DSA Veterans Working Group  

@DSAVeterans

Veterans Working Group helps veterans/adjacent connect with communities and each other to organize for democratic socialism ES:

DSA chapters across the U.S.
Joined May 2017

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    As socialist veterans of U.S. wars, we prioritize centering victims of the exploitative U.S. war machine we once were a part of. Our published statements highlight our internationalist and anti-imperialist praxis best and are aggregated here:

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  2. For those who are unfamiliar with the DSA Intl Committee, a little bit of the long history of this body of DSA since we just launched our social media 🧵

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  3. The Intl Committee is expanding once again. If you are interested in helping us build ties to the intl left and undertake global solidarity campaigns, please apply here before the October 4th deadline:

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  4. Periodic reminder that we have a veterans caucus in the , and we’d love to connect to any vet that is frustrated with the state of affairs and wants to get engaged building better communities.

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  5. Sep 4

    respect for the troops/reverence for military service is a way to paper over with the trauma of throwing young people into a meat grinder; we will never we able to stop America's military project if we act like there is something inherently brave about killing people abroad

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  6. , then stop pretending that the brutal wars many of us fought in, loved ones who died in, were altruistic. We irreparably damaged the lives of countless families & communities.

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  7. “Racial strife aboard a Navy ship left three men facing the threat of the death penalty. They became little more than statistics in the military’s dismal record of race relations in the Vietnam era.”

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  8. Aug 18

    An ex-SEAL who posted Soros conspiracy theories is accused of throwing IEDs at protesters. Other ex-SEALs share QAnon content with threats to act on it. What happens when violent theories reach special forces?

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  9. “We don’t need the gear, but if we don’t use the funds, they stop giving it to us.”—Every Unit, Every Command

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  10. Aug 8

    In footage captured by @/ShaybieCo on Twitch shows the explosion that was aimed at mostly protesters/streamers/press that converged in the same location. People were shouting and pointing Louis in the woods wearing Night Vision Goggles.

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  11. Aug 8

    On Louis' Facebook Page, he shared WW2 Nazi propaganda alongside a range of alt-right talking points. FB:

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  12. Aug 8

    Louis is an ex-Navy Seal as a Seal Instructor. He is a current resident of Tigard, OR. Louis started a company called "Red Frog" that aims to provide tactical training from the CIA to SRO for Active Shooter drills Archive:

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  13. Aug 9

    A new one for the Navy SEAL thread Surely this domestic terrorist throwing pipe bombs will be dealt with swiftly 🙄

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  14. Aug 5

    They are waiting on your anger to exhaust you and for the public to fall back to the status quo. This started with police violence and that hasn’t gone away; neither can we. We need to organize and build power to demand what we want.

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  15. “We cannot have the oppressors telling the oppressed how to rid themselves of the oppressor.” —Kwame Ture

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  16. DHS compiled intelligence reports, “Baseball cards” of arrested protesters just like the kind we used in Iraq. “...military & intel officials have used such cards for bio dossiers of suspected terrorists, incl those targeted in lethal drone strikes.”

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  17. Jul 29

    what a stupid fucking country

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  18. Jul 29

    We will believe this troop withdrawal when we see it, just like with Iraq & Afghanistan. More importantly, this movement is about and defunding the police. PPB has not been defunded with money allocated to social services, so people will remain in the streets.

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  19. Jul 28
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  20. Jul 27

    The Senate GOP coronavirus relief bill includes an unusual $8B procurement/acquisition effort, including: —$1B for Navy P-8 planes —$2B for F-35s, C-130Js and the A-10 wing replacement —$2.2B for shipbuilding (four expeditionary medical ships and an Expeditionary Fast Transport)

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  21. Jul 26

    A lot of protesters are saying that last night’s gas attack was different (worse) than the normal CS gas. Quite a few people vomiting and also people having seizures. We don’t even know what type of chemical warfare is being unleashed on our city.

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