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Afghanistan
News and campaigns related to the occupation of Afghanistan.
Organizing ResourcesLatest 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/ STUDY GUIDE: Benson Scotch on war powers, defense policy, and the National GuardThis study guide was prepared by Benson Scotch, senior legal counsel for the campaign to "Bring the Guard Home! It's the Law," in advance of his April 2, 2009 lecture at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Guide for starting a "Guard Home!" campaign in your stateInterested in starting a "Bring the Guard Home! It's the Law." campaign in your state? This short guide will help you on your way. NewsNICHOLS: Who Decides About War? What About the People?Date: October 5, 2009VPR: Rep Mike Fisher on the Guard's role in the warDate: October 5, 2009SDS: On 26 Campuses, Students Demonstrate Against Afghanistan OccupationDate: October 8, 2009Take ActionUpper Midwest Walk for Peacesource: Voices for Creative Non-ViolencePlease Attend Oregon's Legislative Hearings ~ March 11, 2009source: Portland Peace and Justice WorksIraq Town Halls: Stop Funding the Warsource: IraqTownHalls.comEventsWisconsin Statewide "Guard Home" Organizing Meeting(June 19, 2009)Get together with the Wisconsin folks who are moving this campaign forward, including the "Bring the Guard Home" national coordinator, by joining the Wisconsin "Bring the Guard Home" campaign at 6pm on Friday, June 19th at the MREA Energy Fair in Custer, near Stevens Point. Guard Workshop at National Assembly(July 11, 2009)Anti-war activist Elaine Brower, Mikhail Pappas, and other members of the national Guard Home campaign will speak at a workshop outlining a state-by-state legislative effort to bring the National Guard home from Iraq and Afghanistan. Democracy Track at the U.S. Social ForumThe Democracy Track is a series of sessions and community spaces at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27-July 1, 2007. The purpose of these sessions is to centralize democracy in all of our everyday struggles. Publications & TalksFIRST VIDEO: Who Decides About War?(October 2, 2009 - October 3, 2009)You don't have to wait any longer: The initial video is in from Who Decides About War?, the National Conference on War Powers, Law, and Democracy. This exciting conference took place on October 2nd and 3rd at the Georgetown School of Law, and featured over one hundred participants from 18 states Participants included veterans, military family members, journalists, lawyers, law students, professors, and other advocates of a more democratic, peaceful system of national defense. 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. Update on Efforts to Block Deployment of National Guard Troops to Iraq and Afghanistan(May 29, 2009)A radio interview of Ben Manski and Dan Hendelman on KBOO |
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