are calling for continued resistance, with the possibility of a general strike on the table. Scott Walker has threatened to call in the National Guard to repress these mobilizations. As military veterans, we call on our brothers and sisters in the Wisconsin National Guard to refuse and resist any mobilization orders. We believe military service members are public employees. It is dishonorable to suggest that military personnel should be deployed against teachers, health care providers, firefighters, police officers, and other government employees, many of whom are serving in the National Guard. The Wisconsin National Guard was sent in to repress workers fighting for the eight hour workday in 1886 and killed 7 people, including a 13 year old boy, and injured others (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_View_Massacre). It is vital that our brothers and sisters know they have a choice and can fall on the right side of history this time by standing with the working people of Wisconsin. As veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we stand in solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of workers who have mobilized across the country to defend their rights as workers and union members. The waves of resistance sweeping the Middle East show us that democracy is not something delivered by U.S. military intervention, but won and fought for by people in their own towns, cities, and countries. Almost a decade of war in Afghanistan and eight years of war in Iraq have brought nothing but death and trauma to the people of those countries, as well as our brothers and sisters in the military. Meanwhile, we have seen the erosion of public goods such as education, veterans benefits, and healthcare and an all-out political attack on the very workers who make our society function. Scott Walker and the Republican caucus of the Wisconsin state legislature have gone behind the backs of the people of Wisconsin to erase collective bargaining rights for public workers. Under the guise of budget crisis, these and other politicians throughout the country are attempting to undo the hard-won union rights of the American people. Yet, these same politicians continue to reach deep into the pockets of working people to finance the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while sending our sons and daughters, our brothers and sisters, off to fight them. It is time for us to start connecting the dots between endless war abroad and the erosion of our rights and public goods here at home. We call on veterans organizations and the anti-war movement to join us as we stand in solidarity with working people in Wisconsin and call-out to the National Guard to refuse mobilization against these workers. On the 8th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, join us as we call for an end to the wars against the people of Iraq and Afghanistan and an end to the war against the working people of Wisconsin. - Wisconsin Iraq Veterans Against the War

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 10:39pm

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10,000 Stand in Solidarity on Iraq War Anniversary

IVAW Madison rally March 19, 2011 A rally lead by Iraq Veterans Against the War brought the labor movement, veterans movement, and the anti-war movement together in Madison, Wisconsin to connect the issues. Videos: Walker...

IVAW-Madison welcomes members from Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and New York

This past weekend, IVAW-Madison had the pleasure of welcoming members from the region to our city to join the fight in defending public workers who are under attack by our new Governor and his "Budget Repair Bill."  This...

Chalking to Raise Awareness of Operation Recovery

IVAW-Madison members Todd Dennis and Matthew William Miller chalked facts relating to the situation that returning veterans and servicemembers face at the UW-Madison campus and Madison area technical College on Veterans...
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New chapter and group pages!

Welcome to the new chapter and group page's. Because these pages are so new many do not even have their members added yet. If you know an IVAW member who should be listed on this page please email webmaster@ivaw.org or let...

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Library Mall and King St. Entrance to Capitol
750 State St. and 1 King St.
53703 Madison , WI
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Saturday, March 19, 2011 - 10:30am

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Todd Dennis - IVAW-Madison, 715-533-2887, todd@ivaw.org

Aaron Hughes - IVAW Organizing Team Leader, aarhughes@ivaw.org, 217-898-9083

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Joel Depies

I was an Infantryman in the National Guard and never expected to go to war but was willing to serve my country if needed. I did not expect to serve...
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luke cleaver

I did two tours of duty over in Iraq and I saw the rich taking advantage of the troops and the government through the use of war and the military. I...
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Steven Baker

From the time that George Bush declared war on Iraq to present, I've yet to understand why. We were not in any danger from Iraq, and we did not do...
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Elizabeth Benn

Served 30 years in the Army, active and reserve. Did not deploy to Iraq but served in support of Bosnia, 96-97. Liberal minded life member of VFW,...
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Trevor Clumpner

I served a 6 year term with the military and had boots on ground. The things I saw made me hate the war.
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