Truth to Tell: Veterans for Peace and Poor Peoples' March
Story By Andy Driscoll

The names and numbers of organizations planning events coincident with and in response to the Republican National Convention (RNC) just keep on coming. At the end of the month the national and local chapters of the *Veterans for Peace (VFP)*will hold their convention, joined by the IRAQ VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR (IVAW), while on September 2, the second large parade of protesters will seek the eyeballs and ears of RNC delegates and the media – the MARCH FOR OUR LIVES organized by the POOR PEOPLE’S ECONOMIC HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (PPEHRC).

Tune in on Wednesday, August 20th at 11am as ANDY DRISCOLL and LYNNELL MICKELSEN talk with leaders of all these events and get their take on the dynamics of the convention in St. Paul, Sept. 1-4 at the Xcel.

GUESTS:

• JOHN VARONE, President, VFP Minnesota Chapter 27

• CHANTE WOLF, Vice President, VFP Minnesota Chapter 27

• JIM STEINHAGEN, Past President, VFP Minnesota Chapter 27

• WES DAVEY, Iraq Veterans Against the War

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Labels: March for Our Lives 2008