From March 14th to 16th 2008, Pacifica Radio provided coverage of the historic Winter Soldier 2008 gathering in Washington, DC.
National broadcast (April 22nd) on the first class action lawsuit brought by Iraq war veterans against the Department of Veterans Affairs. US vets suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder are alleging a system-wide breakdown in the way the government treats injured soldiers.
When young American men and women sign up to serve in the US military, our government makes a basic promise to them: that if they are wounded in the line of duty they will get the care they need. Unfortunately, for tens of thousands of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, that's a promise that only exists on paper.
Corporal Phillipe Louis Jean: When I Got Back from Iraq, They Tried to Deport Me
Specialist Joshua Casteel: Abu Ghraib Interrogator Meets With the Pope
Lance Corporal Jeff Key: Gay Marine Comes Out on CNN
Sergeant Todd Bowers: While I Was in Iraq, My Student Loans Were Sent to Collection
Sergeant James Dean: Afghan Vet Shot by Maryland State Troopers
Documentary
Dear Ms Allison,
Thank you so much for co anchoring this seminal document on the Afganistan & Iraq conflicts.
I live in the DC area and tried to attend but I was told attendance was over capacity, which is as it should be. Moreover, I would never want to keep any current or former military personnel from sitting in and finding comfort and courage in the assembled community.
I am now trying to listen to parts I missed. I have sent the link out as far as my email list can reach to the west coast, the south and to Central America as well as to every email address I have that goes to a media or political center.
I am really excited at the prospect of a documentary film on the event and may I be the first to predict a Best Documentary Academy award in 2009! I can tell from the audio alone...
Best Regards,
Heather Harts'horn
Alexandria, VA
571 263 6103