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War Resistance
Individual and collective acts of war resistance by military personnel, veterans, parents, and everyday citizens.
NewsSDS: On 26 Campuses, Students Demonstrate Against Afghanistan OccupationDate: October 8, 2009WPR: Peace activists await trial for Wisconsin army base demonstrationDate: August 11, 2009TOLEDO BLADE: Military list opt-out updatedDate: August 20, 2009Take ActionEnd the U.S. Army's prosecution of Lt. Watadasource: Veterans For Peace and United for Peace and JusticeUpper Midwest Walk for Peacesource: Voices for Creative Non-ViolenceVoters For Peace 'Cancelled Check' Campaignsource: Voters for PeaceEventsVFP CONVENTION: Safeguard the Guard(August 25, 2010 - August 29, 2010)"Safeguard the Guard, Safeguard Democracy" workshop at Veterans for Peace national convention. 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. National Counter-Recruitment & Demilitarization Conference(July 17, 2009 - July 19, 2009)The conference will bring together a broad spectrum of people to share skills and form the relationships needed to build a permanent resistance to militarism. Youth, parents, educators, veterans, artists, members of social justice organizations and more will come together for practical training on counter-recruitment, legislative challenges, and public pressure to promote non-military alternatives. Publications & TalksCCR: Restore. Protect. Expand The Constitution: Amend the War Powers Resolution(April 9, 2009)A discussion of the need to restore the Congressional role in declaring war by amending the War Powers Act. Prospects for Participatory Democracy in the U.S.A"The task . . . is to facilitate the growth of an aggressive democracy movement in the United States." Manski: From liberty to empire -- The demise of American defenseA history and legal analysis of the transformation of the National Guard. |
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