GI Resisters Archives | Courage to Resist

Support Ryan Johnson, Imprisoned War Resister

Mar 22, 2017 | 5

Interview with drone tech Cian Westmoreland

Sep 21, 2016 | 0

Podcast: Jacob Bridge

Apr 19, 2017

We are proud to release the first episode in our new Courage to Resist podcast series. This inaugural edition features Marine officer turned conscientious objector Jacob Bridge-Maier.

Ryan Johnson imprisoned for avoiding Iraq decade ago

Oct 11, 2016

Courage to Resist. October 10, 2016 Please help support Ryan and Jennifer Johnson during this...

“I Refuse to Support U.S. Armed Drone Policy”: Army Chaplain Reads Resignation Letter to Obama

Jun 6, 2016

Courage to Resist Former Army Reserve Chaplain Captain Chris Antal resigned due to the US drone...

Resister Robert Weilbacher is free!

Dec 1, 2015

By Courage to Resist. December 1, 2015 Recently we introduced supporters to US Army Spc. Robert...

Drone war objectors speak out

Nov 24, 2015

By Courage to Resist Courage to Resist salutes these four recent service members – with 20-years...

Robert Weilbacher – Free at Last!

Sep 17, 2015

By Bob Meola, Courage to Resist. September 17, 2015 “Moral injury is a real thing. I was being forced to participate in an organization that I had a moral and ethical dilemma against … Yet the Army was hell-bent on sending...

Human rights award for AWOL war resister Andre Shepherd

Sep 1, 2015

By PRO ASYL (Germany). September 1, 2015 On September 12, 2015, in Frankfurt/Main the foundation, PRO ASYL will present its this year’s human rights award to the U.S. AWOL soldier and asylum candidate in Germany, André...

Free Robert Weilbacher!

May 19, 2015

Update: RESISTER ROBERT WEILBACHER IS FREE! December 1, 2015 By Bob Meola, Courage to Resist. May...

Medic unjustly denied CO discharge sues Army

Apr 30, 2015

May 5, 2015 update: With your help, we were able to raise $2,000 for Robert Weilbacher’s appeal effort within a few a hours. The ACLU attorneys are donating their time, while Courage to Resist (and supporters like you) are...

USMC 1st Lt Jacob Bridge, Conscientious Objector

Feb 4, 2015

Seeing the planes going into the Twin Towers made me feel like the planes were crashing into my heart when they went into the building. “I couldn’t understand why they would do that. When it was said that they hated our freedom, it was all I needed to hear.” Jake graduated from High School in 2007 and attended the University of Colorado in Boulder. There, he enrolled in Naval ROTC. When he graduated from college, in 2011, he also graduated as the Honor Graduate in the Commissioning Class at NROTC at CU, Boulder.

Army SSgt exposes murder cover-up at Gitmo

Jan 15, 2015

January 15, 2015 Former US Army Staff Sergeant Joseph Hickman has just published his book “Murder at Camp Delta.” He was stationed in Guantánamo Bay from March 2006 to March 2007, and was the Sergeant of the Guard the evening...

Objector Sara Beining released from jail, discharged

Dec 10, 2014

By Courage to Resist. December 10, 2014 Yesterday, in a military courtroom at Fort Carson, Colorado, military war resister Sara Beining was sentenced to time already served in pre-trial confinement, and a “bad conduct”...