...to organize war resister support in your community

By Courage to Resist. November 7, 2008

Support networks are a vital part of the war resistance movement: providing political, emotional, and material support to military objectors and helping amplify their stories of resistance lays the foundation for a strong movement and ensures that resisters do not have to go it alone. Through collective aid and alliance, we can act directly to stop unjust war and occupation.

By Courage to Resist, November 7, 2008

On October 15, 2008, police attacked a peaceful gathering of Iraq Veterans Against the War and other demonstraters at Hofstra University in Long Island, the site of the presidential debate. Demonstrators were hoping to push the campaigns to address veterans' concerns about the war in Iraq and inadequate benefits for returning troops. They were met with with violence from police, who rode horses into the crowd, trampling two peaceful demonstrators, including Nick Morgan, an Iraq Veteran and IVAW member, who suffered a shattered cheek bone after being stepped on by a horse. 15 demonstrators were arrested, including 10 IVAW members, and they face arraignment on Monday, November 10th for "Disorderly Conduct." Sign this petition to show support for the Hempstead 15 and to call for an end to police repression of anti-war voices.

November 9, 2008 update - Robert Weiss was released this morning from the military prison at Coleman Barracks in Mannheim, Germany. More info.

By the Military Counseling Network and Connection eV. May 14, 2008

VILSECK, Germany – U.S. Army conscientious objector Robert Weiss was sentenced to seven months confinement during a court martial Tuesday at Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany. Weiss pled guilty to charges of desertion and missing movement, which reduced the court martial's proceedings mostly to the sentencing phase.

In early December of 2007, Weiss learned his application to be classified a conscientious objector and receive an honorable discharge was denied.

Jeff Paterson, Courage to Resist Project Director. November 14, 2008

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I’m proud to report that we doubled the number of military objectors advised or directly supported since last year. To do this, our organizing collective has stepped up to the challenge in major ways, and we increased our staffing as well.

We’re now attempting to do this work in the context of an unprecedented economic meltdown that financially affects every one of us in some way. Even prior to that, we were competing with a historic presidential election campaign for your donation. With the election of Barack Obama, I know many hold out hope for a new foreign policy not based on brutal occupations, and while I count myself among the hopeful, I’m not holding my breath.