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Oct 5 event: Chism Series, “Toward a Just Memory: Resistance, Violence, Art and the American War in Vietnam.”

Panel Discussion: Dissent and Resistance within the Military

East Reading Room, Collins Memorial Library at the University of Puget Sound

October 5, 2022  2:00-3:20

Related to the Exhibit: Dissent and Resistance within the Military, East Reading Room, Collins Memorial Library, September 28-October 28,

and coordinated with local members of Veterans for Peace, this panel discussion will feature activists who will talk together about their engagements with dissent and resistance at Fort Lewis and in its surrounding community, activities ranging from work with the Shelter Half Coffeehouse and the Fed UP newspaper to antiwar organizing within the Army, including in the Presidio Stockade following arrest. The panel discussion will engage issues related to the ethical and moral implications of opposing the war from within the military, as well as the differential motivations, tactics, impact and experiences of these actions.

Event Poster: 

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Chism Series Schedule:

Final Chism Schedule with Detail