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Bring the Guard Home! It's the Law. "Bring the Guard Home! It's the law." is a national movement of state campaigns to end the unlawful overseas deployment of our National Guard. State campaigns are active in Alaska, California, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington D.C., Washington, Wisconsin, and new states are joining all the time.
For upcoming events, publications and talks, resources, action alerts, or the latest news, just click on the links at left. For state Guard legislation, click here. Latest News:DRAEGER AND MANSKI: Safeguard Wisconsin’s Guard from needless deploymentDate: March 6, 2010BURGHARDT: Obama Calls for State-Federal Military "partnership"Date: January 17, 2010BURNS: Who's Safeguarding the Guard? PA Governor says GuardDate: December 16, 2009JAMAIL: Veterans Group Calls on Soldiers to Refuse Deployment OrdersDate: December 14th, 2009SCAHILL: Contractors watching contractorsDate: December 10, 2009Take Action:End the U.S. Army's prosecution of Lt. Watadasource: Veterans For Peace and United for Peace and JusticePlease Attend Oregon's Legislative Hearings ~ March 11, 2009source: Portland Peace and Justice WorksPublications & Talks:VIDEO: Who Decides About War?(October 2, 2009 - October 3, 2009)"Who Decides About War?," the National Conference on War Powers, Law, and Democracy, took place October 2-3, 2009 in Washington D.C.. Organized by the Guard Home! campaign, Liberty Tree Foundation, and many partners, and hosted by the National Lawyers Guild at the Georgetown Law School, this conference was the first of its kind in many years, uniting academics with activists, attorneys with veterans, in exploring key reforms necessary to democratizing defense in the United States, and making war less likely. BURNS: The strategy behind the Guard Home movement(October 14, 2009)"Just take a look at our current situation: The United States exists in a permanent state of war, can even be said to be addicted to war, and all decision-making about the question of war has now been placed in the hands of one man: the President. Whatever we think of the current occupant of that office, this is clearly a dangerous, unhealthy and undemocratic state of affairs." Events:ASSEMBLY HEARING: Safeguard Wisconsin's Guard Bill(March 9, 2010)Assembly Bill 203, the bill to enact legal safeguards to protect Wisconsin's National Guard from unlawful overseas deployments, has been scheduled for a hearing before the Assembly's Veterans and Military Affairs Committee on March 9, 2010. Please join us, so that the hearing room is wall-to-wall with people who care about our Guard members and families and want to see them protected from misuse by the federal government.
U.S. Social Forum II(June 22, 2009 - June 26, 2010)Another World is Possible! Another U.S.A. is necessary! Organizing Resources:Tips for Effective Guard Home PetitioningThese simple tips will help you to coordinate an effective petitioning campaign. Latest News fom the Department of DefenseFor the latest news regarding deployments, activation numbers, casualties, and more, direct from the horse's mouth, see: http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/ |
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