From the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee

The first half of 1971 is seen by many as the peak of the mass antiwar movement. The Peoples Peace Treaty echoed the Moratorium as a vehicle for local antiwar education and organizing. Veterans took a leadership role with the Winter Soldier hearings on US war crimes on March 12th and the dramatic return of service medals at the Capitol in Operation Dewey Canyon III on April 23d.

Massive traditional peace demonstrations were held in Washington and San Francisco on April 24th. The May Day protests led to more than 12,000 arrests from a failed civil disobedience campaign to shut down Washington. On June 13th the New York Times began publication of the Pentagon Papers courtesy of Dan Ellsberg.

Find out here about several programs being organized by VPCC and in collaboration with friends and allies.

This is one of the special events being planned:

Winter Soldiers against War and Racial Injustice: Vietnam, Iraq

March 12, 4:00 p.m. ET

This webinar commemorates the Winter Soldier Investigation organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War 50 years ago, as well as similar hearings planned by Iraq Veterans Against the War 37 years later.

Co-sponsored by the Keough School of Global Affairs, Veterans For Peace, and the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee. For information and registration, click here.