Iraq

No More Soldiers, No More Wars: New Resources for Countering Military Recruitment

Authors: Janine Schwab

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An overview of recently published resources working against the militarization of our young people.

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Closer to a Death-Penalty-Free World: But in 2008: 2390 Known Executions

For the World Day Against the Death Penalty, an anti-death penalty message was projected against the Roman Collosseum, a former public mass execution site. Italy banned the death penalty in 1947. PHOTO: NOVEMBER 30, 2006, FABIO RENZETTI VIA FLICKR
Authors: Amnesty International

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Capital punishment is a legalized process of physical and psychological terror.

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Everything Is Different — But our Work Goes on: A Report from United for Justice with Peace

Authors: Joseph Gainza

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Just as the sources of the crises confronting
us are connected, so too must be the
solutions we bring forward and
demand be implemented.

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SECURITY WITHOUT EMPIRE:A NATIONAL ORGANIZING CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN MILITARY BASES

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US Soldier Refuses Deployment to Afghanistan: CO Declares War "Flat-Out Murder"

Authors: Sarah Lazare

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I won't go.

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Alternatives to the War in Afghanistan: Don't Escalate the War -- Pull Troops Out

This picture from a U.S. court martial file, drawn by military polygraph examiner George Chigi III, shows how Afghan detainee Dilawar was shackled by his wrists to the ceiling of an isolation cell at Bagram Air Base before being beaten to death in Decembe
Authors: Joseph Gerson

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Peace is negotiated between enemies.

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Ten Ways To End the Occupation of Afghanistan: Inform, Educate, Agitate, Organize

Protesters of the war in Afghanistan collect blankets for Afghanistan refugees at Boston City Hall Plaza, November 8, 2001. Over 75,000 blankets were collected and sent within four months. photo: © Ellen Shub
Authors: maTT De Vleger

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To organize, we need to inform ourselves and share what we learn.

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There is Not Only Violence in Iraq: The La Onf Week of Nonviolence Takes Hold Across the Country

Volunteers from LaOnf, a network of nonviolence advocates in Iraq, visited schools and exchanged soccer balls for war toys (www.laonf.net)
Authors: September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows

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In these places, the simple act of gathering in public to make a statement of nonviolence and unity took tremendous courage.

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Well Beyond Abu Ghraib: Expert Testimony on the Effects of US Torture Policy

Authors: Deborah Pearlstein

Summary:As of 2006 there had been more than 330 cases in which US military and civilian personnel were credibly alleged to have abused or killed detainees.

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Boyle's Law: Turning up the Heat Against Militarism Through Civil Resistance

Snow covered statue in Princeton, NJ, February, 2006. Photo: Huxleyesque via Flickr
Authors: Stephen Lendman

Summary:Stephen Lendman reviews Protesting Power: War, Resistance, and Law by Frances Boyle.

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