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Greene Reveal
and very special guest
SOCRATIC
THIEVES AND VILLAINS
THE YEARS GONE BY
STILL RINGS TRUE

Saturday, Aug. 30
Door opens at 6
$6 presale/$8 at the door
Presale:
supergnarly.com

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ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Pentagon, Big Pharma: Drug Troops to Numb Them to Horrors of War

Army Suicides Highest in 26 Years

120 War Vets Commit Suicide Each Week

Resistance in the Ranks

 

Arlington North

A tribute to the United States and Canadian soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan


Antiwar support
at Different Drummer Café

LETTER FROM A SOLDIER IN IRAQ:
WHY ARE WE HERE?

"Iraq in Fragments": A Glimpse of Life Under Occupation

Soldier's Signs of Suicide Not Acted On

Different Drummer Cafe Welcomed the IVAW Bus Tour to Ft. Drum
July 8-9!

"Purple Heart" draws audiences,
attention and acclaim

Army Drops AWOL Charges Agaiinst Army Medic
Eugene Cherry

Different Drummer Supports Appeal for Redress: Petitions Available for Signing

View video of
IVAW BBQ, Watertown July 8, 2007

vvaw picnic

Different Drummer Cafe
To Assist Ft Drum Soldiers in Filing Formal
Complaint Against Army's Effort to
Bar them from Disability Advice

 

Listen to the story on-line

 

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Our cafe is designed to provide active duty and reserve military personnel and families at Ft. Drum with an inviting, comfortable, and warm place to socialize, listen to music and enjoy other live entertainment. Soldiers will also have access to legal counselling, a bookstore, and a regular program of film showings and discussions on current issues.

Check out all the great upcoming events

GI COFFEEHOUSES OPEN IN...

TEXAS

Under The Hood: An Anti-War GI Coffeehouse in Texas

Coming to Killeen: A GI coffeehouse in the grand tradition

The Oleo Strut Coffeehouse
And The G.I. Antiwar Movement

AND SEATTLE

GI Coffee House Coming Soon next to Ft. Lewis
Tod Ensign to speak

spring festival march

AS THE MOVEMENT GROWS

Did the GI Movement End the Vietnam War?
And What is the real legacy of the GI Coffeehouses?

FT. DRUM SPRING FESTIVAL

"Residents seemed eager to
embrace the marchers' dual message:
bring our soldiers back and provide them with
quality health care when they get home."


spring festival march

An Antiwar March Through Towns Unused to One
By Michelle York, The New York Times

North Country Walk to Ft Drum Festival A Success
By Tod Ensign



 

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BRAD GASKINS ARESTED:

View Channel 9 Report on Brad Gaskins

Associated Press:
AWOL Soldier Seeking Treatment Arrested

New York Times:
Sargent Fled Army, but Not the War in His Head

THE DEVALUED CURRENCY OF TRUTH
By Robert C. Koehler
Tribune Media Service

A soldier punished for seeking help

gaskins arrested
Gaskins arrested at the Different Drummer by Ft. Drum police despite trying to surrender



WRITER LOOKING AT GI RESISTANCE
SEEKS YOUR STORIES


iraq vets rally

"Soldiers and Civilians Speak Out" rally in Syracuse drew thousands and was viewed as the biggest antiwar demonstration in Syracuse since the Viet Nam War. The event was organized by Iraq Veterans Against the War-Ft. Drum and Campus Antiwar Network.
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"SEND OFF" PARTY AT DIFFERENT DRUMMER

familyOn Saturday night, September 1st, active duty members of the Iraq Vets Against War chapter on Ft Drum hosted a "Send Off" party at the Different Drummer internet cafe for some of the 3,500 members of the 1st Brigade who are being sent back to Iraq for what may be another fifteen month tour. Eli, one of the IVAW members from Drum estimated that as many as 35% of the troops in this brigade are deploying on their third combat tour(!)

Several musical groups as well as individual performers made for a lively party and organizers estimated that about eighty people, many of them GIs, partied late into the night. Another brigade from the 10th Mountain is due home in November, after a fifteen month tour. IVAW members believe that they will be open to seriously questioning further deployments in the future. Arison Cain, the Drummer's coordinator concluded; "This was the most successful event we've had at the cafe since I've been involved."

ARMY MAY BRING ON A NEW BRIGAGE
Fort Drum on short list for 4,000 more troops.

ONE BRIGADE MOVES OUT, ANOTHER IN




billiard table

Come play on the Drummer's new 7-foot billiard table!

Our Mission

 

TO PROMOTE
the free and uncensored exchange of ideas and information among active duty and reserve military personnel and civilians.

This includes, but isn't limited to, issues of war and peace, foreign policy, the military mission of our soldiers both at home and abroad, and the proper balance between the rights of citizen soldiers and military authority in a democratic society.

 

TO PROVIDE
accurate information, referrals, and counseling regarding the rights and duties of America's service members under U.S.
and international law.

 

TO ENTERTAIN
servicemembers, civilians, and their families with performances of music, dance, comedy, rap,

poetry, and authors'
readings reflecting a wide variety of viewpoints.

 

House Rules

YES

 

Talking

Exchanging Ideas

Discussing

Flirting

Debating

P.D.A.

 

NO

 

Smoking

Drinking Alcohol

Photography (without consent)

Insulitng or Offensive Language

After 9:00 p.m. persons under 18 years must be accompanied by an adult.

 

We reserve the right to ask unruly guests to leave.

Directions to Different Drummer Cafe

What's happening
in and around Watertown

 


The Different Drummer Internet Cafe is a joint project of Citizen Soldier and Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
CS is located at 267 Fifth Ave., #901, New York, N Y 10016 (212) 679-2250 (www.citizen-soldier.org) while
VVAW is located at PO Box 408594, Chicago, IL 60640 (773) 276-4180 (www.vvaw.org

Different Drummer Cafe, 12 Paddock Arcade, 1 Public Square, Watertown NY 13601 Phone 315-782-0595