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Dee Knight
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America (the)
Skills: Speaking Engagement/Lecture, Reading/Literary Event, Press/Media Interview
During the years of the U.S. war against Vietnam, Dee Knight was an editor of Amex-Canada, the newsletter of American exiles and expatriates who went to Canada in resistance to that war. He lived in Toronto, Canada, from 1968 to 1974. Amex-Canada helped organize American war resisters and their allies, including antiwar veterans, to sustain the resistance. In 1973 Knight helped to launch the National Council for Universal Unconditional Amnesty, which waged a campaign to end government repression of war resisters and active-duty U.S. soldiers. In January 1977 the campaign scored a partial victory when President Jimmy Carter granted a limited amnesty. Efforts to end punishment for antiwar veterans, active duty soldiers, and militant anti-imperialist activists have continued since those years to the present day.
Dee Knight's books
A Realistic Path to Peace: From Genocide to Global War... And How We Can Stop It
"Keen insights into reckless U.S. provocations towards Russia and China, and morally bankrupt policy in the Middle East... Shows the urgent need to revitalize the U.S. peace movement today."
-- Jeremy Kuzmarov, Managing Editor, Covert Action Magazine
"Dee Knight shows we are now at a tipping point, when the old world of war and exploitation is ending, and new world is coming into being. Read his book and see the pieces of the new world coming together, piece by strugging piece." -- Michael Wong, Vice President of Veterans For Peace, and Co-founder of Pivot To Peace
My Whirlwind Lives: Navigating Decades of Storms
"A fast-paced and fascinating tour of a life filled with politics, passion and purpose. Knight takes us through decades of turmoil in the U.S. and overseas, and decades of movement building against war, injustice and destruction of the planet. The book is infused with Knight's sweeping vision of a more humane world and his infectious sense of optimism. Read it and act.
--Medea Benjamin, Co-founder, CodePink
"This life story shares much with that of thousands of young people whose lives and world views changed when they were pushed to participate in unjust U.S. wars. --Gerry Condon, Vietnam era GI resister and former president of Veterans For Peace