Chat from webinar on GI resistance and antiwar movement

 GIs for Peace and the Antiwar Movement


“Thank You for Your Service (for Peace)”

Thursday, November 9, 6 p.m. EST

https://vnpeacecomm.blogspot.com/2023/10/civilian-support-for-gi-resistance.html


18:00:14 From  Jean Pfaelzer   to   Hosts and panelists : Great work Paul and co! warmly Jeannie Pfaelzer

18:01:24 From  James M Branum   to   Hosts and panelists : So nice to see you Kathy!

18:02:17 From  cheryl h   to   Hosts and panelists : Greetings and thank you for hosting this webinar and all of your work towards creating the world we all deserve! I hope this will be recorded because I have a medical appointment so unfortunately cannot stay long.💖

18:02:44 From  Terry Murray   to   Hosts and panelists : Around the *world*! I’m in Canada.

18:05:22 From  Mike Ferner   to   Hosts and panelists : THANK YOU FOR ORGANIZING THIS AND PRESENTING!  What a valuable service to history.  Mike Ferner, VFP

18:10:05 From  Andy Berman   to   Hosts and panelists : As a Vietnam-era GI war resister whose punishment was greatly mitigated by the support of the civilian antiwar movement, I wonder how can former military resisters and their peace movement supporters might use their experiences and moral authority to support Russian soldiers and Russian protesters who oppose their country's horrific aggression in Ukraine? These heroic Russians need to hear and see support from the US peace movement instead of its repetitions of Putin’s narrative that NATO started the war. – Andy Berman

18:20:03 From  Andy Berman   to   Hosts and panelists : Susan Schnall, why won't Veterans for Peace demand from Putin what we demanded from Nixon: BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW.? The United Nations has demanded by a vote 141-7 for "immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine". Yet VFP often repeats Putin's narrative the NATO started the war and refuses to support what the UN demands.

18:34:59 From  Mike Ferner   to   Hosts and panelists : John Kent-- thank you for your story. I hope you'll join VFP.  Mike Ferner, HM3, USS Hancock

18:40:53 From  Mike Ferner   to   Hosts and panelists : Kathy, thank you!  The Pacific Counseling Service in Oakland was very helpful when I was getting out as a C.O.  Bless all those counselors, ACLU, NLG.  Mike Ferner USS Hancock CVA-19 out of Alameda.  And I DO remember "Turning the Regs Around."  I used the regs to drive the brass crazy on the carrier while waiting for them to rule on my C.O. application.

18:42:43 From  Mike Ferner   to   Hosts and panelists : JJ-- Thank you so much. We were in a brief zoom call when Tarak Kauff wanted you to help with "Peace in Our Times" and "Peace and Planet News."  I'd appreciate being able to correspond with you.  Mike Ferner, VFP

18:45:54 From  Steve Morse : I want to provide the link to what I believe is the largest collection of the GI underground press from the Viet Nam War, which was compiled by James Lewes - https://www.jstor.org/site/reveal-digital/independent-voices/gi-press/?searchkey=1699570735251

18:48:17 From  Gary Ghirardi : Could Veterans for Peace chapters be interested in assisting the following project?

Elective Military Corps Programs in Schools Should Not Be Forced Upon Minority and Low-income Students JROTC is a program taught in 3500 high schools across the country by retired military officers. The Pentagon has claimed that JROTC is supposed to be an elective. TheNew York Times found that thousands of public school students were being funneled into JROTC classes without ever having chosen them.

The TECMITS project seeks to identify schools where youth are placed involuntarily. Elizabeth Frank from the support team on this task force's outreach is willing to followup if school districts are identified taking part in this practice of violating student rights and parental consent.

 #JROTC #RespectParentalChoice

https://endcom.org/

18:49:39 From  Dana Moss : To echo Paul's comment - thank you John Kent for your incredible work on making this movement visible on Wikipedia!!!

18:51:07 From  Nancy Wechsler : Paul was on the board of RESIST when I worked there.

18:51:20 From  Mike Ferner   to   Hosts and panelists : Gary, plz send me an email on this so I don't lose it here.  mike@veteransforpeace.org  here in Toledo we worked for a couple years to get the f...g recruiters out of the public schools.

18:52:52 From  John McAuliff   to   Fred Gardner and all panelists : Do you want me to recognize you to speak for a couple of minutes?

18:53:03 From  Daniel Dlugose : During my time in the Pacific I lived on Guam in 1997 and knew that every night the B-52s would be flying round trop to flatten Hanoi. When I got to my Hospital ship- Sanctuary AH-17, one of the patients was a toddler whose leg was burnt and charred with Napalm. Later I had no respect for any military authorities, of other Navy people from Warrant officers and up.

18:54:55 From  Matthew Rinaldi : There was no "grass" smoked at the coffe houses/

18:58:48 From  Mike Ferner : On the USS Hancock, the Marines were guarding the main reduction gear after someone on the Ranger dropped in some bolts and kept it in drydock in Alameda for months.  On my first cruise out of the base, a friend took me on a tour. On the hangar deck I noticed Marines standing at rest between the fighter jets with M-1s.  I asked  my friend "who are they guarding the planes from?"  He responded "from us."  I loved it!

18:59:09 From  Andy Berman   to   Hosts and panelists : Paul, I was in Basic Training in Fort Lewis when the vets in Washington DC threw their medals over the fence to Congress.  The mood of the new recruits in Basic Training was exceedingly sober!

19:01:18 From  Mike Ferner : Pacific Counseling Service helped me get out as a C.O. and the ACLU represented me on the 1st amendment case when I got busted for circulating a petition to Ron Dellums for a Congressional investigation to keep the USS Hancock from going back to Viet Nam.  Bless them all!

19:01:25 From  Andy Berman   to   Hosts and panelists : Kudos to LMDC Lawyers Military Defense Committe which based in Germany did tremendous work in support of dissident GIs.

19:01:51 From  Lynn Estomin : To see writing/poetry by Iraq/Afghanistan vets, as well as some Vietnam era vets, check out www.warriorwriters.org

19:01:54 From  Michael Turek : How can we get our stories out into the mainstream? I've found most people who were not in the military during the Vietnam War or active against the war are not interested. A couple of years ago I offered a lecture in our local Osher Life Long Learning (OLLI) program on the GI Peace Movement, four people showed up.

19:02:54 From  Elise Lemire : I just chaired a panel with the members of VVAW who organized Operation POW.  Two audience members claimed that they had been called baby killers.  This and the spitting never happened, right?  So how do you handle those claims when people make them?

19:03:47 From  Jack Malinowski   to   Hosts and panelists : What a great panel of speakers!  Thank you.

19:04:04 From  Mike Ferner : Before I got out, I was always happy to see demonstrations.  On Armed Farces Day 1972, at the Great Lakes Naval Hospital, there was a great demo around the base.  I was living in base housing with my wife and got busted for hanging a hospital sheet with a big peace sign painted on it, on the fence facing the street.  That was the first thing I did as a resister and it felt great!

19:05:44 From  Lee Lee   to   Hosts and panelists : What are search terms for Wikipedia that you are referencing or please post links

19:05:48 From  Robert Levering : Vets led the 1969 Mobe march on Washington as David Cortright describes in "The Movement and the 'Madman'" documentary film.

19:06:15 From  John Catalinotto   to   Hosts and panelists : I organized with the American Servicemen’s Union — in 1968 and definitely by the time of the big protests in the fall of 1969, we were overwhelmed with invitations from all sorts of peace movement teach-ins. It was never really a problem.

19:06:53 From  Katherine Sogolow   to   Hosts and panelists : Thanks all for the various links!

19:08:17 From  John Catalinotto : In the American Servicemen’s Union by 1968 and 1969 we were overwhelmed with invitations for teach ins, etc. There was no hostility from the movement toward GIs.

19:09:42 From  Andy Berman   to   Hosts and panelists : Watch for upcoming new book about the progressive lawyers at US bases in Asia, Europe and the US supporting GI resistance  "They Also Served"

19:10:24 From  Josh Gould   to   Hosts and panelists : Let’s not forget Dave Cline, the Ft. Hood 43 and so many more.

19:10:50 From  Mike Ferner : RIGHT ON, SUSAN SCHNALL!!!  Stop the madness and the madmen!

19:11:14 From  Andy Berman   to   Hosts and panelists : Susan, why won't you demand an end to RUSSIAN WEAPONS to Ukraine?

19:13:17 From  Mike Tork : Good panel and discussion.  As the saying goes, I didn’t serve I was used.

19:13:37 From  Andy Berman   to   Hosts and panelists : Demanding that Ukraine not get the means to defend their country from the invasion is Putin's greatest desire.

19:14:41 From  Lee Lee   to   Hosts and panelists : My chat glitched and was cleared. Please repost info re Wikipedia

19:14:43 From  Mike Ferner : Tork!  good to see ya!  It's 4:20 my time. How about you?

19:15:00 From  James M Branum : I hope the panelists can briefly mention the role that the GI resistance movement of the Vietnam era inspired and fueled anti-war pro-servicemember activism in the more recent era, particularly with the coffeehouses that were active around 2008-2012 or so.  --- the big part of that was the Sir No Sir documentary, which inspired many of us.

I'll also mention that at Fort Hood we even had a undergroud newspaper for awhile (also inspired by what happened in the 1960's and 1970's).

Here are links to the issues that we put out:

https://ia802708.us.archive.org/9/items/zinelibrary-torrent/not-so-great-place-issue1.pdf

https://ia902708.us.archive.org/9/items/zinelibrary-torrent/not-so-great-place-issue2-final.pdf

19:15:25 From  Michael Turek : I don't know if its still there but "Sir. No Sir" was available on Netflix.

19:15:36 From  Nancy Wechsler : your local library might have them on Kanopy

19:15:52 From  Ken Mayers   to   Hosts and panelists : Great seeing Susan, of course, as well as input from Ferner and Tork.

19:16:53 From  Ken Mayers : Great seeing Susan, of course, as well as the Mikes — Tork and Ferner.

19:16:55 From  James M Branum : @John Catalinotto, very excited to hear from someone who was involved with the American Servicemen's Union. I've been inspired by the story of its founding ever since reading the book "Up against the brass" which tells about Andy Stapp at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

19:17:26 From  Mike Ferner : Absolutely right, JJ!  I learned early that the louder and more public I was, the better.

19:18:30 From  Andy Berman   to   Hosts and panelists : JJ is right on! Using the outside media particularly towards the latter part of the war gave the antiwar movement significant power.

19:18:41 From  R Griffin   to   Hosts and panelists : I have to go, and hate to just drop this here without staying for a discussion, but I want to say I cannot unite with a program to stop arms supplies to Ukraine.

19:18:52 From  Josh Gould : Sir No Sir is on Netflix. In all the comments about the development of the G.I. Movement lets not forget how heroic the Vietnamese fought the war.  The tet offensive had a tremendous impact.

