This Is Where We Take Our Stand is a web documentary about the IVAW Winter Soldier Project, where soldiers came to DC to share their experiences in war. Some courageous men and women were speaking out for the first time. Their testimony is very moving, very powerful. The raw footage is available at the IVAW website above.

I am extremely grateful to have been able to contribute to this project. I wrote a little about it back when we were organizing in spring ‘08. Since I got to be an organizer working with the national level, at pretty intense meetings… you can play seven exciting minutes of “I Spy Wembleyheads” in Episode Three: Why We Fight:

Flashback to January, three months before Winter Soldier. How do you bring hundreds of veterans to Washington DC, to tell their stories? An IVAW national planning meeting reveals sharp differences among the members. Is the point of Winter Soldier to show how these wars are hurting America, or the destruction America is bringing to the people of Iraq and Afghanistan? Is the goal to strengthen the military, or weaken it? Despite the differences, a deep unity is built because, as Geoff Millard declares, the bottom line is “No one can hear our stories and still support this shit.”

Well, while I a may be a moviestar now ::bats eyelashes:: I am actually hoping that you get intrigued and completely hooked and watch the first two episodes, and stay tuned for future episodes… and eventually feature length film… :D