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History of the Guard
Reading materials for those who want to know more about the history of our National Guard.
Organizing ResourcesSTUDY 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. NewsSpeakers announced for Who Decides About War? conferenceDate: August 10, 2009DAVIS: Veterans Day Is “A Coming” But Never Gets HereDate: October 28, 2009DRAEGER AND MANSKI: Safeguard Wisconsin’s Guard from needless deploymentDate: March 6, 2010Take ActionBring the Guard Home!source: Liberty TreeEventsDemocracy 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. WHO DECIDES ABOUT WAR? National Conference on War Powers, Law, and Democracy(October 2, 2009 - October 3, 2009)"Who Decides About War" will be a national conference confronting essential questions raised by the U.S. invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. These questions are timely, as the political process that brought the United States into those wars is widely recognized today as having been flawed at best, dishonest at worst. UW LAW SCHOOL: Restoring the Rule of Law Where It Matters Most(April 2, 2009)Join a lively discussion with Attorney Benson Scotch on "The new debate over war powers, defense policy, and the National Guard," with special guest, State Representative Spencer Black, the lead sponsor of WI National Guard federalization review legislation. Publications & TalksNICHOLS: You are the Commander in Chief(April 2, 2009)Video of John Nichols' speech at the April 2, 2009, teach-in, "You are the Commander in Chief." This event was one of a series of five events launching Wisconsin"s National Guard campaign. FIRST 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. |
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