Coffee Strong
Coffee Strong was a GI coffeehouse based on the tradition of resistance coffee houses opened during the Vietnam War by antiwar veterans and active duty soldiers. Based in Lakewood, WA it was founded in 2008 by veterans returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It was located within 300 meters of the gates at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
The Coffee Strong advisory board included linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky, Marjorie Cohn, Mike Ferner, Eva Golinger, Dahr Jamail, Antonia Juhasz, Col. Ann Wright (Ret.), and the late historian and author Howard Zinn.[1] In 2011 filmmaker and professor of Folklore and English at the University of Oregon released the film [2][3] about Coffee Strong and featured interviews by some of its founders and reactions to it from Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers.
See also[]
- Under the Hood Café
- Iraq Veterans Against the War
- The Shelter Half
- GI Coffeehouses
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2010-11-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Grounds for Resistance". Grounds for Resistance.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2011-05-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Official website
- Seattle Times : Weekend Wrap
- Official website for the documentary film Grounds for Resistance by Lisa Gilman.
- Alternet : How One Coffee Shop in Washington State is Providing a Haven For War Resisters
- New era for coffeehouses rooted in anti-war tradition, in Army Times (3/7/10).
Coordinates: 47°07′17″N 122°33′14″W / 47.1214°N 122.5540°W
- Anti–Iraq War groups
- GI Coffeehouses
- History of Tacoma, Washington