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Army Imprisons Soldier for Singing Against Stop-Loss Policy
Submitted by oroszlan on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 6:29am.Army Imprisons Soldier for Singing Against Stop-Loss Policy
By Dahr Jamail, Truthout 1/8/10
http://www.truthout.org/article/army-imprisons-soldier-singing-against-s...
Army Specialist and Iraq war veteran Marc Hall was incarcerated by the US Army on December 11, 2009, in Liberty County Jail, Georgia, for recording a song that expresses his anger over the Army's stop-loss policy.
Stop-loss is a policy that allows the Army to keep soldiers active beyond the end of their signed contracts. According to the Pentagon, more than 120,000 soldiers have been affected by stop-loss since 2001, and currently 13,000 soldiers are serving under stop-loss orders. read more »
Rally Outside Ft. Lewis on Oct. 18, 2009 in Support of War Resisters
Submitted by ghost on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 10:32am.--Lakewood, WA. Oct 18, 2009.
Coffee Strong, with Veterans For Peace Chapters 92, 134 and 109; Olympia Movement for Peace and Justice (OMPJ), Ft Lewis Chapter of IVAW, joined with attorneys James Branum, and LeGrand Jones, both of the National Lawyers Guild, for a rally on the Freedom Bridge, at I-5 Exit 122. Over 100 people attended, all sharing the purpose of supporting war resisters Sgt Bishop Travis, and Leo Church. Deep concerns were expressed about yet more soldiers being sent or redeployed to Afghanistan. read more »
The Role of Family in Supporting Soldiers
Submitted by seth on Sat, 02/02/2008 - 12:05am.One of the first field problems that I ever took part in was a Battalion Field Training Exercise. My part in the event was rather insignificant. My unit was transitioning from being a Light Infantry Unit to one that utilized armored vehicles. My first duty position was as the headquarters LAV (Light Armored Vehicle) driver. Our unit had not received any vehicles yet, so I did not have much to do. In fact, since I didn't have a job, I had no reason to go into the field. read more »
Homeless Veterans
Submitted by reconsldr74d on Thu, 01/31/2008 - 10:29pm.A soldier never rushes through the rain
Or speaks of pain
Especially his own
Every emotion is out on loan
And must be paid back
To Iraq
Or Afghanistan or Cuba
Whichever they left behind
And it haunts them everyday
As they beg for dimes
Begging and swaggering on the street
Scraping up together change to eat
And to drink
So they no longer have to think
Because there VA check still hasnt come in
Again
And they think that there forgotten
And they might be right
After all they can no longer fight
And they sleep in that dark alley
Watching for cops
And trying to make the nightmares stop
Every day they live with this pain
Yet still walk calmly through the rain
Martin Luther King on imperialism
Submitted by josh XVX on Mon, 01/21/2008 - 1:31pm."I speak now because I agree with Dante, that the hottest place in hell is reserved for those that, in a time of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
I see this war as an unjust, evil and futile war. I preach to you today on the war in Vietnam because my conscience leaves me with no other choice. The time has come for America to hear the truth about this tragic war. In international conflicts the truth is hard to come by, because most nations are deceived about themselves. Rationalizations and the incessant search for scapegoats are the psychological cataracts that blind us to our sins. read more »
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