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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
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
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A Focus on Violence by Returning G.I.’s ...the number of servicemen implicated in violent crimes has raised alarm... |
U.S. soldier seeks asylum in Germany
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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 |
Network of GI Support Grows:
Coffeehouse/Counselling centers for Soldiers will open near Ft. Lewis, WA and Ft. Hood, TX in the next two weeks. The "Coffee Strong" cafe next to Ft. Lewis will provide educational programs, entertainment and GI rights counselling as well as links to psychological and legal support for Ft. Lewis personnel and their families. Coffee Strong also makes a mean cup of coffee! (Also see GI Coffee House Coming Soon next to Ft. Lewis; The "Under the Hood" project, adjacent to Ft. Hood TX will also offer social programs, counselling and legal referral to servicemembers from Ft Hood--the Army's largest base. (Also see Under The Hood: An Anti-War GI Coffeehouse in Texas) These new projects join "The Different Drummer" internet cafe, a GI counselling project near Ft. Drum in upstate New York. In its third year of operation, the "Drummer" salutes the new arrivals and will actively share information and project ideas with them All three projects plan to aid activists who're seeking to launch similar operations at other military bases during 2009. More info: Tod Ensign, Ft Drum, N Y (212) 679-2250
AS THE MOVEMENT GROWS Coming to Killeen: A GI coffeehouse in the grand tradition The Oleo Strut Coffeehouse Did the GI Movement End the Vietnam War? |
| FT. DRUM SPRING FESTIVAL "Residents seemed eager to An Antiwar March Through Towns Unused to One North Country Walk to Ft Drum Festival A Success |
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BRAD GASKINS ARESTED: View Channel 9 Report on Brad Gaskins Associated Press: New York Times: THE DEVALUED CURRENCY OF TRUTH A soldier punished for seeking help
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"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. |
"SEND OFF" PARTY AT DIFFERENT DRUMMER
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
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On 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(!)
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 project of Citizen Soldier
267 Fifth Ave., #901, New York, N Y 10016
(212) 679-2250 www.citizen-soldier.org
Different Drummer Cafe, 12 Paddock Arcade, 1 Public Square, Watertown NY 13601 Phone 315-782-0595