Iraq veteran Brandon Neely
successfully resists IRR recall Message from Robin Long, prisoner
of conscience Action photos: Courage to Resist helps "celebrate big oil" at the RNC
Tony Anderson fights uphill conscientious objector battle
"I don't feel that it's right to take someone else's life," said 19 year-old Tony Anderson, Private in the U.S. Army, in a quiet voice on the phone. "I felt that if it came down to it, I couldn't kill someone, in Iraq or anywhere." Anderson was speaking while under the line-of-sight supervision of his commanding officer at Ft. Carson, Colorado where he is stationed. The young soldier, who refused to deploy to Iraq in July of this year, is under close restriction by the military and has been threatened with a prison sentence for refusing to fight. Despite these dire consequences, Anderson has decided to join the growing ranks of troops who are openly resisting service in the Iraq War.
Iraq vet Brandon Neely successfully resists IRR recall
When the Army recalled Iraq vet Brandon Neely from his Inactive Ready Reserve status to active duty, Brandon did not answer the call. Today he is president of the Houston chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Brandon declares, “I looked at my dad and told him right there I’m not going back.... I never thought in a million years that the government and the President would send troops into harms way for nothing.... I got on the Internet and came across the Courage to Resist website.” With the help of Courage to Resist, Brandon resisted recall and recently received an honorable discharge from the IRR. Listen to Brandon Neely's story...
Message from Robin Long, prisoner of conscience
I am locked up at The Naval Consolidated Brig at Miramar, just North of San Diego. It’s quite a change from Nelson, British Columbia, where I have called home. I feel as if I have been torn away from my home, family and friends! I feel as if I was a pawn, a gift from one regime to another (Harper to Bush). For my Canadian friends, and people I don’t know, Stop this! Fight this! Don’t let another conscientious objector, war resister, person of conscience and morals to be deported. For my fellow Americans, keep courageously driving on to stop this war and undo the mess that the last 8 years of Bush has brought to our great country. I have received many letters of support. We are strong! We can be an example. We can spread the word and mobilize and protest the atrocities. It is easy for me to be locked up knowing I stood up for what is right! This is but a bump in the road. They will never grind me down! I will only come out stronger! And guess what? I can now protest from within this country! Peace, love, light
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Courage to Resist helps "celebrate big oil" at RNC
Courage to Resist activists joined tens of thousands to protest at the RNC in St. Paul, Minn. last month. Along with our friends at Global Exchange, Oil Change USA, Rainforest Action Network, Codepink and the Ronald Reagan Home for the Criminally Insane, we helped host “rallies” in “support” of Big Oil. |
Tony Anderson fights uphill conscientious objector
battle
"As more troops refuse to deploy, getting conscientious
objector status is an uphill battle"
By Courage to Resist. October 8, 2008
By Robin Long. September 21, 2008
