Coffee Strong was a GI coffeehouse based on the tradition of resistance coffee houses opened during the

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by antiwar veterans and active duty soldiers in the United States. Based in

Lakewood, Washington Lakewood is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 63,612 at the 2020 census. History Lakewood was officially incorporated on February 28, 1996. Historical names include Tacoma/Lakewood Center and Lakes Distric ...

, it was founded in 2008 by veterans returning from the wars in Afghanistan and

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

. It was located within 300 meters of the gates at

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. The Coffee Strong advisory board included linguist and dissident

Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American public intellectual: a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is ...

, Marjorie Cohn,

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, Dahr Jamail,

Antonia Juhasz Antonia Juhasz (born 1970) is an American oil and energy analyst, author, journalist and activist. She has authored three books: ''The Bush Agenda'' (2006), ''The Tyranny of Oil'' (2008), and ''Black Tide'' (2011). Education Juhasz earned her und ...

, Col. Ann Wright (Ret.), and the late historian and author Howard Zinn. In 2011 filmmaker and professor of folklore and English at the University of Oregon Lisa Gilman released the film '' Grounds for Resistance'' about Coffee Strong and featured interviews by some of its founders and reactions to it from Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers.

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Seattle Times : Weekend WrapOfficial website for the documentary film Grounds for Resistance by Lisa Gilman.Alternet : How One Coffee Shop in Washington State is Providing a Haven For War ResistersNew era for coffeehouses rooted in anti-war tradition, in Army Times (3/7/10).
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