Category: News & OpEd

The petition says that the Navy improperly rejected his application for discharge as a conscientious objector and asks the Court to order the Navy to give Paredes an honorable discharge.

California Naval Base was one of the motivations for a nationwide Day of Action to Support GI Resisters called for by Courage to Resist on May 10th and taken up by dozens of groups across the nation!

When I talked with him a year and a half ago, he was open, direct, willing to answer any kind of question. But it was painful for the homeboy from the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina to recall the horrific events which changed his life forever.

The soldiers referred to their Iraqi captives as PUCs – persons under control – and used the expressions “f***ing a PUC” and “smoking a PUC” to refer respectively to torture and forced physical exertion.

Participating organizations and individuals of the National Network to Support GI Resistance Organizations  Student Peace Action Network Marin Peace and Justice CoalitionNot in Our Name Project !Presente! ...

Is it possible to be a feminist within the U.S. military today? Military counselor and 1991 Gulf War objector Aimee Allison on Army SPC Katherine Jashinski’s opposition to war and refused deployment to Iraq. By Paul...