19:19:13 From  Ernest Muhly : Links to you Blog page and other resources?

19:20:29 From  James M Branum : Here's some links about the more recent coffeehouses...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Hood_Caf%C3%A9

19:20:32 From  Mike Ferner : The madmen knew what they were doing having an all-volunteer military!

19:20:50 From  Elise Lemire : So true, Susan!!!

19:21:27 From  John Catalinotto : To check out all the GI publications, you can see the University of Wisconsin collection: https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/p15932coll8

19:21:48 From  Mike Ferner : Damn right, Susan!!

19:21:52 From  James M Branum : Here's an article about Coffee Strong, which was near Fort Lewis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Strong

19:23:08 From  Michael Turek : Good point. I enlisted in the Air Force while still in high school in 1968 and became involved in the GI Movement in 1970.

19:23:09 From  Rick Jahnkow   to   Hosts and panelists : Better than a draft would be requiring tax forms to show how much the payer is taxed to pay for U.S. wars. Also, I agree with Kathy's point about enlistees being more likely to speak out.

19:23:48 From  James M Branum : There were also coffeehouses in the Iraq war era at Norfolk, VA and at Fort Drum, NY, but don't know as much about them.

19:24:01 From  Camillo Mac Bica   to   Hosts and panelists : https://truthout.org/articles/rich-mans-war-and-a-poor-mans-fight/

19:24:05 From  Andy Berman   to   Hosts and panelists : The greatest war crimes going on today are being done by the indicted war criminal Vladimir Putin, who the International Crimiinal Court has cited. Seeing only the US as the only source of war crimes is a weakness of the US peace community.

19:24:39 From  John Catalinotto : During the Iraq occupation, someone who organized legal defense for GIs during Vietnam helped set up the Fort Drum coffee house. He died suddenly as all this was happening (I can’t remember his name)

19:26:22 From  Lee Lee   to   Hosts and panelists : Susan exactly!  As a high school teacher in poverty high school I can tell you that ROTC and recruiters were invited to our assemblies and other activities whereas they weren’t allowed at the white wealthy districts in our county. The wealthier parents would not allow it. Many of my students enlisted absolutely get jobs, skills, and an education.

19:27:26 From  Mike Ferner : The empire's madmen (and admen) have so perverted young peoples' genuine interest in serving the greater good and being part of "something bigger than myself."  Those are two admirable sentiments and the madmen are good at perverting it into recruiting.  But that sense of good spirit could be satisfied with the old CCC-- Civilian Conservation Corps

19:28:18 From  Andy Berman   to   Hosts and panelists : Thank you John for your remarks on Ukraine.

19:28:25 From  James M Branum : Another element of the ending of the coffeehouses was the internet. Positively the internet provided another source of organizing (i.e. most of the newspapers we distributed at Fort Hood were actually read online, rather than in print form). Negatively, a lot of the troops didn't feel the need for an outlet to socialize off-post because the internet provided those social outlets.

19:28:54 From  Dana Moss : Resisters from Russia should be given asylum in other countries. This is vital for peace!!!

19:29:24 From  Mike Ferner : https://www.veteransforpeace.org/

19:29:27 From  James M Branum : FYI - CCW and some other groups are working together to put together a training in December about ways to support Russian and Ukrainian war resisters, particularly those who are seeking asylum in the US. One of our speakers will be an attorney who has been successful in some of these asylum cases.

19:30:41 From  Dana Moss : Thank you all for your incredible testimonies and continued work for peace, both in action and in spirit. See you on the 29th of Nov!

19:30:43 From  Mike Ferner : THANK YOU!!!

19:30:49 From  Linda Lamont : Thank you for an interesting discussion.

19:30:50 From  Andy Berman   to   Hosts and panelists : No Susan, VFP's position on Ukraine is basically aligned with Russia....repeated the NATO started the war lie and demanding an end to weapons to Ukraine's defense but silence on Russian weapons for occupation.

19:30:57 From  James M Branum : Thank you all so much for making this event happen. Very inspiring and hopeful to hear from those who have done so much for the sake of peace and liberating the troops.

19:31:01 From  Michael Turek : Thank you and PEACE

19:31:02 From  Mike Tork : Thanks

19:31:07 From  Harold Appel   to   Hosts and panelists : Thanks all.

19:31:21 From  Kamala Platt : Thank you all so much!

19:31:23 From  Gloria Switzer : Thank you!!  I'll tune in 11-29.

19:31:25 From  rob boudewijn : Thanks

19:31:28 From  Josh Gould   to   Hosts and panelists : Good to see you Paul. Josh Gould

19:31:42 From  James M Branum : Peace, Shalom and Salaam!

19:31:49 From  Lee Lee   to   Hosts and panelists : Incredible resources. Thank you peace


UC Boulder Waging Peace

 





Webinar Registration links for Waging Peace in Vietnam Events at CU Boulder

 

Screening of documentary on GI Antiwar Movement Sir! No Sir!

https://cuboulder.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TdRKQvo_TWGZnW-kB658-g

 

Talk by Ron Haeberle

https://cuboulder.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_968hLiMASV6eOULL_dN54A

 

Film Screening, The Whistleblower of My Lai

https://cuboulder.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pego8xG3Twmf7SHGNRJSZA

 

Panel Discussion on the Legacies of War

https://cuboulder.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jccMzKXYTaWwvuAEruxZFQ

 

Book Talk: Defending Black Sailors from Discriminatory Prosecution

https://cuboulder.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IKeYkRjkT2yvVODHgpIuFA

 

Poetry of the War in Vietnam and its Consequences

https://cuboulder.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rI46UGf1T-ej8eFT7eJzWA

 


Flyer for GIs and Antiwar Movement


Register for the November 9 zoom by clicking here 

 https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P0qSWPKURQebqaMBHQrGOw


Register for the November 29 zoom by clicking here  

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tnW0ygLaTtC6ut5klUcBjg



For on-line rental and purchase:

F TA   click here   https://kinonow.com/film/f-t-a-new-restoration/6026c49d5eec3d0001993a31

Sir! No Sir!   click here   https://kinonow.com/film/sir-no-sir/606c9858a5805100010bddf1

The Whistleblower of My Lai  click here    https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thewhistleblowerofmylai


Webinar: Civilian Support for GI Resistance

GIs for Peace and the Antiwar Movement

Join us for two programs that explore the support of the wider antiwar movement for active-duty service members who opposed the Vietnam War.




Films of the GI Antiwar Resistance

Wednesday, November 29, 8 p.m., EST


youtube video, click here

https://youtu.be/7DamRI2FZ9g

chat from webinar, click here

https://vnpeacecomm.blogspot.com/2023/12/chat-from-films-about-gi-resistance.html


A panel of filmmakers discussing their role in producing films on the scale and impact of the GI movement, the role of artists in supporting antiwar soldiers, and honoring helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson who tried to halt the killing and rescue civilians in the midst of the My Lai massacre.

• Paul Lauter, moderator, former President American Studies Association

Jane Fonda, producer/performer of FTA (1972)

Holly Near, musical artist and performer for FTA

David Zeiger, director of Sir! No Sir! (2005)

Connie Field, director of The Whistleblower of My Lai (2018)   [unable to participate, see link below to earlier program featuring her film]


Please watch the films before the November 29 program. 

FTA and Sir! No Sir! are available on Netflix. The Whistleblower of My Lai is available on Vimeo. 


For on-line rental and purchase:

FTA   click here   https://kinonow.com/film/f-t-a-new-restoration/6026c49d5eec3d0001993a31

Sir! No Sir!   click here   https://kinonow.com/film/sir-no-sir/606c9858a5805100010bddf1

The Whistleblower of My Lai  click here    https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thewhistleblowerofmylai


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“Thank You for Your Service (for Peace)”

Thursday, November 9, 6 p.m. EST


For the youtube video of the webinar click here  https://youtu.be/OsIGNbs0uZQ  

Please share it as widely as possible.  



This program offers a different twist to Armistice Day commemorations by recalling the tens of thousands of service members who opposed war and militarism during the Vietnam War and the civilians who helped them.

•  John McAuliff, moderator, Coordinator Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee; Executive Director, Fund for Reconciliation and Development

•  J.J. Johnson, a member of the Ft. Hood Three who refused orders for Vietnam in 1966 in one of the earliest acts of collective GI resistance to the war

•  Susan Schnall, Navy nurse who was court-martialed for helping to organize an antiwar march of soldiers and civilians in San Francisco in 1968, currently President of Veterans Fo Peace

•  John Kent, a former Navy fighter pilot who turned in his wings rather than fly combat missions in Vietnam and helped to organize the Concerned Officers Movement

• Kathy Gilberd, executive director of the National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force, a specialist on GI rights who was active in the antiwar movement and helped to provide legal aid for GI organizing

•  Paul Lauter, former Chicago Region Peace Education Secretary of the American Friends Service Committee and executive director of the U.S. Servicemen’s Fund, which provided support for GI coffeehouses, underground newspapers, and organizing projects


Bios

David Cortright enlisted in the Army in 1968. After experiencing a crisis of conscience, he organized against the Vietnam War at Ft. Wadsworth, New York, and Ft. Bliss, Texas. While on active duty he filed a federal lawsuit against the Army, Cortright v Resor, to defend GI rights to dissent against unjust war. He was an active member of GIs for Peace at Ft. Bliss and wrote for its paper, The Gigline. He is the author of Soldiers in Revolt: GI Resistance Agaainst the Vietnam War (2d edition, Haymarket, 2005).  His latest book  is A Peaceful Superpower: Lessons from the World's Largest Antiwar Movement (New Village Press, 2023). 

 

Jane Fonda is a film icon and recipient of two Academy Awards, two British-Academy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards and many other accolades for her stage, film and television artistry. She protested against the Vietnam War and supported active-duty GIs and Vietnam veterans who were organizing against the war. She was the creator and lead performer in the FTA Show and toured with the show and performed n the show at American military bases in the US and in the Pacific. She is the co-producer of the documentary film FTA.

 

JJ Johnson was a member of the Ft. Hood Three. While stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, in the 142nd Signal Company, 2nd Armored Division in 1966, Johnson, Dennis Mora and David Samas publicly refused orders to Vietnam. They were sentenced and imprisoned for three years at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.  He later served as communications director for SEIU Local 144 and AFSCME Local 1707.

 

Kathleen Gilberd has worked as a military counselor for five decades, assisting conscientious objectors, soldiers fighting sexual harassment and racial discrimination, GI whistleblowers, soldiers and sailors accused under “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policies, and veterans unfairly denied benefits after “bad paper discharges.” She is the executive director of the National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force and a frequent contributor to its legal publication, On Watch. She is co-author of Fighting Back, which was for many years the only legal manual on military policy on homosexuality, and a contributing author for the respected legal manual, Sexual Orientation and the Law.

