From March 14th to 16th 2008, Pacifica Radio provided coverage of the historic Winter Soldier 2008 gathering in Washington, DC.
National broadcast (April 22nd) on the first class action lawsuit brought by Iraq war veterans against the Department of Veterans Affairs. US vets suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder are alleging a system-wide breakdown in the way the government treats injured soldiers.
When young American men and women sign up to serve in the US military, our government makes a basic promise to them: that if they are wounded in the line of duty they will get the care they need. Unfortunately, for tens of thousands of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, that's a promise that only exists on paper.
Corporal Phillipe Louis Jean: When I Got Back from Iraq, They Tried to Deport Me
Specialist Joshua Casteel: Abu Ghraib Interrogator Meets With the Pope
Lance Corporal Jeff Key: Gay Marine Comes Out on CNN
Sergeant Todd Bowers: While I Was in Iraq, My Student Loans Were Sent to Collection
Sergeant James Dean: Afghan Vet Shot by Maryland State Troopers
Contacting Joshua Casteel
How can one contact Joshua Casteel?
Catholic church & Iraq
It was heartening to hear the catholic church and John Paul II come out against the Iraq War before it began, but once it started...silence...why aren't the church speaking out against the war and urging all catholic soldiers to become conscientious objectors in this illegal and unjust war? The silence is deafening, and everyone so much needs to hear...something...
Iraq
What is deafening is: the silence of the Islamic world about suicide bombers...this has been and is the biggest cause of the continuing violence in Iraq...imagine blowing up innocent people and children in the market place and believing that this is an act of bravery and "Allah" will bless you for doing it!!! The silence is truly deafening, and thunderously obtuse is the world view that would believe such a thing.