[Peace-discuss] Fwd: collecting stuff for flier -- seeking your opinion on what I should be looking for

[Ricky Baldwin]

Hey Karen-

If you still want input, my thoughts would be two: 

(1) vets not receiving services they've been promised (I personally know of VA employees ordered
to deny all claims pro forma, without even processing, until the individual vet files an appeal -
that was the order - 'don't process any claim, just deny them all, until they file for appeal,
then process them; there are of course the cuts in services, closing VA's, etc; but also VA
practices such as collecting social security numbers - and thus funding - from prisoners who are
vets, by informing them of services for which they are not eligible or which otherwise are not
available; etc) 

(2) and "fallguys" i.e. ordinary soldiers prosecuted for govt policies/crimes in which they may
have participated, but in which officials above them in the chain also share(d) responsibility.  

Just a couple ideas...

Ricky

--- Karen Medina <kmedina at uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Here is a list of topics I am investigating for Saturday's flier at the demonstration:
> * homelessness
> * spousal abuse
> * domestic abuse (child abuse vs. spousal abuse)
> * psychological problems
> * joblessness
> * not qualifying for college education (so unable to take advantage of the GI Bill)
> * Suffering from exposure to stuff like white phosphorus and depleted uranium. 
> * Birth defects of children born to people who served in Iraq. (I think there was some really
> high numbers in Mississippi or Alabama -- people who had been to Iraq several times).
> 
> -karen medina
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