When the 11th Annual Long Beach Veterans Day Parade makes its way down Atlantic Avenue this Saturday, members of three veterans groups will be missing in action: Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans for Peace, and Military Families Speak Out. All have been told by parade organizers that they can’t be in the parade–technically because [...]

It sounds fantastic when you think about it–fantastic like cities on the moon and flying cars–but the 11th Annual Long Beach Veterans Day Parade is an a-political event. And yet … .