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DESCRIPTION:WINTER SOLDIER - Iraq and Afghanistan \nEyewitness Accounts of the 
 Occupation\n\nPresented by journalist AARON GLANTZ\nWith Iraq war vet Wendy 
 Barranco\n\nIn spring 2008, inspired by the Vietnam-era Winter Soldier 
 hearings, Iraq Veterans Against the War gathered veterans to expose war 
 crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq. Aaron Glantz presents the powerful words, 
 images, and documents of this historic gathering, which show the reality of 
 life in Afghanistan and Iraq.\n\nIraq Veterans Against the War argues that 
 well-publicized incidents of American brutality like the Abu Ghraib prison 
 scandal and the massacre of an entire family of Iraqis in the town of 
 Haditha are not isolated incidents perpetrated by "a few bad apples," as 
 many politicians and military leaders have claimed. They are part of a 
 pattern, the group says, of "an increasingly bloody occupation."\n\nFormed 
 in the aftermath of the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, Iraq Veterans 
 Against the War (IVAW) was founded in 2004 to give those who have served in 
 the military since September 11, 2001 a way to come together and speak out 
 against an unjust, illegal, and unwinnable war. Today, IVAW has over seven 
 hundred members in forty-nine states, Washington, DC, and Canada and on 
 military bases overseas.\n\nAaron Glantz is an independent journalist who 
 has covered the Iraq War from the front lines. He is the author of _How 
 America Lost Iraq_ (Tarcher) and another forthcoming book on the Iraq War 
 from UC Press.  Special guest speaker Wendy Barranco is a former U.S. Army 
 Combat Medic who is active in IVAW.\n\n"The only way this war is going to 
 end is if the American people truly understand what we have done in their 
 name." -Kelly Dougherty, Executive Director of Iraq Veterans Against the 
 War\n\n$7 to $15 suggested donation ~ No one turned away. \n\nSponsored by: 
 \nPeninsula Peace and Justice Center ~ (650) 326-8837 ~ 
 www.PeaceandJustice.org\nNational Radio Project/"Making Contact" ~ 
 www.radioproject.org\n\nCopies of _Winter Soldier - Iraq and Afghanistan: 
 Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupation_ will be available for purchase and 
 signing.\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/02/18542619.php
SUMMARY:Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan, presented by Aaron Glantz and Wendy Barranco
LOCATION:PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION:\n\nFellowship Hall, First Presbyterian 
 Church\n1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto 94301\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/02/18542619.php
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