This holiday season marks the 100-year anniversary of one of the most remarkable moments in history: The 1914 Christmas Truce – when World War I soldiers battling on the Western Front laid down arms during the days leading up to Christmas. Gifts and cigar ...
1 Dec 2014 - Emily Green
Former Marine and member of Portland’s Veterans for Peace chapter, Dan Shea knows the lasting effects of the Vietnam War all too well. In 1977 his first child was born with a number of birth defects that he believes were the result of his exposure to Agen ...
10 May 2014 - Emily Green
The vets came to town: An immersion into the anti-war movement at the Veterans for Peace National Conference By Martha Gies, Contributing Writer There was not much promise in the week beginning August 1. On Tuesday, following the Congressional battle over ...
30 Aug 2011 - Street Roots
Street Roots honored by Portland's Veterans For Peace Leo Rhodes, (above) Street Roots vendor, board member and columnist, recently accepted an award from the Portland Chapter of Veterans For Peace for the paper’s ongoing work to raise awareness abou ...
9 Aug 2011 - Street Roots