Veterans organizations will hold a day of protests in various cities and at VA facilities around the country on Friday, June 6, headlined by a rally in Washington, D.C. that will feature the punk and activist band Dropkick Murphys.

The protests, say organizers of the D.C. event, are aimed at speaking out against expected staffing cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs, which they say will greatly impact care for veterans.

“We want to have a big tent for this. Veterans Affairs affects more than 14 million American veterans, of every political stripe and from every socio-economic background,” Plenzler, a Marine veteran, told Task & Purpose. Plenzler has previously written for Task & Purpose.

Along with the D.C. rally, online organizers have plans for over 200 other events at VA facili

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