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Only thing that we did right was the day we refused to fight
28 Jul 2015; posted by the editor - Features, International

By CJ Hinke, WorldBeyondWar.org
Excerpted from Free Radicals: War Resisters in Prison by CJ Hinke, forthcoming from Trine-Day in 2016.
The lines of resistance to war take many forms as these stories of resisters in prison in World Wars I (“the Great War”, “the war to end all wars”) and II (‘the good war”), the Cold War, the undeclared Korean “conflict”, the ‘Red Scare’ of the McCarthy period, the 1960s and, finally, the US war against Vietnam, demonstrate. There are as many reasons and methods to refuse war as there are refusers. The Department of Justice classified WWII resisters as religious, moral, economic, political, neurotic, naturalistic, professional pacifist, philosophical, sociological, internationalist, personal and Jehovah’s Witness.

Tags: anti-war

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Irish military 'product testing' condemned
24 Jul 2015; posted by the editor - Ireland

The Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) today issued a strongly worded statement expressing deep concern about plans by Minister for Defence Simon Coveney to allow the international defence industry to have increased access to the Irish Defence Forces for ‘product testing’, as reported in the Irish Independent on 12 July.

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Panem et Presidential Elections
23 Jul 2015; posted by the editor - United States

By David Swanson
The U.S. presidential election is very far away. There’s a measurable rise in the ocean, the construction of numerous new military bases, a decision on peace or war with Iran, a push for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, intense antagonization of Russia, and more than likely another month-long bombing of Gaza between now and then.

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Golden Rule sets sail for a nuclear free world
23 Jul 2015; posted by the editor - International

The historic Golden Rule peace boat, restored by Veterans For Peace and many friends, sets sail from the Eureka marina at noontime on Thursday, July 23, on its way to San Diego.

Tags: anti-war, Veterans for Peace

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ISIS Crisis Exegesis
14 Jul 2015; posted by the editor - United States, Iran, Cambodia

By David Swanson
Talking with Iran has made the war profiteers and their servants sad and the rest of the world happy. Perhaps the novel idea of negotiating rather than killing will be carried over to several other parts of the world.

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Call for Sanity on 60th Anniversary of Russell-Einstein Manifesto
09 Jul 2015; posted by the editor - International

By Emanuel Pastreich, Foreign Policy in Focus
Sixty years after Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell issued their manifesto about the growing threat of world war, the globe continues to face the prospect of nuclear annihilation - coupled with the looming threat of climate change.

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Protest planned at Shannon Airport Airshow
07 Jul 2015; posted by the editor - Events, Ireland

Shannonwatch is organising a protest at the Shannon Airport on July 18 during the Air Display taking place that day.

Tags: anti-war, Shannon Airport

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