 

John Kent is a 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD, where he was a Company Commander and two-time All-American Wrestler. After graduation he became a jet fighter pilot, but refused to fly combat missions in Vietnam and turned in his wings. He helped to organize the San Diego Chapter of the Concerned Officers Movement and worked with Vietnam Veterans Against the War. He has remained active in radical politics ever since and currently writes for Wikipedia and other publications.


Paul Lauter is a former Chicago Region Peace Education Secretary of the American Friends Service Committee and executive director of the U.S. Servicemen’s Fund. During the 1960s he worked in freedom schools in Mississippi, in Roosevelt University's Upward Bound program, and as director of the first community school project in the nation, in Washington, D.C.  He is the author of Our Sixties: An Activist’s History (University of Rochester Press, 2020) and co-founder of The Feminist Press. He served as President of the American Studies Association.


 Holly Near is a singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist. She has appeared in numerous films and televisions programs, including Slaughter House Five and All in the Family and has performed at innumerable rallies and demonstrations for peace, women’s rights and other social justice issues. She has composed many songs, including Singing for Our Lives. She actively opposed the Vietnam War and joined Jane Fonda as a cast member and performer in the FTA Show.


 

Susan Schnall is the Co-Coordinator of Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign and an Assistant Professor at New York University in Health Policy and Planning. She is a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Veterans For Peace, and the American Public Health Association. While a member of the U.S. Navy in 1969, she was tried and convicted by a general court martial for her anti-war activities, after which she worked with the United States Servicemen’s Fund in New York raising money for the GI coffee houses.

 

David Zeiger is a film director and producer. He is the director of Sir! No Sir! (2005), which won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Festival, Best Documentary at the Hamptons International Film Festival, the Seeds of War Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, and Best Film on War and Peace at the Vermont International Film Festival. He is the creator of the web series This is Where We Take Our Stand (2008-09).



 

 

Resources


Webinar on The Whistleblower of My Lai for the 53d anniversary of the massacre with Professor / author Howard Jones, Vietnam helicopter pilot Lawrence Wilkerson, Film maker Connie Field, Composer Jonathan Berger, Kronos Quartet's David Harrington, Music Performer Van-Anh Vo, Moderator John McAuliff  click here     https://vnpeacecomm.blogspot.com/2021/02/webinar-on-whistleblower-of-my-lai.html


US Servicemen's Fund in Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Servicemen%27s_Fund#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20Servicemen's%20Fund,1968%20and%20continued%20through%201973.


James Lewes worked tirelessly gathering the biggest collection of underground GI newspapers and leaflets.   https://www.jstor.org/site/reveal-digital/independent-voices/gi-press/?searchkey=1699031194702

David Cortright on Russian Antiwar Movement; Ukrainian COs

 

‘A patriotic act’ What Russia’s anti-war activists can learn from Americans who resisted the Vietnam War

2:29 pm, August 21, 2023

Source: Meduza

David Cortright is an American anti-war activist who spoke out against the Vietnam War while serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army from 1968–1971. After the war came to an end, Cortright researched peacekeeping processes, advised the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and wrote several research papers on the use of multilateral sanctions. Meduza spoke to Cortright about how America’s anti-war movement developed throughout the course of the Vietnam War and what Russian anti-war activists can learn from their American counterparts.

David Cortright

David Cortright was conscripted into the U.S. Army in 1968 — at the height of the Vietnam War. He volunteered for stateside duty, which allowed him to avoid fighting in Vietnam. Once he started to learn about the horrors of the war and the history of the conflict, he began speaking out against it, along with many others who had been drafted to fight. “I realized that I was part of an army fighting an unjust war in Vietnam. I felt ashamed and angry with myself,” he told Meduza. “I could not continue with business as usual, so I decided to speak out publicly against the war.” In 1970, Cortright filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army, defending the right to dissent against the war.

Supporting those who fled abroad

Americans who refused to fight in Vietnam would often flee abroad, where they received support from local anti-war groups in the form of legal counseling, cultural adjustment, and coverage of housing and living expenses. Cortright said he believes Russian war resisters should receive the same support. “We should welcome and support those who flee Putin’s illegal war,” he told Meduza. “When Russians refuse to serve in the war or protest against it, they are supporting the cause of peace. They are allies of all of us who want to see this war end. We should do everything we can to encourage and support those fleeing to Europe and other countries to avoid the war.”

Cortright also said he views it as “counterproductive” for European states to set up barriers for those fleeing Russia. While he recognizes that European states have legitimate security concerns, he said, measures like providing customs control with additional resources could help address this issue.

In addition to the importance of helping people who flee abroad, Cortright emphasized the need to provide legal counsel to people still in Russia who are faced with conscription orders.Jan Rose Kasmir resists the U.S. National Guard at the Pentagon during an anti-war march on October 21, 1967.

 

War crimes

Asked about war crimes committed by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War and if they can help inform our understanding of Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine, Cortright explained:

War crimes inevitably occur in an imperialist war. The invaders delude themselves in thinking that the local population will welcome them, but instead they face armed resistance. People do not want to be invaded by hostile powers, and they will fight to defend their homeland. Faced with such pervasive resistance, the invading forces resort to illegal violence against civilians. In each case, the invading forces attacked civilians and bombed cities and towns indiscriminately.

Both wars [Vietnam and Ukraine] are crimes in the larger sense of violating the Article 2 (4) of the U.N. Charter, which prohibits the use of force against other states. Both states [the U.S. and Russia] are guilty of the crime of military aggression, which is considered the supreme crime of international law, that which contains within it the evil of the whole.

He noted, however, that the U.S. government and the population still do not acknowledge that they committed war crimes in Vietnam. No government agency, he said, has yet taken responsibility for the massacres and indiscriminate bombing of civilian populations there.

 

Comparing imperialist wars

When justifying its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government often refers to America’s wars in Vietnam and Iraq, arguing that the country wasn’t made a pariah or sanctioned in response to either conflict. Cortright suggested that Russia making such a comparison “calls attention to [the Kremlin’s] own illegal action of waging war against a sovereign nation in violation of the U.N. Charter.”

At the same time, he argued that the U.S. was indeed made into a pariah after starting the war in Iraq. The U.N. Security Council twice rejected U.S. requests for approval for use of force and few states other than the U.K. supported America’s “coalition of the willing.” This is mirrored in the lack of support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, as the majority of U.N. member states have voted in favor of condemning the war.

Cortright said he agreed that America’s wars in Vietnam and Iraq were “blatant examples of military aggression in violation of the U.N. Charter, which prohibits states from using force against another state except in self-defense or when authorized by the Security Council.” But even so, he told Meduza, this is no justification for Russia’s actions in Ukraine. “Two wrongs don’t make a right,” said Cortright.

The role of targeted sanctions

Cortright expressed his support for employing targeted sanctions against Russia, arguing that they help “signal international opposition to Russia’s war” and “constrain Russia’s warmaking capability.” At the same time, he said, exemptions should be made for civilians and civil society groups working toward peace.

In Cortright’s view, sanctions against Russia should be used as “bargaining leverage.” To this end, it should be publicly stated that “such sanctions will be lifted once Russia withdraws its troops from Ukraine.”

The offer of sanctions relief has been used in other settings as an inducement for concessions from the targeted regime and [has] helped to achieve diplomatic agreements.

 

Resistance to mobilization

Resistance to mobilization in September 2022 was the Russian anti-war movement’s “greatest success,” according to Cortright. “This was quite unprecedented in the history of anti-war movements, larger than any wave of draft resistance during the Vietnam anti-war movement in the U.S,” and it created a “significant challenge to the war-making machine,” he said.

Responding to criticism of Russian dissenters who haven’t openly spoken out against the war, Cortright said such condemnations don’t take into account the country’s “repressive climate.”

When the legal penalties for open anti-war dissent are as great as they are in Russia, soldiers who have grievances will not usually frame their concerns as anti-war or anti-military. Regardless of how they are explained, dissent actions are objectively contrary to the military mission, and they should be understood as an important reflection of a weakened will to fight within the army.

 

Collaboration between anti-war movements

While collaborating with anti-war movements from other countries can be important, Cortright argued that Russia’s anti-war movement should do this carefully to maintain domestic legitimacy. “The anti-war movement must be perceived as nationally rooted and patriotic in its character,” he explained.

Opinion polls in Russia indicate that there is considerable support for negotiations to end the war. Noting this, Cortright suggested that it would be particularly helpful for movements in Russia to coordinate with other countries to maintain the same messaging regarding demands for negotiations that can put an end to the war. This, however, should be clearly distinguished from the Kremlin’s position, which “disingenuously calls for a ceasefire without linking it to other conditions or mentioning the need for third party monitoring, and while ignoring the demand for the withdrawal of Russian troops.”

What the Russian anti-war movement should be working toward, Cortright argued, is a peace process “rigorously monitored by third party forces” and linked to “a political process for the withdrawal of troops and negotiations for resolving territorial issues at the root of the conflict.” This may not happen quickly, he said, but it’s nonetheless important to apply ongoing political pressure towards a negotiated end to the war.

 

Banner reading “Vietnam Veterans Against War” at an anti-war demonstration in May 1971.Advice for Russia’s anti-war movement

When the Vietnam War first started, public opinion in the U.S. largely supported the war effort. As Cortright noted, American anti-war activists were called “unpatriotic,” “subversives,” “communists,” and “agents of Moscow” by the U.S. government. But as the war dragged on, opposition among the population grew steadily. “The key factors driving anti-war sentiment were the rising toll of casualties among U.S. troops, the economic and social costs of the war in U.S. society, and the increasing sense of futility and recognition that there could be no military victory in Vietnam,” he explained.

This experience can be applied to Russia’s anti-war movement, Cortright said. In his view, it’s especially important to emphasize the war’s human toll, specifically “the numbers of soldiers who are dying needlessly,” and the “many others who are maimed in battle,” as well as the “hardships all of this has inflicted on their families and loved ones.”

The media is another crucial tool for conveying “the honest story of the soldiers and those who refuse to participate in an illegal war,” Cortright told Meduza. Coverage of resisters and anti-war activists helps counter Kremlin propaganda and communicate the idea that working to stop an unjust war is itself “a patriotic act.”

Just as the U.S. anti-war movement gained respect as time went on, so likely will Russia’s, he speculated. As people in Russia begin to acknowledge the realities of a weakened economy, international isolation, high human costs, and “humiliation for the once mighty Russian army,” Kremlin propaganda will find it impossible to succeed:

As people begin to acknowledge these realities, they will also come to respect those who tried to warn against the danger. Hopefully people will recognize that the advocates for peace are the real heroes in this setting and deserve the gratitude and support of a grateful nation for trying to save Russia from ruin.

