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AWOL U.S. soldier André Shepherd on the International Day of Conscientious Objection
Speaking on the occasion of the International Day of Conscientious Objection on May 15, André Shepherd, AWOL from the United States Army and seeking asylum in Germany, declared: "Many people have suffered and died as a result of the wars of the United States of America. Our nation has tortured, harassed, lied to and destroyed nations. I and others have come to the conclusion that the War on Terror is a fraud. We will not rest until the war criminals are brought to ju… Continue
Posted by Gordon Soderberg on May 15, 2009 at 1:59pm
Southwest Cosrevation Corps Needs Crew Leaders
Crew Leader
Position Type:
Field-based, seasonal, full-time, exempt
Location:
Based out of Tucson, AZ, Salida, CO, and Durango CO; works throughout the Southwest including Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
Salary:
$460 - $520 weekly stipend (depending on experience), includes weekly $25 mandatory meal deduction
Start date:
Program dates vary depending on program and region. Program length ranges from 6-12 weeks. 10 month long positions also available.
Benefits:
Food… Continue
Posted by Gordon Soderberg on May 2, 2009 at 12:24pm
Shot From the Front Lines
By: Karin Fleming
The soldier pokes through a fire pit, pointing out the remains of the person whose body was burned there. He points the camera at different bones buried in the ashes--the femur, the toes and the arch of a foot. The camera then turns its attention to a hole in the ground while the soldier tells the man behind it that more bodies can be found inside.
This is Iraq. The scene is part of a film, Deconstructed, produced by 29-year-old Casey J.… Continue
Posted by Gordon Soderberg on April 3, 2009 at 11:03pm
Veterans of the War on Terror to protest in Strasbourg with support from American expatriates
Americans Against the War France
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2009
IVAW Contact:
Chris Capps-Schubert
IVAW European Regional Coordinator
Cell Phone: +49 (0) 162-784-5498
Home Phone: +49 (0) 6181-610-4747
Email: europe@ivaw.org
AAW France Contact:
Victoria Santiago
President AAW France
Cell Phone: +33 (0) 680 18 21 42
Email: victoriamsantiago@yahoo.com
Website: www.aawfrance.org
Veterans of the War on Terror to protest in Strasbourg with support fro… Continue
Posted by Meike Capps-Schubert on April 2, 2009 at 5:15am
Shot From the Front Lines One soldier documents his experiences
The soldier pokes through a fire pit, pointing out the remains of the person whose body was burned there. He points the camera at different bones buried in the ashes--the femur, the toes and the arch of a foot. The camera then turns its attention to a hole in the ground while the soldier tells the man behind it that more bodies can be found inside.
This is Iraq. The scene is part of a film, Deconstructed, produced by 29-year-old Casey J. Porter, a specialist in the U… Continue
Posted by Gordon Soderberg on March 30, 2009 at 11:13pm
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Listening to the G.I. Voice at Fort Lewis Coffee Strong
Started by Gordon Soderberg Mar 12.
The Iraq Veterans Memorial
Started by Gordon Soderberg Nov. 7, 2008.
RED T-SHIRT FRIDAYS IN SUPPORT OF OUR TROOPS
Started by Lisa Edwards Nov. 2, 2008.
Wars require no taxes
Started by Dave Wilber Nov. 1, 2008.
Building an IVAW Chapter
Started by Gordon Soderberg Aug. 14, 2008.
Bush: Critics Of Gitmo, Abu Ghraib And Rendition Are ‘Slandering America’ - thinkprogress.org
Started by polymath22 Jun. 16, 2008.
IVAW Tour Europe The Truth Of The War On Terror Will Be Exposed
Started by Meike Capps-Schubert May. 31, 2008.
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF VETERANS: 2007
Started by Gordon Soderberg May. 6, 2008.
Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan
Started by Gordon Soderberg Apr. 27, 2008.
Winter Soldier Announcement from STOP THE WAR BRIGADE & IVAW-EUROPE
Started by Meike Capps-Schubert Mar. 4, 2008.
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IVAW Iraq Veterans Against War
CONVENTION at SilverDocs - SpoutBlog
CONVENTION at SilverDocs
SpoutBlog ... course the economy itself become a motivator for protest, with IVAW demanding not just an end to the war, but expanded benefits for those who've served. ... |
Son of Nun interview, Part 1 - ZNet
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Son of Nun interview, Part 1
ZNet Just hearing their perspective on it—I didn't know that there was an IVAW doing the same shit that the soldiers in Vietnam were doing. ... |
IVAW: Keep the Calls Coming - We are on the verge of defeating War ... - UN Observer
IVAW: Keep the Calls Coming - We are on the verge of defeating War ...
