STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:

We, having dutifully served our nation, do hereby affirm our greater responsibility to serve the cause of world peace. To this end we will work, with others

(a) To increase public awareness of the costs of war
(b) To restrain our government from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other nations
(c) To end the arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons
(d) To seek justice for veterans and victims of war
(e) To abolish war as an instrument of national policy.

“The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst war in American history…. Our military men and women…were not called to defend America but rather to attack Iraq. They were not called to die for, but rather to kill for, their country. What more unpatriotic thing could we have asked of our sons and daughters…?” — William Sloane Coffin

Veterans For Peace - William Ladd Chapter
P.O. Box 10, Deer Isle, ME 04627
207-409-7432

Veterans For Peace - William Ladd Chapter is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational and humanitarian organization dedicated to the abolition of war.

Next meeting July 24 in Portland — Here

Minutes from June meeting in Lewiston — Here

Minutes from past meetings here

Memorial Day Parade 2008 in Brunswick — click Here

Photos from March 7 Occupation Project at Sen. Collins Office in Bangor Where 12 Were Arrested — click Here

For other Past Actions!, click Here

New Book containing Michael Uhl Essay — Details

William Ladd, The Apostle of Peace 1778-1841 — click Here

Young People Write About War — click Here

Nights Lantern — offering writings by John Bart Gerald and artwork by Julie Maas, and suppressed works by others — click Here

The Flag of a New Nation — A poem by Kendall Merriam — click Here

War On Iraq — Top Military Recruitment Lies — click Here

Chris Hedges — Iraq Vets Bear Witness — click Here

VFP Goes to Washington D.C. and Scores One for Impeachment! — click Here

Korea/US Issues — July 27, 2008 Update Candlelight Peace Vigil — VFP-Korea Peace Campaign — Past Articles

CWRP - Children of War Rescue Project — a project of Veterans For Peace, a United Nations Non-Governmental Organization (UN-NGO)

Iraq Vets Against the War Updates — click Here

"Cost of War" Display Available for local libraries. Click here for pictures of display.  Contact Doug Rawlings (rawlings@maine.edu) if interested in having the display in your local library

Knowledge Is Power — Alternatives To The Military Links in Maine and Nationally

Put a human face on the war — The War Comes Home

National Priorities Project analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand and influence how their tax dollars are spent — click Here

Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes — click Here

Operation Support and Defend Resources List of Veterans Groups

Check every line before you sign!

Third World Traveler — puts up articles that offer an alternative view to the mainstream media about the state of democracy in America, and about the impact of the policies of the United States' government, on democracy, free speech, social and economic justice, human rights, and war and peace, in the Third World, and in the United States. Iraq War Casualty Counter