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Courage or Complicity? How Veterans Are Responding to the Assault on Democracy 1
Courage or Complicity? How Veterans Are Responding to the Assault on Democracy 2
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Literature Talk

Courage or Complicity? How Veterans Are Responding to the Assault on Democracy

October 15 at 7pm

At The Word Is Change

Bedford-Stuyvesant

📚Browse the radical shelves before the talk
🪑Cozy storefront, arrive early for a seat
✊Q&A expected, bring your organizing questions

Two veteran-labor authors unpack how vets and VA caregivers are fighting to save their healthcare and jobs. A timely talk on organizing, democracy, and the "Save The VA" coalition at Bed-Stuy's radical bookshop.

Author talk
Veterans & labor
Political discussion
Indie bookstore

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