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Revision as of 19:17, 16 November 2003 by EdH (talk | contribs) (add links)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) is a non-profit corporation that fights for peace, justice, and the rights of all United States military veterans.
VVAW describes itself as a national veterans' organization. During the Vietnam era, VVAW is said to have received significant financial support from Jane Fonda.
History
- 1967 VVAW founded in New York City in 1967 after six Vietnam vets marched together in a peace demonstration
- 1970 VVAW has 600 members
- 1971 VVAW has 7,000 members
- 1971 January VVAW sponsors The Winter Soldier Investigation to gather testimony from GI's on political and military leaders' conduct of the war, boycotted by all mainstream media.
- 1971 April - A week of VVAW-led demonstrations in Washington, DC.
- Veterans and mothers of soldiers killed in Vietnam marched to Arlington Cemetery.
- John Kerry, as VVAW spokesman, testified against the war during Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings.
- Medal-returning demonstration
- 1972 VVAW continued antiwar protests, releases Winter Soldier documentary movie showing testimony given to the 1971 investigation
- 1973 US involvement in Vietnam ends, VVAW advocates amnesty for draft resisters and deserters
- 1980 Jimmy Carter grants amnesty
VVAW publishes a twice-yearly newsletter The Veteran previously published more frequently as 1st Casualty (1971-2) and Winter Soldier (1973-5).
Similarly-named different group
The relatively small group Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti-Imperialist (VVAW-AI) is not a faction, caucus or part of VVAW. The VVAW web site describes VVAW-AI as "the creation of an obscure, ultra-left sect called the Revolutionary Communist Party ... designed to pimp off of VVAW's history of struggle."