UN Observer ... original Democrats' opposition to continuing escalating in Afghanistan, we now have an opportunity to defeat this bill! MORE http://ivaw.org/node/5155. |
Local veterans group working for peace - Shore News Today
Local veterans group working for peace
Shore News Today Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) is another active anti-war veterans organization that focuses mainly on Iraq. Military Families Speak Out represents ... |
IVAW Veteran: Iraq Trip Report Back: Humbling - Infoshop News
IVAW Veteran: Iraq Trip Report Back: Humbling
Infoshop News Thank you VVAW and US Labor Against the War for your generous contribution to help make IVAW's presence at the first International Labor Conference in Erbil ... Chicago Labor Marshals Support for Iraqi Unions |
uprisingradio.org - Uprising
uprisingradio.org
Uprising IVAW passed a resolution earlier this year calling for an end to the occupation of Afghanistan and reparations for the Afghan people. One member of IVAW, ... uprisingradio.org |
Ron Paul: The Next Generation - Liberty Maven
Ron Paul: The Next Generation
Liberty Maven Adam Kokesh - Kokesh is a libertarian activist and member of Iraq Veterans Against The War (IVAW.org). He is well-loved in Ron Paul circles thanks to his ... |
IVAW Member Victor Agosto Refuses Deployment to Afghanistan - UN Observer
IVAW Member Victor Agosto Refuses Deployment to Afghanistan
UN Observer 2009-06-08 | "It's a matter of what I'm willing to live with," Specialist Victor Agosto of the US Army, who is refusing orders to deploy to Afghanistan, ... |
Antiwar Radio
The Fair-Minded Fascist
As several commenters downblog have so astutely noted, my deviationism on the crucial issue of our times – WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN HONDURAS? – has revealed me as a neocon, a fascist, and a militarist. Probably a misogynist and a theocrat, too. But just to demonstrate that even fascists are complicated, I’ll link [...]Flashback: Honduras, May 2007
This is from the extreme right-wing BBC, so take it with a grain of salt: Honduras TV gets government order Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has ordered all the country’s TV and radio stations to carry government propaganda for two hours a day. He says that the short-term measure is necessary because of unfair coverage of his government. Mr Zelaya [...]You and Whose Army?
I’m no scholar on Honduras, to say the least, so I’ll assume the basic facts regarding recent events are in accord with this opinion piece calling for ousted President Manuel Zelaya’s reinstatement: Zelaya’s fatal mistake was in organizing a de facto referendum to test the idea of allowing him a second term. Honduras’s Constitution explicitly forbids [...]Was the ‘Good War’ Unnecessary?
Was the “Good War” – World War II – Unnecessary? Sure would mess up a lot of people’s favorite slogans if it was… The Future of Freedom Foundation’s Anthony Gregory reviews Pat Buchanan’s Churchill, Hitler and “The Unnecessary War”: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World in three parts. Part one. Part two. Part three.Obama’s Ludicrous Declaration on Torture Day
President Obama issued his statement on the United Nations International Day in Support of Torture Victims. I wonder if Obama’s ghostwriter was wearing hip boots when this statement was put together. The opening of his statement could have been recycled from the George W. Bush years: “Torture is contrary to the founding documents of our [...]DEMOCRACY NOW NEWS FEED
Democracy Now! 2009-07-03 Friday
Noam Chomsky on “Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours”Democracy Now! 2009-07-02 Thursday
Headlines for July 02, 2009; Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire Speaks from Israeli Jail Cell After Arrest on Boat Delivering Humanitarian Aid to Gaza; Zelaya Vows to Return to Honduras Despite Threats of Arrest by Coup Leaders; "Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City" ; Up in Smoke: How the Tobacco Industry Shaped the New Smoking Bill; John Pilger Calls UK National Health Service a Treasure, Blasts US Lawmakers for Being "in Bed with Powerful Interests" and Neglecting "Their Own People's Basic Human Rights"Democracy Now! 2009-07-01 Wednesday
Headlines for July 01, 2009; "Change to Win is Dead" - Juan Gonzalez on Labor Movement Struggle; Military Using "Brutal" Force Against Anti-Coup Protests in Honduras; Generals Who Led Honduras Military Coup Trained at the School of the Americas; What's Behind the Honduras Coup? Tracing Zelaya's Trajectory; How Can We Have Sovereignty When We Don't Have Electricity or Water to Bathe? Iraqi Reporter on US Troop PullbackDemocracy Now! 2009-06-30 Tuesday
Headlines for June 30, 2009; Judge Sentences Madoff to 150 Years, But Will Regulatory System that Allowed Massive Financial Fraud Really Change?; Michael Jackson 1958-2009: The Life and Legacy of the King of PopTRUTHOUT NEWS FEED
Obama's Trip: A Mission to Reshape US Image
OAS Without Dissent Suspends Honduras Over Zelaya Ouster
Washington - The Organization of American States voted late Saturday to suspend Honduras from the group over the military ouster of President Manuel Zelaya, who minutes later vowed to return to his country Sunday despite warnings it would be too dangerous.
The group voted 33 to 0 just before midnight to bar Honduras immediately, saying the ouster of Zelaya had created an "unconstitutional alteration of the democratic order.''
This July 4th, Rebel and Agitate for Change
Agitators created America, and it's their feisty spirit and outright rebelliousness that we celebrate on our national holiday.
Are you an agitator? You know, one of those people who won't leave well enough alone, who's always questioning authority and trying to stir things up.
If so, the Powers That Be detest you -- you ... you ... "agitator!" They spit the term out as a pejorative to brand anyone who dares to challenge the established order.
The Age of Paine
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again," wrote Thomas Paine in "Common Sense," the revolutionary pamphlet published in January 1776. Ronald Reagan quoted those words on July 17, 1980, when he addressed the Republican National Convention and accepted his party's presidential nomination. Reagan led a coalition of corporate oligarchs, imperial crusaders and Christian fundamentalists to power, and to this day Reaganism remains the official gospel of the old guard in the Republican Party. The republican and social democratic ideals of Paine are long lost to many modern partisan Republicans and Democrats, but many memorable phrases of Paine still fill the mouths of career politicians.
Access Scandal Echoes Beyond The Washington Post
For embarrassed Washington Post executives-reeling from what the paper's own ombudsman called a public relations "disaster" over a flier promoting a "salon" for lobbyists to mingle with prominent newsmakers-there must be a sense of "Why us?"
The fact is The Post's clumsy effort to make money on its brand name and market its access to the powerful was a belated effort to follow in the steps of at least two other prominent news organizations: the Wall Street Journal and the Economist magazine.
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