While most Americans agree that the war was a “disaster and never should have been fought,” veterans of the Vietnam War are still honored and respected in the U.S., Cortright pointed out. Criticism for the conflict is usually directed at the politicians and military leaders directly responsible for starting the conflict. “We condemn imperialist foreign policies, not the soldiers who are forced to serve in such unjust missions,” he said.

As for the civilians affected by war, many American anti-war activists helped people in Vietnam in order to show goodwill, demonstrate that “not all Americans were aggressors,” and “build positive friendly relations between the U.S. and Vietnam after the war.” He recommended that Russian anti-war activists engage in these types of activities “to overcome the hatreds and harms caused by war” and to help “prevent renewed war in the future.”

 

Interview by Alexander Finiarel

Summary by Sasha Slobodov

 

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/08/21/i-realized-i-was-part-of-an-army-fighting-an-unjust-war


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 Belief or Betrayal? Ukraine's Conscientious Objectors Face Hostility

The option of "alternative service" vanished after martial law was declared last year. But some have refused to serve, and now face jail time and skepticism about their motives.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/world/europe/ukraine-conscientious-objectors.html

Chat from Ellsberg program

 

18:29:24 From John McAuliff To Everyone:

                Speaker bios and a message from the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations can be seen here  https://vnpeacecomm.blogspot.com/2023/07/webinar-on-dan-ellsbergs-peace-activism.html

18:31:12 From John McAuliff To Everyone:

                If you want to leave a brief message about your personal experience with Dan, please include your full name and e-mail address for our follow-up.

18:32:33 From John McAuliff To Everyone:

                I wonder whether Dan ever reflected on how close the US and Viet Nam have become economically and strategically 48 years after the war ended.  Ironically one motive for US intervention was to block China despite Vietnamese history.  Today Viet Nam and the US are brought together by China’s military aggression and hegemonism in the South China (East) Sea.  Tragically three million deaths later, we got it right.

18:41:56 From Chet Tchozewski To Everyone:

                Resource on the Rocky Flats Truth Force:    

                April 29, 2023- 45th anniversary reunion of the Rocky Flats Truth Force 3.5 hours - Dan joins at about 1 hours and 30 minutes and talked for 45 minutes.  https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/VEycJ6pd-0Y8ShogrFnX7upSD9QzEebs6k2GapfT5yghvc6H-e1hwH8iXKmZXe1HFHM3iV8f5KgMthxM.5ppm3kS7d19-ctaR

                Jeff Gipe’s 10 minute video summary of the RFTF - https://vimeo.com/822239352/43691172d5

                Erik Sween’s 8 minute video of the 1983 Encirclement of Rocky Flats - https://vimeo.com/307318427

                Erik Sween’s curated web site of RFTF stories, photos and videos - https://www.rockyflatstruthforce.com/

19:04:50 From Tad Daley To Everyone:

                Hello colleagues and comrades. Tad Daley here with Citizens for Global Solutions in SoCal. I am so glad that we are paying tribute to Dan on Nagasaki Day ... which is well worth distinguishing from Hiroshima and which raises a different set of moral questions.

19:05:30 From Paul Sheldon To Everyone:

                Greetings from Ashland Oregon — thanks for doing this!

19:05:41 From Holley Rauen To All Panelists:

                Love from Holley Rauen.  Love to Patricia, Mary and whole family.

19:05:48 From Jeffrey Shurtleff To Everyone:

                Thanks John...I am Jeffrey Shurtleff in San Bruno CA

19:05:51 From Elena Holly Klaver To All Panelists:

                Greetings from Niwot/Boulder Colorado, Rocky flats Truth Force, this is Elena klaver

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19:05:57             From  Deb Reed : Hello from San Francisco, CA

19:05:58             From  Alison Blattner : Thank you all so much for hosting this program. I feel lucky to be here with all of you from Caro, MI

19:06:07             From  elizabeth lee : ELIZABETH LEE, ST ANTHONY, NEWFOUNDLAND, BEOTHUK TERRITORY, CANADA.  TIMES HAVE CHANGED, NOW JULIAN ASSANGE IS IN JAIL ILLEGALLY ALMOST DEPORTED TO THE US, FOR DOING EXACTLY WHAT ELLSBERG DID!! THANK YOU FOR HIS WEBINAR!

19:06:16             From  Ronald Schulz : Greetings from Seattle!

19:06:21             From  Mike Caruso : Greetings from Dundee, Oregon!

19:06:22             From  Steve Robinson   to   Hosts and panelists : Hello from Kent, Washington!

19:06:23             From  Shawn Driscoll   to   Hosts and panelists : Happy to be here from Worcester Massachusetts

19:06:28             From  Delia McGrath   to   Hosts and panelists : Hello, from Pacifica, CA

19:06:29             From  Jane Jarlsberg : glad to be here too!  from Joshua Tree

19:06:33             From  Terry Murray   to   Hosts and panelists : Terry Murray here in Toronto!

19:06:35             From  Holley Rauen : Holley Rauen, Olympia, WA.  Daniel Presente!

19:06:42             From  Mike Gaffney : Greetings from Arizona PBS - Lakeside, AZ

19:06:48             From  Kristen Iversen   to   Hosts and panelists : Hello from Colorado!

19:06:55             From  evelyn tischer : evelyn tischer from Regina, Canada. Very powerful video...

19:06:56             From  Edward Hasbrouck : Greeting of peace and resistance from the Mission District in San Francisco.

19:06:56             From  David Blake Willis   to   Hosts and panelists : Our Prayers for the People of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and for Daniel Ellsberg….  From the Land of the Nisenan in Sacramento, California

19:07:01             From  Kathy Kelly : Thank you from St. Charles, IL - wonderful to say Presente together

19:07:02             From  Mary Posner : I am so pleased to be able to share this experience with all of you.  Thanks to Robert Levering and his colleagues for putting this program together.

19:07:04             From  Alex Knopp   to   Hosts and panelists : Greetings from Alex Knopp from Norwalk, CT

19:07:06             From  Jim Andersen   to   Hosts and panelists : Greetings from Elk Grove, California

19:07:17             From  Jon Seward   to   Hosts and panelists : A  pleasure to be among Dan’s friends, once and still again. Let us honor his example.

19:07:30             From  Michael Bass : Greetings from Oakland, California

19:07:33             From  John Steiner : With blessings, gratitude and love, John Steiner and Margo King, Boulder, CO

19:07:34             From  lynn segal : From Boulder CO USA

19:07:35             From  TATANKA "KIT" BRICCA   to   Hosts and panelists : Kit Tatanka Bricca here, from Atascadero. So happy to be with all of your today and with Dan’s spirit. Carol & I wishing our Best to Patricia, Michael, Robert, and community.

19:07:36             From  Melanie Bennett : Greetings from TheWorldisMyCountry.com

19:07:38             From  WELDON NISLY : I\Weldon Nisly from Seattle, WA. Daniel Ellsberg has been one of my greatest heroes for more than a half century!

19:07:39             From  Lyn Adamson : Greetings from Toronto!  Treaty 13 territory, Dish with One Spoon treaty

19:07:40             From  Sam Coleman : Orange County Chapter 110 of Veterans For Peace —checkin’ in, and thank you organizers!!!

19:07:47             From  Barry Riesch : Barry Riesch Veterans For Peace MN Chapter 27

19:07:48             From  david slesinger : Hello from Dallas NC

19:07:49             From  Mary Yelenick : Thank you for this -  Mary Yelenick (Pax Christi International)

19:07:50             From  Media Benjamin   to   Jim Andersen and all panelists : Greetings from Washington DC.

19:07:52             From  Ellen Sleeter : Ellen Sleeter, Quaker and Peace Activist from Philly

19:07:56             From  Jack & Felice Cohen-Joppa : Greetings from Tucson, Arizona and the Nuclear Resister - Jack & Felice Cohen-Joppa

19:08:14             From  Barbara Harrison : Hello from Ithaca, NY

19:08:23             From  Svetlana Darche : Hi from Svetlana Darche in Marin County

19:08:26             From  Stephen Scalmanini : Hello from Ukiah, CA and VFP-116 (Mendocino County, CA)

19:08:29             From  Vivien Sharples : Hi from Seattle!

19:08:30             From  Ronald Schulz : remschulz@hotmail.com

19:08:35             From  Terry Murray   to   Hosts and panelists : Lyn Adamson: I’m in Toronto too!

19:08:40             From  Pamela Brubaker : Greetings from Bethlehem, PA.

19:08:41             From  Jessie Cocks   to   Hosts and panelists : Jessie Cocks she/her from The American Peace Test days in NV (mid-late 1980’s). Dan stayed at my place during the Back Country Actions. Jessiecocks@gmail.com

19:08:48             From  colin holloway : Colin in The Pecos, staring down the horror on the hill (Los Alamos) from across the valley

19:08:51             From  Marla&Kasha Slavner : Greetings from Toronto, Treaty 13 territory Dish with One Spoon treaty

19:08:51             From  Christian Appy   to   Hosts and panelists : Thanks Robert. Greetings from UMass and the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy.

19:08:59             From  Lotus Yee Fong   to   Hosts and panelists : Yes, thanks.  Twice Bombed by James Cameron is a documentary about Yamaguchi Tsutomu who was in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Also, Rhapsody in August by Kurosawa about a widow with her four grandchildren after her husband died.  Pacific Life Community just vigiled at Lockheed Martin's Sunnyvale manufacturing plant.

19:09:05             From  catherine podojil   to   Hosts and panelists : Catherine from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, on Iroquois and Erie land.

19:09:06             From  alice slater : So glad to be here from Lenape land Manahatta place of many hills in MANHATTAN NY

19:09:12             From  Charles Fracchia   to   Hosts and panelists : Hello from San Francisco. I’m honored to have been arrested once with Daniel Ellsberg.

19:09:24             From  Sue Edwaards : Greetings from Swarthmore, PA, land of the Lenape.

19:09:25             From  Joe Volk   to   Hosts and panelists : greetings from Kendal at Longwood, Kennett Sq. PA

19:09:26             From  Sandy Polishuk : watching in Portland, Oregon

19:09:30             From  Holley Rauen : How wonderful to see you dear Patricia.

19:09:30             From  Mark Ginsburg : Greetings from the unceded territory of the Awaswas territory (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)

19:09:31             From  Martha Winnacker : Greetings from Berkeley, California, Ohlone land.

19:09:31             From  geoff shaskan   to   Hosts and panelists : Geoff Shaskan from Marin in California

19:09:35             From  Jennie Telfer   to   Hosts and panelists : Outside Chicago, IL.......

19:09:37             From  Edwina Vogan : Hello from Mesa, AZ and ancestral home of the O'odham and Pee Posh peoples.

19:09:55             From  Arthur Kanegis : Hi Pat!  You are the unsung hero of the Pentagon Papers.  I so loved the time we spent together in New Mexico with you and  your sister Barbara!

