yes_justice | May. 18th, 2006

Video: "Children of Abraham: Death In The Desert" by Chris Floyd of Empire Burlesque

A compelling account of a life inside Iraq that is rarely seen on news bulletins: stories of ordinary women whose struggle to survive has only worsened since the war.

RealVideo: stream with RealPlayer or download RM file (28.2 mebibytes) (torrent)

Video: Cindy Sheehan and Susan Sarandon at the white house on mothers day. (more here)

Video: Gulf War Refusnik Jeff Paterson at Healdsburg High School:

"I was the first military service person to publicly speak out againstand be imprisoned for opposing the 1991 Gulf War. After declaring myintent to resist "a war for oil, power, and profit," I sat on the runway instead of boarding a transport plane with my artillery battery deploying to the Middle East. I had been active duty Marine Corps forthe four years previously. I am currently on the national staff of the Not in Our Name project. I am also an organizer with Courage to Resist and a active member of Veterans for Peace."

Video: Let Them Stay - Joshua Key's story

Private 1st Class Joshua Key describes one of the horrifying experiences in Iraq that led him to decide to go AWOL from the U.S.military. He alleges that war crimes are being perpetrated by U.S.military personnel in Iraq. The Canadian War Resisters Support Campaign works to support those who refuse to participate in the U.S. invasion,harking back to the Canada of Pierre Elliot Trudeau, who wanted Canada to be a "refuge from militarism"."

Video:: Preview to the film, "Rove's War"

Video: GI Resistance Celebration Shuts Oakland Military Recruiting Station (WMV) (torrent)

Oakland, California (May 15, 2006) -- 100 people marched this afternoon from Oakland City Center to the nearby military recruiting station to celebrate GI resistance to immoral war and occupation. Behind a colorful banner for “International Conscientious Objector Day”, and under a giant peace dove, drummers led the procession of high school students, senior citizens, musicians, artists, and community members north on Broadway. At the recruiting station, large posters were unrolled and pasted over the station’s windows to better inform potential recruits of the realities of military service.

Earlier in the day a delegation of Bay Area community members met with a representative of the Canadian consulate to press the case for safe haven for the scores of US military service members now in Canada resisting the ongoing Iraq War.

The initial march and rally was organized by Courage to Resist and the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, with the help of Not in Our Name, Grandmothers Against the War, CodePink, International Capoeira Angola Foundation Oakland, Not Your Soldier, Act Against Torture, and the Heads Up Collective.