Vietnam Veterans Against The War Anti-Imperialist

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Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti-Imperialist (VVAWAI) is a small group based in Seattle, Washington claiming to be one of two groups formed after the split of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). VVAW, Inc is the other. The VVAW, Inc web site originally described VVAWAI as "the creation of an obscure, ultra-left sect called the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) ... designed to pimp off of VVAW's history of struggle" and currently uses a modified version of that description omitting reference to the Revolutionary Communist Party.^[1] VVAWAI states they have no affiliation with the current VVAW, Inc, but shares the legacy of the original VVAW.

[edit] Notable events

In April 1980 there was a court battle between this group and Vietnam Veterans of the War, Inc., and VVAWAI (at the time calling itself "Vietnam Veterans Against the War") was ordered by court decision to use “Anti-Imperialist” or "A-I" in it’s name, and to include the disclaimer, "NOT AFFILIATED WITH VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR, INC." in all their publications.^[2]
Dave Blalock (a member of VVAWAI) was one of the defendants in United States v. Eichman, a 1990 United States Supreme Court case which overturned the 1989 Flag Protection Act^[3]. The defendants were defended by the late William Kunstler.
In 1993, VVAWAI hosted a “National Conference to Reforge the Anti-Intervention Movement” in Seattle.^[4]