Frank Dorrel
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Frank Dorrel is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 peace activist
Peace activist
This list of peace activists includes people who proactively advocate diplomatic, non-military resolution of political disputes, usually through nonviolent means.A peace activist is an activist of the peace movement.*Jane Addams*Martti Ahtisaari...

. A former United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 personnel, he is now a Veteran for Peace
Veterans for Peace
Veterans For Peace is a United States organization founded in 1985. Made up of male and female US military veterans of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and other conflicts, as well as peacetime veterans, the group works to promote alternatives to war.-Foundation:The...

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Dorrel publishes and distributes Addicted to War
Addicted To War
Addicted to War, subtitled Why The US Can't Kick Militarism, is a 77 letter-sized page "illustrated exposé" by Joel Andreas published by Frank Dorrel with AK Press in 2002...

, Why The U.S. Can’t Kick Militarism
by Joel Andreas. This anti-war comic book is a history of U.S. militarism and has become one of the most popular books in the Peace Movement. It is being used in hundreds of high schools and colleges all over the country.

Dorrel put together a two hour film titled What I’ve Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy: The War Against The Third World, which has been seen by as many as 2 million people since 2000. He also distributes the film Arlington West by Peter Dudar and Sally Marr.

Dorrel is a member of Veterans For Peace, both local and national chapters. He was in the U.S. Air Force. He helped to start the Arlington West Memorial in Santa Monica, a project of the Los Angeles Chapter of Veterans For Peace. The Arlington West Memorial has been erected next to the Santa Monica Pier each and every Sunday since February 2004.

He is on the board of the Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools (CAMS) and the Executive Board of the Office of the Americas.

Dorrel has worked closely with Cole Miller
Cole Miller (activist)
Mayne Cole Miller is an American peace activist and radio producer.He is the Founding Director of No More Victims, a non-profit organization which pairs war-injured Iraqi children with communities across the United States in an effort to advocate and educate for peace...

, founder of No More Victims and with many other Peace and Justice organizations in Los Angeles and around the country.

Dorrel has put on many anti-war events in the Los Angeles area in the last six years, many times co-hosting with Don White. During this same time period, Dorrel and his wife Jane, have hosted four or five events each year at their home in Culver City.
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