2.02 resistance within militaries

Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan

Silver Spring, MD, March 2008. Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan. PHOTO: © Diane Greene Lent 2008

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I was explicitly told by my chain of command that I could shoot anyone who came closer to me than I felt comfortable with.

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Military Shipments Obstructed: Olympia Activists Nonviolently Blockade Port

Woman with baby on picket line

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The military cargo was blocked. Demonstrators controlled the entrance.

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The Suffering CO of Baghdad

Authors: Jim Loney

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Operation First Casualty

Authors: Jeff Key

Summary:When I first heard about Operation First Casualty, I thought, "But won't that be too upsetting to the people? What if there are kids around?"

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An Army of None

An Army of None

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I told her about chanting "Kill the people, burn the village," and how that chant still runs through my veins to this day.

Counter-recruitment organizing is the most practical way to tangibly resist United States policy that, while cutting funding for education, employment, and social programs, promotes war and empire. It exposes the relationship between, and acts to correct, both local and global injustices.

From Issue 377 - July-August 2007

Violence is a Choice We Can Refuse

Violence is a Choice We Can Refuse
Authors: Fred Marchant

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Fred Marchant on Herzog

From Issue 377 - July-August 2007

A Duty to Disobey: Lt. Watada Challenges the Legality of the War in Iraq

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Authors: Kyle Kajihiro

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To stop this war, for the soldiers to stop fighting it, you must show potential military resisters that no matter how long they sit in prison their families will have a roof over their heads and food in their stomachs.

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Activist Forum: Films for Organizers

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Authors: %anonymous

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Peacework asked activists across the country to fill in the blank, "If I could show one under-appreciated film or video to a room full of potential organizers, I'd show..." and explain why or how they'd use that film.

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An Odyssey with Gandhi

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Authors: David Cortright

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My commitment to peace and Gandhian nonviolence began when I was drafted into the Army.

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Illusions of Security in the US and Israel

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Authors: Allan Solomonow

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Israel’s experience with terrorism — and its longtime exploitation of fear for political ends — helps shed some light on our own government’s deceptions and their troubling implications.

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