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It all started in 1967, with six Vietnam veterans marching together in a peace demonstration. Now, fifty-nine years later, VVAW is still going strong-- continuing its fight for peace, justice, and the rights of all veterans.
Explore these pages; see what we've done, what we do, and why we do it. The struggle continues, perhaps these days more than ever. VVAW has never stopped working to protect the welfare of those who served their country.
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Latest Commentary: From the National Office of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW)
December 30, 2025
Once again, we find that Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) must raise our voices and speak out against another potential imperial blunder. From Vietnam to Central America, to the Middle ...
Taken from "The Rich Never Lose a War: No Blood for Oil!" by VVAW National Office Read More
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Excerpt From THE VETERAN: Now Online Taken from VVAW and Sartorial Dissent in the GI Movement by Lily Moreno-Sheridan:
The following is an edited excerpt from my undergraduate dissertation entitled "Fatigued: Sartorial Dissent in the GI Movement, 1965-1972." The dissertation presents how GI sartorial dissent was an important aspect of the anti-war movement and how, in the future, scholarship should reflect the anti-war veterans' and GIs' influence on subversive and countercultural fashion. If you would like to read the full dissertation or have a story about the role uniform played in your protest, please email me at l.moreno-sheridan@my.ccsu.edu.
In the early days of the GI Movement, respect was solidified by maintaining a visual and rhetorical opposition to the rest of the increasingly countercultural civilian anti-war movement. It was not uncommon for anti-war veterans to wear suits to demonstrations in this era; their neat appearance and short hair spoke for their "trustworthiness" even before they identified themselves as veterans.... Read More
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