19:10:02             From  fred cook   to   Hosts and panelists : James W. Newton  jnewton@sfsu.edu

19:10:04             From  Cal Thunder Hawk : Hello, everyone from Cal Thunder Hawk -- Veterans For Peace!

19:10:16             From  Dorsey Blake   to   Hosts and panelists : Greetings. This is Rev. Dorsey Blake from the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples.  Thank you for this very important tribute to Daniel Ellsberg.

19:10:17             From  fred cook   to   Hosts and panelists : Fred V. Cook

19:10:20             From  Anna Koop : Blessings on you all from Sr. Anna Koop from Denver. Colorado.

19:10:24             From  Charles Fracchia : Hello from San Francisco. I have proudly been arrested once with Daniel Ellsberg.

19:10:34             From  David Blake Willis : Our Prayers for the People of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and for Daniel Ellsberg… From the Land of the Nisenan, Sacramento, California

19:10:36             From  Deb Reed : Patricia Ellsberg is making me cry. Blessings for all you did and continue to do.

19:10:43             From  Cynthia Papermaster   to   Hosts and panelists : Cynthia Papermaster, Ohlone Territory (Berkeley CA), arrested with Dan as one of the Vandenberg 15, protesting ICBM testing.

19:10:46             From  Charolett Baker : Hello Patricia!  You were at the National Women's Conference to Prevent Nuclear War in 1984, which I organized with Joanne Woodward.  Your sister was also there and we had lunch together another time.

19:10:47             From  Dorothy Houston : Greetings from Los Angeles, Tongva Gabrielino land

19:10:53             From  Carol Jensen : Greetings from Everett, WA

19:10:58             From  Stephanie Thomas   to   Hosts and panelists : Dear Patricia,

19:11:10             From  Stephanie Thomas   to   Hosts and panelists : Good to see you again!

19:11:19             From  Nanci Finley   to   Hosts and panelists : Hi All,  This is Nanci Finley (Bower). So happy to have this opportunity to honor and remember Dan. I remember Dan and Patricia from the Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice and also from my days in the War Resisters League, as well as my time with Peace Studies Program at Cal. My condolences to Patricia and the family. I am still in the San Francisco Bay Area. My email is: nfinleymft@att.net

19:11:30             From  Linda   to   Hosts and panelists : Greetings from Rhode Island.  Thank you for this presentation and tribute to a hero of mine.

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00:52:27             lynn segal:           My dad born in 1922 was a navigator flying missions in Italy,  but my mom died from plutonium used to make atomic bombs,  as a civilian.

00:52:52             lynn segal:           We are all responsible.

00:53:07             Holley Rauen:    Thank you so much for this beautiful gathering and your words Patricia. Daniel was such a kind and caring activist. He helped my young son Gabriel get through terrible PTSD after watching Brian Willson, his brand new “stepdad”  being run over by a weapons train.  The time, care and love and support he gave to us was a lifesaver

00:53:24             Susi Newborn:   Kia ora from Waiheke Island off the coast of Aotearoa / New Zealand. What a wahine toa (warrior woman) Patricia!

00:53:31             Joan Pelc:             So amazing to be here with these folks.  I feel like I took a trip…How many are on the cal?

00:54:03             elizabeth lee:      THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US BE PRESENT

00:54:36             Elena Holly Klaver:           Thank you and all love, Patricia!!! Thank you for being at his side all those years and for all your dedication to peace.  And thanks for “loaning” Dan to us in Colorado at Rocky Flats for so long.

00:54:59             Lynn Kessler:      Thank you Patricia for this wonderful tribute to your husband.

00:55:23             Melanie Bennett:             That was beautiful Patricia!

00:55:45             Marian Doub:    Rise in Power Dan! Much love and peace from San Francisco’s Mission District, Ramayytush Ohlone territory. Blessings to Pat and family from one of his Rocky Flats Truth Force sangha, Marian Doub.

00:55:54             Holly Baumann: I'm Holly Baumann in San Diego, CA. I got my early experience by being active in the Civil Rights movement and the anti-Vietnam war movement.

00:55:59             Jon Seward:        It was Dan not showing up for an event at Columbia U in the Spring of 1978, that sent me down the path of Direct Action.  He didn’t show, but he sent a cassette tape, and some photos that were projected, and he explained that he’d wanted to be there, but it was more important that he be hunkered down in an improvised tent during a blizzard, on the railroad tracks, obstructing the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility.  Found my way there a few months later.  Never looked back.

00:56:02             evelyn tischer:   thank you Patricia for your kindness and your courage

00:57:18             alice slater:          Patricia— what an inspiring talk! Thank you for all you did in support!

00:57:43             Mary Hanson:    Mary Hanson, Seattle WA. Patricia, you are an inspiration!

00:58:26             Robert Gould:    Greetings from SF Bay PSR, such a privilege to hear Patricia and all of you sharing your wonderful memories and contributions!

00:58:38             Steve Talbot:      Wonderful to hear Patricia Ellsberg's lively, heartfelt, inspiring words. And thank you, John, for your kind words about the film I made with Robert, The Movement and the "Madman," which includes a key interview with Dan, which we were able to do at his home in 2020. I had first interviewed Dan in 1980 for a documentary I made for KQED and PBS about nuclear weapons accident. He was so passionate and intelligent and remained so throughout his long, activist life.

00:59:18             Arthur Kanegis: So good to hear you Bob Eaton!  Arthur Kanegis here.  So good to see you here.

00:59:27             Will Kirkland:      Great words, Bob Eaton!

00:59:39             Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright:             Patricia, Beautiful tribute for Dan!  Thanks for all the remarkable support and encouragement you gave to Dan!!

00:59:41             Holley Rauen:    🙏🏽

01:00:25             Ann Suellentrop:               Greetings from PeaceWorks Kansas City, home to one of the eight major nuclear weapons production sites, the National Security Campus.  Three of us were arrested protesting there this year.

01:00:45             Kathy Kelly:         How can we keep from singing, Don and Patricia!

01:00:46             Jeffrey Shurtleff:               Wow...Thanks Bob Eaton....Presente ! David Victor Harris RIP...from Jeffrey Shurtleff...San Francisco CA

01:00:53             Joe Volk:              Hi, Bob, thank you for your insightful commentary. Much appreciated! hello to Wendy too — Joe

01:01:01             Eric Doub:           From Boulder, unceded Arapahoe and Ute lands, with gratitude for Dan and Patricia and all here and not here, being courageous in nonviolent action.

01:01:09             robin lloyd:         so glad to be here with the tribe…

01:01:22             Majeska Seese-Green:    Greetings to all, from Eugene, Oregon.

01:02:00             Barbara Harrison:             Patricia, Do I dare say that your influence began moving Dan in the direction of seeing the benefits of peace.

01:02:08             Dolores Heilbron:             Greetings to everyone, your words are very moving.

01:03:12             Quanta Dawn-Light:        Like to share this quote from a prayer for the departed souls on behalf of beloved Daniel Ellsberg---"O Thou Provider, O Thou Forgiver! A noble soul hath ascended unto the Kingdom of reality, and hastened from the mortal world of dust to the realm of everlasting glory. Exalt the station of this recently arrived guest, and attire this long-standing servant with a new and wondrous robe."--- Abdu'l-Baha

01:03:58             Steve Talbot:      Wonderful to hear Patricia Ellsberg's lively, heartfelt, inspiring words. And thank you, John, for your kind words about the film I made with Robert, The Movement and the "Madman," which includes a key interview with Dan, which we were able to do at his home in 2020. I had first interviewed Dan in 1980 for a documentary I made for KQED and PBS about nuclear weapons accident. He was so passionate and intelligent and remained so throughout his long, activist life. An honor to have known him.

01:04:12             TATANKA "KIT" BRICCA: Remembering Daniel, his words and presence at our wedding, myself and Joy Marcus, at the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society at Miramar on Half Moon Bay in March of 1979, holding up young Michael and peaking about ending nuclear war, the miracles that have spared us all, the entire Human Family, and speaking about the miracle of birth of Patricia and his young newborn….Many memories…introducing Dan (with Joan Baez) to the workers in Fresno, striking and picketing at the peach ranch—where he spoke about Robert Kennedy and Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez…. a couple memorable times with Patricia and Dan at Stinson Beach and at their home in Kensington—losing grip on Michael at their home resulting in a gash in his chin…the Love of Dan and Patricia…. many speeches of Dan between constantly inspired…his last conversation with me less than a week before the doctor’s prognosis of the end, inviting us up to their home the following week to spend a whole half day & meal together—the lilt in his voice that last conversation

01:05:20             Sarah Pirtle:        Here as part of Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, began in 1978 with Randy Kehler as the first director, and so Dan has been a guardian angel. Dan came to Western Mass when Randy and his partner Betsy Corner’s home was seized by the IRS for their ethical stand on not paying war taxes. When their house was being defended, Dan came to visit and speak in the home to a large crowd of supporters. So glad for this community. I like how Barbara Deming said “we nerve one another.”

01:05:45             Dolores Heilbron:             Greetings to everyone whose words are very moving.  Dan gave us advice, appeared here and inspired us at the FIrst Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco at Geary & Franklin Streets - for many years in the past. His life and spirit was great and will remain with us forever.  Thanks, Dolores Perez Heilbron of the UUSF Human Rights Working Group.  So good to see you all and your remembrances of Dan are important!

01:06:00             Herb Ettel:           Dan served on the speakers bureau for Mobilization for Survival '77-82 and narrated a video for National Whistleblower Center I produced 1995-- Herb, DC

01:06:20             Elena Holly Klaver:           I remember that truck!

01:06:44             Beverly Lyne:      Beverly Lyne from Boulder, my gratitude is overflowing...as a community health nurse I know our work connects us over space and time...

01:06:45             Holley Rauen:    Rocky Flats action was a big inspiration for Nuremberg Actions at the Concord Naval Weapons Station in 1987.  That is when Brian lost his legs.  Some people here are, like Dan and Brian, willing to Wage Peace with our Lives.  Gratitude.

01:06:48             elizabeth lee:      imagine trying to get you to die, just for letting people know plutonium is being driven across their state

01:07:07             Bill Roller:            Dearest Patricia,   Your words describing Dan's final days were quite moving. Thanks for your gracious presence and your friendship. Vivian and Bill

01:07:16             Marjorie Cohn:  Dan Ellsberg, Presente!

01:07:17             Alison Blattner: Iconic <3 thank you so much for sharing your story. How inspiring!!

01:07:22             Delia McGrath:  Thank you, everyone. Sorry I must leave. I hope we get a copy of this recorded event. Beautiful! ❤️❤️❤️🏽🏽🏽

01:07:41             John Steiner:      So moved by one of Dan’s messages to young people warning different times—- beware if you do what I did re pentagon papers you likely won’t get off and could spend much of your life in jail.  

