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Defense Reform
Campaigns and reforms designed to democratize our system of national defense.
Organizing ResourcesTips for Effective Guard Home PetitioningThese simple tips will help you to coordinate an effective petitioning campaign. Wisconsin National Guard PetitionPlease help the Wisconsin campaign by circulating this petition. Adopt a resolution to protect Wisconsin's GuardPlease download this sample resolution and bring it to our organization, local government, union, faith community, business -- you name it -- and get them to put their name on record in support of Wisconsin's National Guard. NewsAP: Federal judge hears challenge to Iraq warDate: April 21, 2009Oregon's Guard Home Campaign Reviews '09 SuccessDate: June 24, 2009WNPJ: Democratic Party of Wisconsin Calls for Support of AB 203Date: June 13, 2009Take ActionPlease Attend Oregon's Legislative Hearings ~ March 11, 2009source: Portland Peace and Justice WorksBring the Guard Home!source: Liberty TreeEventsU.S. Social Forum II(June 22, 2009 - June 26, 2010)Another World is Possible! Another U.S.A. is necessary! WHO DECIDES ABOUT WAR? National Conference on War Powers, Law, and Democracy(October 2, 2009 - October 3, 2009)"Who Decides About War" will be a national conference confronting essential questions raised by the U.S. invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. These questions are timely, as the political process that brought the United States into those wars is widely recognized today as having been flawed at best, dishonest at worst. Democracy Track at the U.S. Social ForumThe Democracy Track is a series of sessions and community spaces at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27-July 1, 2007. The purpose of these sessions is to centralize democracy in all of our everyday struggles. Publications & TalksVIDEO: National Launch of Guard Home! campaign(January 21, 2009)Short video of the national launch of the campaign to "Bring the Guard Home! It's the Law." Featured presenters included Rep. Mike Fisher (VT), Rep. David Segal (RI), Jean Athey (Peace Action), Leah Bolger (Vets for Peace), Karen Dolan (IPS), Elaine Brower (Militiary Families Speak Out), Ben Manski (Liberty Tree), Benson Scotch (Of Counsel). NICHOLS: You are the Commander in Chief(April 2, 2009)Video of John Nichols' speech at the April 2, 2009, teach-in, "You are the Commander in Chief." This event was one of a series of five events launching Wisconsin"s National Guard campaign. Antiwar Radio interviews Ben Manski(June 18, 2009)Antiwar.com's Scott Horton interviews Ben Manski, Executive Director of Liberty Tree regarding the Bring the Guard Home! campaign. |
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