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Join Pilsen Community Books for an urgent conversation with authors Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early to discuss their work, Courage or Complicity? How Veterans Are Responding to the Assault on Democracy, a searing indictment of political betrayal and a big salute to vets organizing against it, revealing the frontline battles shaping the future of American democracy.

Suzanne Gordon is an award-winning journalist, co-founder of the Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute, and author of nearly twenty books on veterans’ healthcare and patient safety. Steve Early is a veteran labor journalist, organizer, and lawyer whose decades of work have made him a leading voice on the intersection of workers’ rights and veterans’ issues.

They will be joined by Victor LaGroon, Former Chief Diversity Officer of the VA, and Rory Fanning, author of Worth Fighting For: An Army Ranger's Journey Out of the Military and Across America.

Also joining the conversation is Chris Gentry, a Chicago-based organizer with Common Defense, the nation’s largest grassroots, veteran-led organization. His work focuses on ending the war at home, preventing future wars abroad, and defending the VA from privatization.

At this critical moment, veterans, healthcare advocates, labor organizers, and community members need to be in the same room. Come ready to listen, learn, and take action.