Big love to you dear patricia💕🌎🙏🏼

01:07:43             Arthur Kanegis: Patricia's the real hero of the Pentagon Papers!

01:07:56             Alex Knopp:        Thank you Pat, who I met at several small meetings with Dan in Boston in the early 1970’s, and thank you Bob, a long-time family friend. I urge people and the press to recall that Dan is the most important personal link between Watergate and the Vietnam War. My own analysis along with many others’ during the past several decades is that Watergate was the Nixon pro-war campaign to attack the anti-war movement and to blame it (rightly, I think) for being such a major impediment to the military escalation of the war against North Vietnam and the PRG. Part of this is explained of course in the excellent PBS documentary The Movement and the Madman, produced by our host Robert Levering. But it was Dan’s actions to release the Pentagon Papers that led Nixon to create the Plumbers Unit in the White House and caused the efforts of Hunt and Liddy to discredit Dan that was at the center of the White House cover-up.

01:07:57             David Albert:      My wife went down to Barnwell in 1978 to train trainers and peacekeepers for actions there.

01:08:03             Kamala Platt:      Greetings from San Antonio, TX, Coahuiltecan land

01:08:07             Holley Rauen:    Ken Butigan 💜💜💜

01:08:32             geoff shaskan:   Good to see your name, Bill!

01:09:34             Daniel Shea:       Breaking Bread with Daniel Ellsberg 8/15/16

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL54n3yWygUMD2AjJkwuWXIk93yteDZo73

01:11:52             Dorsey Blake:     Good to see and hear you again, Ken.

01:11:59             Arthur Kanegis: During our Podcast with Dan and Nicholas Meyer, Dan discovered that his action helped trigger the making of "The Day After" - the ABC movie that convinced Reagan to not fight a nuclear war with Russia.  Search for Nicholas at https://PeoplePoweredPlanet.com

01:13:10             Nanci Finley:       Hi All,  This is Nanci Finley (Bower). So happy to have this opportunity to honor and remember Dan. I remember Dan and Patricia from the Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice in 1976, my days in War Resisters League, and my coordination of the Peace Studies Program at UC Berkeley. I remember getting arrested with Dan and many others at the Pentagon at the end of the Walk in DC. I thank Dan and Patricia for all of years of nonviolent actions. My condolences to Patricia and the family. I am still in the San Francisco Bay Area. My email is: nfinleymft@att.net


01:13:13             Eric Doub:           With Dan after being arrested at Livermore, I recall many arrestees giving their names as

First name: Adam

Second name: Balm

 So when the authorities called over the loudspeakers, joyous laughter would roll through the hundreds of us: "Adam Balm, Adam Balm, report to the processing desk."


01:13:35             Arthur Kanegis: You can also see Dan in the podcast about the movie "The Day After" at https://TheWorldIsMyCountry.com/www

01:13:40             Holley Rauen:    Jail Solidarity

01:14:00             elizabeth lee:      bravo bravo bravo

01:14:11             Vijaya Nagarajan:             Thank you, Patricia, for your beautiful, courageous words and powerful presence and life; and thank you, Bob, for your courage of your prison service and your unfolding, incredible life.

01:14:41             Rob F:    Robert Feraru from El Cerrito CA Thank you Dan and Patricia and all activists in our tribe!

01:15:30             Holley Rauen:    Oh David.  So good to see you! Love and gratitude.

01:15:58             Ann Wilcox:         As part of the National Lawyers Guild, I helped to support several mass arrests in Washington, DC (Veterans for Peace, Code Pink & other groups); support for Chelsea Manning and others.  Could connect the researchers with resources in the DC area.  Thank you for this memorial! Ann1Wilcox@gmail.com

01:16:25             Sue Edwaards:   It's a treat to see you, David Hartsough!

01:16:25             Sherri Maurin:   Hello, all and love from Portugal.  It is so good to be with you and to remember and celebrate Dan.  I treasure the memory that my first arrest was with Dan and David H!   and many more followed.'

01:16:35             Nanci Finley:       Hi David….Happy to see you. I remember you and Jan from days long ago in WRL and AFSC.  Nanci Finley (Bower)

01:16:46             Holley Rauen:    🕊️

01:17:08             Linda Yarr:           eo

01:17:21             Christian Appy: If you have ideas about how I can best move forward to create a permanent Ellsberg Institute for Peace and Democracy at UMass (home to his papers) please be in touch: appy@history.umass.edu I'd be happy to send you the proposal and what we've done already.

01:17:58             Quanta Dawn-Light:        ☮️🌹❤️🙏

01:18:12             alice slater:          I worked for Senator Gravels attorney who was defending the Senator against a subpoena from Nixon after Gravel read for almost a whole day the PentagonPapers into the Congressional Record because the Times had been enjoined from publishing them. The Supreme Court approved Gravels motion and we didn’t have to reveal where the papers came from. I only learned later that it was Dan who got the papers to Gravel. I actually met him in 1995 when the 25 year old Non-Proliferation Treaty was up for review and renewal. Dan fasted for 30 days during the one month NPT conference to bring attention to the need to abolish nuclear weapons. We met with him every day at the Isaiah Wall across the street from the UN.  He ended his fast at my apartment in Manhattan with a whole crowd of peace people who formed Abolition2000 calling for a treaty to finally abolish the bomb.  I made a big pot of miso soup and we became friends.

01:18:54             Vivien Feyer:      Hello, Dr. Jeff Ritterman SF Physicians for Social Responsibility

01:19:01             Chrissy Kirchhoefer:         Grateful for all of these recollections of a life well lived and be with this tribe that continues to inspire!

01:19:02             Ken Butigan:       I’d be happy to consult.  My email is kenbutigan@gmail.com.  Thanks for your work.

01:19:34             Jane Jarlsberg:   so wonderful to hear these personal stories!  thank you all!!  peace Jane, in Joshua Tree CA

01:20:03             evelyn tischer:   thank you to all the peace giants who talk or write in the chat

01:20:15             Dorsey Blake:     David, thank you so much for your presentation and presence.  I have to leave now.

01:20:37             Blanche Chase:  Apologies if this has already been mentioned -THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA is the 2009 Oscar-nominated film about Dan Ellsberg.

To help honor Ellsberg’s courage and contribution to American history a campaign is underway to get the film included in the prestigious Library of Congress National Film Registry.

Anyone can vote to add the film to the Registry. It’s simple and easy to do. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS AND TO VOTE. The deadline is August 15.  https://tinyurl.com/bddhpbkj

01:20:42             geoff shaskan:   Thanks David

01:20:54             Elena Holly Klaver:           Chet “tuh zes’ ski” Thank you!!!!

01:20:55             Jon Seward:        Represent, Chet!

01:21:12             Jonathan Greenberg:      David, your voice honors Daniel Ellsberg and inspires all of us.

01:21:20             Quanta Dawn-Light:        love to see it.. thank you so much

01:21:22             alice slater:          Thanks so much David!

01:21:44             Jennie Telfer:      Yes

01:21:50             Nanci Finley:       Yes we see it

01:22:46             David Brown:     Huge thanks to the presenters and organizers. I interviewed  the inspiring Dan several times over 50 years for perhaps three of my documentaries as well as for Judy Ehrlich’s “The Bays Who Said No!” He was a panelist in my Nuclear Film Forum on the threat of the nuclear arms race in 1981, and will forever be an inspirational hero. Thanks, Patricia, and all the eloquent activists who shared today. Peace, David L. Brown

01:22:53             Jane Jarlsberg:   I am going to see Oppenhiemer movie tomorrow. I have been hesitant to see it because it is too troubling personally...now might be aa good time to see it after all.

01:23:05             Francis Kroncke:                Dan was part of a Peacemaking family. His son Robert and daughter (whose name I've forgotten!) worked with him on copying the Pentagon Papers. Without his wife Patricia, Dan would have not been as active. I met him when he came to witness at the draft board raiders trial of the "Minnesota 8." Later he told me at lunch one day that the real issue was nuclear weapons! Dan, Patricia, and Robert are Earth Angels! Peace, Frank Kroncke

01:23:10             Steve Talbot:      Hi, David, wonderful to see and hear from you. Like Dan, you were a wonderful, impressive voice in our documentary about the anti-war movement in 1969.

01:23:42             Paul Sheldon:     Also Brennan Rees’ film, 11th Hour is worth seeing if you can find it.

01:24:06             WELDON NISLY: I was at Rocky Flats protests in summer 1976 and 1979.

01:24:25             catherine podojil:             Dan had a partner in choosing to reveal the papers. Anthony Russo has died, but it would be honorable to remember him, too.    [VPCC did here

01:24:37             Elena Holly Klaver:           Remember, this was end of April! the snow was pretty intense, but we received so much support

01:25:26             Daniel Shea:       Daniel Shea VFP PDX Chapter 72, I am so glad I could join this Remembrance of Daniel Ellsberg, thanks for putting this together. I will be leaving soon to attend Oregon PSR & VFP PDX Chapter 72

01:25:32             Svetlana Darche:               Look how young everyone looks! We need young people back in this movement.  Thank God many are involved in environmental issues…

01:26:40             Jon Seward:        Thanks for the photos, and recount, Chet, so many folks I haven’t seen for far too long!

01:27:11             Marla&Kasha Slavner:    Youth for TPNW, UNODA Young Leaders for Tomorrow, many new groups are forming and preparing for the 2nd MSP in New York in November. A good opportunity for many orgs which have been in this movement for many years to come and take action in front of the UN 🙂

01:27:41             Daniel Shea:       going to 78th Hiroshima and Nagasaki Memorial at 6 pm at the Japanese American Historical Plaza here in Portland Oregon with many cosponsors.

01:28:11             Steve Talbot:      Great photos and story, Chet.

01:28:21             Scott Bennett:    Link to opening film?  [Reshown at end of youtube video]

01:28:44             Arthur Kanegis: So wonderful to see so many of my AFSC friends!  My daughter Robin Aura was in her crib at the NARMIC office in 1974-75.  Now she runs the DC AFSC office at Davis House!

01:28:46             Marla&Kasha Slavner:    Anyone under 30 here? Use + sign so we know

01:29:30             Jaya Nagarajan-Swenson:             + 22yo here! Lee Swenson, Vijaya Nagarajan’s kid out in Virginia nowadays. Sending all my love

01:29:45             Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright:             Chet, Great photos of Rocky Flats!  I hope you will put them in an article or website!!

01:30:56             Marian Doub:    https://www.rockyflatstruthforce.com/

01:31:56             Marla&Kasha Slavner:    Hi @Jaya! Good to have you here 🙂

01:32:04             colin holloway:  Thanks, Marion

01:32:10             Christian Appy: We created this site at UMass: https://www.umass.edu/ellsberg/

01:33:24             elizabeth lee:      The instant I saw the explosions I knew it was masterminded by authorities = like Nero blaming the Christians, as he was burning Rome.  It was a tragedy - the biggest question is how come so few people died that were in the building, know how many thousands worked there on a daily basis  No one ever asked that question?

