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Events
Operation Refuse War
From May 11th to 16th, an international group of conscientious objectors will gather in New York City and Washington, DC for Operation Refuse War, a week of conferences, demonstrations, and actions in celebration of International Conscientious Objectors Day, May 15th.
Links
to Iraq Veterans Organizations
Bring
Them Home Now
Bring
Them Home Now is a campaign of military families, veterans, active
duty personnel, reservists and others opposed to the ongoing war
in Iraq.
GIRightsHotline.org
The GI Rights Hotline is a network of nonprofit, nongovernmental
organizations who provide information to servicemembers about
military discharges, grievance and complaint procedures, and other
civil rights.
GI
Special
Anti-war
news and views from the perspective of enlisted soldiers.
Iraq
Veterans Against the War
Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) is a group of veterans who
have served since September 11th, 2001 including Operation Enduring
Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. It is committed to saving
lives and ending the violence in Iraq by an immediate withdrawal
of all occupying forces.
Military
Families Against the War
Military Families Against the War is an organization of people
in Britain directly affected by the war in Iraq whose relatives
and loved ones are members of the British Armed Services.
Military
Families Speak Out
Military Families Speak Out is an organization of people who are
opposed to war in Iraq and who have relatives or loved ones in
the military. It was formed in November, 2002, and has contacts
with military families throughout the United States, and in other
countries around the world. Its membership currently includes
over 2,000 military families.
Veterans
Against The Iraq War
Veterans Against The Iraq War is a coalition of American veterans
who support our troops but oppose war with Iraq or any other nation
that does not pose a clear and present danger to our people and
nation.
Veterans
for Peace
Veterans for
Peace is a national organization founded in 1985 that includes
men and women veterans from World War II, Korea, the Gulf War,
other conflicts and peacetime veterans. The organization draws
on the personal experiences of veterans to raise public awareness
of the true costs of militarism and war--and to seek peaceful,
effective, alternatives.
Links
to Related Peace Organizations
Citizen
Soldier
Citizen Soldier provides legal advice, counseling and defense
for Iraqi war resisters.
Mothers
Against the Draft
Mothers Against
the Draft was started by a group of mothers and grandmothers from
the left, the right, and everywhere in between, all united in
opposition to reinstituting the draft or any other form of mandatory
national service.
Traprock
Peace Center
The
Traprock Peace Center explores nonviolence, fosters community,
and works to end war, promote communication and take initiatives
on justice and environmental issues. It is a portal to an extensive
network of peace, justice and environmental activism.
Smedley
Butler Society
U.S. Marine Corps General Smedley Butler, who died in 1940, was
the author of the book, War is a Racket. The Smedley Butler
Society is dedicated to anti-war and anti-intervention activities.
More on Smedley Butler is also available here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler
Vietnam Veterans
Against the War
Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) is a national veterans'
organization that was founded in New York City in 1967 to voice
the growing opposition among returning servicemen and women to
the still-raging war in Indochina. VVAW continues to work to prevent
another generation from being put through a similar tragedy and
to demand dignity and respect for veterans of all eras.
Voices in the Wilderness
Voices
in the Wilderness is an organization working in the nonviolent
tradition of Mohandas Gandhi toward an end to military action
in Iraq.
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