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Defense Reform
Campaigns and reforms designed to democratize our system of national defense.
Organizing ResourcesWisconsin National Guard PetitionPlease help the Wisconsin campaign by circulating this petition. Tips for Effective Guard Home PetitioningThese simple tips will help you to coordinate an effective petitioning campaign. Adopt a resolution to protect Wisconsin's GuardPlease download this sample resolution and bring it to our organization, local government, union, faith community, business -- you name it -- and get them to put their name on record in support of Wisconsin's National Guard. NewsDAILY CARDINAL: Campaign to ‘Bring the Guard Home’ kicks off in MadisonDate: April 3, 2009Oregon's Guard Home Campaign Reviews '09 SuccessDate: June 24, 2009SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX: Leah Bolger on the campaign to keep the Guard homeDate: May 31, 2009Take ActionPlease Attend Oregon's Legislative Hearings ~ March 11, 2009source: Portland Peace and Justice WorksBring the Guard Home!source: Liberty TreeEventsWisconsin 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. U.S. Social Forum II(June 22, 2009 - June 26, 2010)Another World is Possible! Another U.S.A. is necessary! 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. Publications & TalksUpdate 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 Antiwar Radio interviews Ben Manski(June 18, 2009)Antiwar.com's Scott Horton interviews Ben Manski, Executive Director of Liberty Tree regarding the Bring the Guard Home! campaign. VIDEO: National Launch of Guard Home! campaign(January 21, 2009)Short video of the national launch of the campaign to "Bring the Guard Home! It's the Law." Featured presenters included Rep. Mike Fisher (VT), Rep. David Segal (RI), Jean Athey (Peace Action), Leah Bolger (Vets for Peace), Karen Dolan (IPS), Elaine Brower (Militiary Families Speak Out), Ben Manski (Liberty Tree), Benson Scotch (Of Counsel). |
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