01:33:48             Susi Newborn:   Kia ora Jon. Nice to see you! Arohanui, Susi

01:33:58             lynn segal:           David,  of course 9/11 was the cause of killing in the Middle East.  Just as aid to Ukraine is now.  Just as aid to Israel.

01:34:15             Edwina Vogan:  👍

01:34:58             Jane Jarlsberg:   love it!!

01:35:03             Khiêu Nguyễn:   Hello John !

01:35:03             Jessie Cocks:       Jessie Cocks she/her I/The American Peace Test pre-announced MIGHTY OAK and many other tests. Mighty Oak, when tested, also leaked and the NTS had to acknowledge it! I met a former NTS worker at a gas station in Las Vegas and he said we always shared accurate information. He left because the DOD & NTS told workers to NEVER give high radiation records from their radiation monitors.

01:35:48             elizabeth lee:      I hope they make a movie on the lives of activist so the public can see how much courage & tenacity you had in those days

01:35:52             Beverly Lyne:      Bob Godfrey had hoped to do a feature film about the back country actions. Sadly he died before that was completed.

01:36:14             Karen Topakian: Jon thanks for telling that story and telling it so well. important history that must never be forgotten.

01:36:33             Will Kirkland:      Levering, these stories are standing up and yelling to be pulled together in some kind of volume!  Would be fabulous.  -- Will

01:36:43             Robert Gould:    https://enlightenedfilms.com/projects/ellsbergrallytalks/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b8dcc68d-9e65-4ba0-bc11-61d9e8fb3ef2

01:36:44             Steve Talbot:      Incredible story, Jon, about Dan and others actually managing to stop a nuclear test! Thank you for sharing this.

01:37:14             Jon Hinck:            Hi Susi-- Feeling your spirit in all of this.

01:37:55             Michael Kerr:     Honored to have met and been arrested many times with Daniel and others.  Especially at the Pacifica Exchange protest just before US invasion of Iraq in 2003.

01:37:59             Nancy Lukens:    so grateful for this event, the stories, the witness of Dan & Tribe. Nancy in Dover, NH, retired educator seeing young adults struggling to know what & how.... This must become a documentary!!!! Bon courage...

01:38:02             Nanci Finley:       Thanks for all your work Marylia! Also thanks for being another woman in this space !!!

01:38:39             Jack Malinowski:              Malinowski, Frazer, Provance salute courage, friends, activists and all of you.

01:39:49             David Albert:      David Albert, Olympia, Washington. Publisher for the movement (founder of New Society Publishers). Now devoted pretty much exclusively to the Gandhian constructive program in Africa and India.

01:40:39             Jon Seward:        So, what do we do next?

01:40:59             Mary Yelenick:   trivalleycares.org

01:41:04             Ellen Davidson: trivalleycares.org look through “what’s new” for video

01:41:22             Lotus Yee Fong: The SF Japantown Task Force is meeting at the Konko Church right now.  Jon Osaki made the documentary Alternative Facts with declassified material about Executive Order 9066.

01:42:17             Michael Kerr:     Michael Kerr 24/7 Nuremberg Actions, Anti drone activist at Beale, Creech and Holloman AFB.

01:42:20             Marla&Kasha Slavner:    Wish more young people were here to listen to this incredible legacy of activism!

01:42:28             Robert Gould:    Here’s the link to the YouTube video that Marylia is mentioning, that we produced for the recent Hiroshima Day (Aug 4 this year)gathering at Livermore: https://enlightenedfilms.com/projects/ellsbergrallytalks/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b8dcc68d-9e65-4ba0-bc11-61d9e8fb3ef2

01:42:40             Holley Rauen:    Hello Michael Kerr!

01:43:18             Beverly Lyne:      Marylia, I love your continued humility and keeping humanity in the forefront! - Beverly Lyne (former Breast Cancer Program Coordinator for Marin - 1999-2002)

01:43:18             robin lloyd:         Robin Lloyd here, working to strengthen the peace movement here in Vermont!

01:43:54             Holley Rauen:    Yes!

01:44:19             Tom Miller:          Hi Robin.  Fond memories from Farm School days and what it taught us

01:44:27             Michael Kerr:     I also a 9/11 Truth Activist.  www.911Reward.org

01:45:15             Rosemarie Pace:                The link to Marylin’s film isn’t working. Please check if there’s an error. Can get into enlightened films.com, but not the rest of the web address. Thanks.

01:45:18             lynn segal:           Yup.  Love Dan!

01:45:37             Marylia Kelly:     Thank you, Bob. Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibility is one of the organizing groups! If others are here, please give a shout out from your group too. It’s a village…

01:46:16             Holley Rauen:    PRESENTE!

01:46:25             Elena Holly Klaver:           ¡Presente!

01:46:30             Media Benjamin:              How beautiful Tarek!!!!

01:46:35             Gloria Switzer:   thank  you Tarak! Beautiful tribute!

01:47:27             Bev Henkel:         Gloria Switzer. Hello. Bev henkel

01:47:31             Herb Ettel:           Robt Gould-- video link doesn't work "The page cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression."

01:47:45             alice slater:          Thank you so much Tarak for that beautiful acknowledgement

01:47:51             Steven Ladd:       Here’s the link to Dan’s talks at the Livermore Lab. https://youtu.be/YIUGPc-0z-Q

01:48:14             Carl Anderson:  My Ellsberg story: In 1981, I learned the first-use aspect of "deterrence." I heard Daniel in person in a lecture hall, and that plus McGeorge Bundy (!), whose change of view led to a key paper about the difference between one kind of deterrence and another.  To me, this was & is a *very* big deal.  In 1982 & '83, I was a volunteer monitor with Livermore Action Group.  Been there again maybe 30 or 40 times, including this past Fri 8/4.  I'm a Quaker & live in Oakland CA.

01:48:19             Cynthia Papermaster:     Thanks Tarak and Ellen!!!

01:48:42             Barry Riesch:      Well said Tarak. Love you brother.  Barry

01:49:00             Ellen Sleeter:      THIS is the correct link:  https://enlightenedfilms.com/projects/ellsbergrallytalks/

01:49:05             Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright:             Thanks Tara, beautiful memories of Dan!!

01:49:17             Peggy Akers:       Tears of gratitude Tarak ..thank you

01:49:38             Nanci Finley:       Thank-you for your work Code Pink !!!!

01:49:55             Rosemarie Pace:                Thank you, Ellen Sleeter, for the correct link. Got it!

01:50:02             Jasmine Hailey:  Giving thanks 🙏🏽

01:50:18             Blanche Chase:  THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA is the 2009 Oscar nominated film about Daniel Ellsberg. To help honor Ellsberg’s courage and contribution to American history a campaign is underway to get the film included in the Library of Congress National Film Registry. Click here for details and to vote. Deadline is Aug 15.  https://tinyurl.com/bddhpbkj

01:50:39             Deetje Boler:      Here with Women’s International Peace and Freedom, from San Francisco. How do we all work together now?

01:51:05             Nanci Finley:       Yes Patricia…my love to you….I too know widowhood and that missing of a great love.

01:51:43             david slesinger: Lynn Segal Everyone here agrees with what you just said. You did not say 9/11 was a false flag. Will you discuss that with me?

01:52:23             Steve Robinson: Does anyone have info on where to purchase/watch The Most Dangerous Man in America ? Steve Robinson, Kent, WA

01:53:00             Nanci Finley:       Nice to know WILPF still is in existence !!

01:53:03             Quanta Dawn-Light:        "“when women participate fully and equally in the affairs of the world, when they enter confidently and capably the great arena of laws and politics, war will cease; for woman will be the obstacle and hindrance to it.”-- Abdu'l-Baha 🙏❤️🌹☮️😇

01:53:09             Marylia Kelly:     Re excerpts from 6 of Dan’s talks at Livermore - Try this: https://enlightenedfilms.com/ellsbergrallytalks/

01:53:21             Jasmine Hailey:  Prayers and condolences 🙏🏽 REST IN PEACE AND POWER ☮️🕊️

Jasmine Hailey

ICUJP 🕊️✨

01:53:52             Steven Ladd:       Here’s where  to view The Most Dangerous Man in America film about Dan and also to help get it included in the prestigious National Film Registry - https://www.mostdangerousman.org/

01:54:05             Cynthia Papermaster:     Love you Jodie!!💕☮️

01:54:07             Robert Gould:    Sorry to all for prior link that didn’t work @YouTube video just produced for 8/4 Livermore rally—this should work:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIUGPc-0z-Q

01:54:23             Blanche Chase:  Steve Robinson. https://www.mostdangerousman.org/

01:54:24             Nanci Finley:       Thank-you very much Jodie and Media !!

01:55:11             Arthur Kanegis: Jodie, what a beautiful tribute!  So wonderful to see you. Arthur Kanegis - https://TheWorldIsMyCountry.com

01:55:18             Jodie Evans:        Peaceinukraine.org

01:55:30             Jodie Evans:        codepink.org/ukraine

01:55:37             Ellen Davidson: peaceinukraine.org

01:55:40             Lotus Yee Fong: Yes, Mike Kerr, this is the 50th anniversary of Chile's CIA coup Allende and Pinochet, 9/11 is no coincidence.  The Brits MI6 have always used dates, like Fallujah was attacked by the Yanks same day as the Brits much earlier.

01:55:42             Quanta Dawn-Light:        Thank you Code-Pink sisters- for trying to save our world from tragic war

01:55:43             Ellen Davidson: codepink.org/ukraine

01:55:48             robin lloyd:         Thank you, Medea.  See you soon in Vermont!

01:56:08             Holley Rauen:    Code Pink for Peace.  Thank you Jodi and Medea!

01:56:36             Media Benjamin:              www.peaceinukraine.org and www.codeink.org

01:56:40             Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright:             Jodie and Medea—great stories and call to action!!

01:56:58             Tarak Kauff:        Medea, you and Jodie always inspire. Thank you both.

01:57:01             Jane Jarlsberg:   an honor to be in such good company!

01:57:09             Jasmine Hailey:  www.icujp.org

01:57:15             colin holloway:  Pulling the Code Pink trailer, and Tighe, up to the Denver '08 convention, a hundred bucks or so, a hug from Medea?  Priceless

01:57:22             Barry Riesch:      Thanks Jodie and Medea. Yea to Code Pink.  Barry

01:57:26             Jodie Evans:        Tarak you were so inspiring, thank you!

01:57:37             geoff shaskan:   Thanks Robert, great!

01:57:39             Bill Montross:    www.codepink.org

01:58:09             Eric Doub:           To see The Most Dangerous Man in America, for free, one option is:

https://www.kanopy.com/   With a public library card you can sign up and watch 5 films per month.

