11/16/2025
VFP NYC Chapter 34 Meeting – Wednesday November 19, 2025, 6:30pm ET with Jeremy Varon
To Join Zoom Meeting
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Agenda:
1. Introductions/Moment of Silence
2. Guest Speaker Jeremy Varon will talk about his new book “Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War: The Movement to Stop the War on Terror” the first comprehensive account of protest against America’s post-9/11 wars, including the critical role of Veterans For Peace in the movement.
Jeremy Varon is a Professor of History at The New School and a longtime peace activist, author of the new book “Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War: The Movement to Stop the War on Terror” (University of Chicago Press). It is the first comprehensive account of protest against America’s post-9/11 wars. It discusses the important role of VFP in the movement, including its support for IVAW, creation of “Arlington West,” work in Camp Casey, and its “Walkin’ to New Orleans” protest in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Jeremy was a lead organizer with Witness Against Torture and in 2015 went with the group to Guantanamo, Cuba to protest the U.S. torture camp. He is also author of “Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and Revolutionary Violence in the Sixties and Seventies.”
Folks can order a copy of Jeremy’s book at: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo254664321.html.
Check out Frida Berrigan’s review: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/11/lessons-from-movement-to-stop-war-on-terror/
3. New Business
4. Regular Business & Reports
a. Move the Money -https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=move%20the%20money%20-%20new%20york%20city
b. Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign
https://inthesetimes.com/article/agent-orange-vietnam-anniversary-50-veterans
c. Peace & Planet News - www.peaceandplanetnews.org
d. Ban Killer Drones
e. Japan Speaking Tour
5. Upcoming Events & Actions
VFP Actions
a. Saturday December 20, 12:40pm – VFP National Board Meeting.
Zoom Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89723572749?pwd=VzhFeENZQm9ZY2x1RW10b0RCVkFQZz09
b. Wednesday January 21 – NYC VFP Chapter Meeting.
c. Friday January 30, 6:30pm – RTTC & Brooklyn for Peace Presents: “Reap What you Sow, Don’t Lose Heart”, by Jack Gilroy & Zool, at Friends Meeting House, 110 Schermerhorn St. Brooklyn, NY
VFP-Endorsed Actions
a. Thursday November 20, 6pm - A Global Call for Nonviolent Renewal in the Middle East
Register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffbOk7PG4EdvsCOyeq_Ma7Dnv9rQwrO8R572lqIuP6JSfpYA/viewform?pli=1
b. Saturday November 22, 11am-12:00pm every Saturday - Vigil for Yemen at South side of Union Sq. Park.
6. Recent Events & Actions
a. Saturday October 18, 12-3pm - No Kings Actions in NYC. VFP Members and Allies joined with a large coalition of Peace & Justice groups at the march in NYC, and local actions throughout the area.
Hideko’s photos & videos; https://photos.app.goo.gl/fjAYqVfTBKgwEKcT8
b. Sunday October 19, 1-4pm - Breaking the Cycle of Violence in Gaza: Quakers and Activists Resist Genocide. 15 Rutherford Place, NYC
c. Tuesday October 21, 7pm – Screening of Ahmad Shirazi’s film about the Granny Peace Brigade. Rutgers Church, 236 West 73rd Street. Hideko’s photos & video: https://photos.app.goo.gl/iCACc2XqvFzqrK4B7
https://youtu.be/edEJodoEi4g?si=wJapuHi-UuNyZCRR
d. Saturday October 25, 11am-12:00pm every Saturday - Vigil for Yemen at South side of Union. Sq. Park
e. Saturday October 25 – Gary Davidson’s Memorial Service led by Pastor Benke at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brooklyn.
f. Saturday November 8, 11am-12:00pm every Saturday - Vigil for Yemen & Palestine at South side of Union Sq. Park.
g. Saturday November 8, 12 Noon – BFP March from HAKEEM JEFFRIES’ home to CHARLES SCHUMER’S home: March to demand they support:
- A real and lasting ceasefire.
- Uninterrupted & sufficient humanitarian aid under UN supervision.
- Reconstruction of Gaza for Gazans.
- No more weapons to Israel.
- Move the money to vital human needs at home.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1CwAp5BjK5/ Video: https://youtu.be/N5IttxUA6UM
h. Tuesday November 11, 4-6pm - Veterans Take Action on Armistice Day, at City Hall Park. Linda’s Photos: https://share.icloud.com/photos/03edmidwaNYfl7iXHdhipKMIQ
i. Thursday November 13, 7pm – NYC Chapter Members James Williams and Steven Edgar present at John McDonagh’s Veterans Story Telling Event at Ernie O’Malley’s Bar, 140 East 27 St. b/w Lexington and Third Ave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ctsICaQIE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CIa7Vn99Lo
j. Saturday November 15 - Peace Action Staten Island “Make Food-Not War” Dinner
Power to the Peaceful,
Susan Schnall
President - Veterans For Peace NYC Kaufmann/Pahios Chapter 34
8062 214th St. Queens Village, NY 11427
www.veteransforpeace.org
https://www.facebook.com/veteransforpeacenyc034?fref=ts