01:58:16             Wesley Brown:  Thank you!

01:58:17             Lyn Adamson:    I am here as Co-Chair of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, if you’d like to check us out we’re at www.vowpeace.org

01:58:47             Lyn Adamson:    https://vowpeace.org/

01:59:26             Michael Kerr:     www. NurembergActions.org     www.CreatingBetterWorld.org

02:00:02             Marylia Kelly:     Hi, all. Dan tells that story of his young son participating in “Hdans talks. ands Around Livermore Lab” in one of the excerpts from

02:00:07             Patrick Malone: Come to the 50th Anniversary of the Rocky Flats Truth Force, April 2028  RockyFlatsTruthForceReunion@gmail.com..

02:00:10             Lotus Yee Fong: John McAuliff, The story of China and Vietnam is much more complicated.  Pls don't succumb to oversimplification from a Western media bias.

02:00:28             colin holloway:  Hey Patrick!

02:00:54             Marylia Kelly:     Around Livermore Lab and another word typed itself in the middle Sorry, it’s Hands

02:00:58             Charles Fracchia:               I got arrested once on Market Street with Daniel Ellsberg at the 5 year anniversary of the Iraq War. It does remain one of my proudest moments.

02:01:28             Bev Henkel:         Thank you so much all who shared.  Very special evening.

02:01:59             Filo Hirota:          Greetings from Tokyo, Japan. I was accompanying the peace pilgrims from the archdioceses of Santa Fe and Seattle that visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Here is the declaration of partnership Santa Fe, Seattle, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. https://archdiosf.org/documents/2023/8/230809_Statement_PartnershipDioceses.pdf

02:02:30             Quanta Dawn-Light:        “when women participate fully and equally in the affairs of the world, when they enter confidently and capably the great arena of laws and politics, war will cease; for woman will be the obstacle and hindrance to it.” --Baha'i Writings  --THANK YOU CODE-PINK SISTERS

02:02:33             Evan Freirich:      Fellow Rocky Flats Track sitter, Evan Freirich. Dan was a mentor to me and others and he will be missed. My last arrest with Dan was 2019  at Livermore and he will continue to inspire me.

02:02:41             Mary Yelenick:   Thank you, Filo!

02:02:56             colin holloway:  Thanks, Evan

02:03:05             Michael Kerr:     https://www.nurembergactions.org/   https://www.CreatingBetterWorld.org/

02:03:09             TATANKA "KIT" BRICCA: Many memories of Dan, introducing him to UFW shriek in Fresno where he spoke emotionally, many speeches with Institute for Nonviolence over the years, time at home of Patricia and Daniel in Kensington, time with them around birth of Micheal and shortly after, Dan’s testimony at our wedding in 1979, holding up newborn Michael and talking about the miracle of birth and the miracle of Human Family being paired by peace individuals and groups and whistleblowers around the globe, last conversation just weeks before his passing, 40 minutes on the phone, he just didn’t want to stop talking, invited Carol & myself up to home where we would take more time—that was days before the doctors words—his enthusiasm and glee of life at the end, as always, and his smile and his courage and chutzpa, his undying Love of Patricia and honoring her role in his becoming a nonviolent activist against war—l Love you Dan and Patricia!

02:03:23             Rosemarie Pace:                Yes, thank you, Filo. This is wonderful!!!

02:03:25             Judy Irving:         What "Oppenheimer" left out

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We've removed the paywall so you can see the film for free from August 1-15.

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02:03:36             Evan Freirich:      Daniel Ellsberg Presente!

02:04:20             Judy Irving:         Here’s the link to Dark Circle:

02:04:26             Judy Irving:         https://www.firstrunfeatures.com/darkcirclevod.html

02:05:12             Nanci Finley:       Hi Kit Bricca!   From Nanci Finley (Bower)

02:05:35             Marta Daniels:   Thank you to everyone who put this sacred “tribal” gathering together. It was inspired and inspiring to remember and celebrate Dan.

02:05:39             Marla&Kasha Slavner:    <3 Thank you <3

02:05:40             Kurt Jacobsen:   That Dan could get through to cops too gives the term ‘jailhouse conversion” a whole new meaning.

02:05:44             TATANKA "KIT" BRICCA: Edits to my entry above: That is, the UFW strike in Fresno, not “shriek”!

02:05:56             Gloria Switzer:   WOW PROFOUND video poem!!!

02:06:00             David Blake Willis:            Link to that wonderful video?

02:06:02             Holley Rauen:    Bravo!! Wonderful!

02:06:08             Mary Posner:     Thank you for an incredibly inspiring program!  Mary Posner, Indiana

02:06:14             Lyn Adamson:    Link to the poem video?

02:06:16             Gary Ghirardi:    https://peacefulcareers.org/

https://nnomy.org/index.php/en/

02:06:18             Sandy Polishuk: beautiful. thank u

02:06:24             Media Benjamin:              So wonderful to be with you all

02:06:25             Rosemarie Pace:                Beautiful! Thank you for that wonderful poem. Thank you for all the heartfelt tributes.

02:06:28             Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright:             Beautiful !!

02:06:28             Ellen Davidson: https://peaceandplanetnews.org/thank-you-for-your-service-a-tribute-to-the-life-of-daniel-ellsberg/

02:06:32             Dr. yh Patt:          What page will the bios be on?  https://vnpeacecomm.blogspot.com/2023/07/webinar-on-dan-ellsbergs-peace-activism.html

02:06:34             Thomas Reifer:   Love to all. Tom Reifer. Thank you. Namaste.

02:06:35             Cari Coe:              Thank you so much, what an inspiring tribute to Daniel!

02:06:36             Joanie Ciardelli: thanks for a beautiful honoring of an incredible man.  Much love to Patricia at this tender time.

02:06:37             Svetlana Darche:               Thank you!!

02:06:41             Bob Eaton:          A wonderful evening.  Goodbye

02:06:41             Janie Kesselman:              Thank you everyone for this beautiful remembrance! Love, Janie, fellow activist and jailbird

02:06:45             Edwina Vogan:  Thank you Pat for your love of Dan and Dan - we love and miss you!

02:06:48             Stephanie Thomas:          Thank you for this

02:06:51             Gary Ghirardi:    Thank you

02:06:55             David Blake Willis:            Wonderful Program!!  PEACE NOW!!

02:06:56             Jonathan Greenberg:      Thank you to everyone

02:07:11             evelyn tischer:   thanks to all

02:07:12             Joan Berezin:      Thanks to all - great to spend the afternoon with you all

02:07:16             Donna Wong-Juliani:      Thank you from Canada!

02:07:18             Jessie Cocks:       Jessie Cocks (in PA) THANK YOU to all of you for creating this exquisite Remembrance of Dan!

02:07:44             Quanta Dawn-Light:        Prayer for America

 O Thou kind Lord!  This gathering is turning to Thee.  These hearts are radiant with Thy love.  These minds and spirits are exhilarated by the message of Thy glad-tidings.  O God!  Let this American democracy become glorious in spiritual degrees even as it has aspired to material degrees, and render this just government victorious.  Confirm this revered nation to upraise the standard of the oneness of humanity, to promulgate the Most Great Peace, to become thereby most glorious and praiseworthy among all the nations of the world.  O God!  This American nation is worthy of Thy favors and is deserving of Thy mercy.  Make it precious and near to Thee through Thy bounty and bestowal.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá

02:07:44             Holley Rauen:    Hello Jessie!

02:07:45             stephen houseworth:     Daniel - thank you again for reaching out to me on the socials!

02:07:57             Angela Clark:      Thank you very much.

02:07:58             Alex Knopp:        Thank you John MacAuliff

02:08:04             Marla&Kasha Slavner:    https://www.1point5degreesofpeace.com -linking the issues between nuclear war, militarization and climate by GenZ Filmmaker - building an intergenerational movement for peace and climate justice. Trailer on the website - Thank you for all your activism! xo

02:08:06             Nanci Finley:       Thanks and acknowledgement to all of who have and continue to work for peace. Thanks to Dan and Patricia! Love to all!! Thanks for putting this together!!

02:08:09             Christian Appy: The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy:

02:08:15             Lyn Adamson:    Please check out this amazing project by young peacemaker and film maker Kasha Sequoia Slavner She is making the film 1.5 Degrees of Peace bringing together peace and climate in one film.  She appreciates your interest and support.  Trailer is here: https://www.1point5degreesofpeace.com/

02:08:27             Lyn Adamson:    She hopes to finish the film this year.

02:08:42             Hong-Phong Pho:             Thank you for your Service - from Hong-Phong Pho, Vietnamese-American.

02:08:49             Lyn Adamson:    Kasha is a member of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace

02:09:35             Christian Appy: The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy https://www.umass.edu/ellsberg/initiative/

02:09:47             Kristen Iversen: We are working on a documentary on Rocky Flats. Email me at Kristen@kristeniversen.com

02:10:37             John McAuliff:   The problem of Ukraine is how we achieve peace without the Russians occupying Ukrainian territory.  Just as Viet Nam would not accept peace while US troops were in their country, Ukraine will not accept peace until the Russians withdraw and stop bombing, shelling and sending drones.

02:10:48             Lyn Adamson:    Amazing tribute, thank you so much! And thank you to all the change makers of Movement for a New Society from whom I learned so much when I lived in Philadelphia in 1977-78 as a 20-something Canadian wanting to learn how to make social change.  My first arrest was at the S. Caroline reprocessing centre.  Incredibly beginning to a life of activism here in Canada

02:10:55             Karen Topakian: Thank you all for organizing this tribute.

02:11:00             Holley Rauen:    Thank you all.

02:11:01             Richard Kinane: yes, thanks

02:11:02             Vivien Sharples: love

02:11:02             Charlotte Phillips:             Thank you for this program.

02:11:07             Elena Holly Klaver:           Thank you all! Love to you all!!!

02:11:07             Gloria Switzer:   Yes, thank you for showing it again as I missed it earlier! thank you!!!!

02:11:08             muriel strand:    I’m blessed

02:11:08             David Blake Willis:            Thanks All

02:11:08             Nanci Finley:       Thank-you !!

02:11:10             Toby Blomé:        Thanks so much to everyone who helped!

02:11:11             Jon Seward:        Thank you Dan.

02:11:13             Melanie Bennett:             Thank you so much!

02:11:15             Mary Yelenick:   Holy company

02:11:17             colin holloway:  Thanks so much

02:11:21             Michael Kerr:     Thank you

02:11:22             Rama Bharadwaj:             Thank you so much!

02:11:23             Doug Hostetter: Greetings from Easthampton

02:11:25             Lyn Adamson:    Wonderful to see long time friends on the call!

02:11:29             Joseph Wronka: Yes was a fantastic inspirational program. Take care all and in solidarity