Masha'allah one more IVAW resister - they are growing by leaps and bounds! YES! What would they do if they held a war, and no one came? :-D
Jodda Mitchell wrote: > > > > > > War Resister, Victor Agosto, needs your support > > victormagosto.jpg > Sign the online petition > <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5966/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=383> > > Make a donation to Victor's legal defense > <https://co.clickandpledge.com/sp/d1/default.aspx?wid=27370> > > Download a paper petition to distribute > <http://ivaw.org/documents/P1V2_IVAWVAPetition.pdf> > > > Active duty soldier and IVAW member, Victor Agosto, has refused to > fight in Afghanistan and may face court martial for his actions. > Adding your name to our support petition can help his case. > > Victor returned to Ft. Hood, Texas after his deployment in Iraq and > got news that his unit would be sent to Afghanistan. He had already > been questioning his service in Iraq and saw parallels with > Afghanistan. "/Both occupations fuel the insurgencies in those > countries. We are creating 'terrorists' and we are killing so many > innocent people/," Victor concluded. In May, he told his unit command > he would not go. > > Victor has overtly refused to follow any order that has anything to do > with his taking an action that would support the occupation of > Afghanistan. If he continues to refuse orders, he almost assuredly > will face court martial and likely jail time. > > "/The only way to make them /[politicians]/ responsive to the needs of > the people is if soldiers won't fight their wars, and if soldiers > won't fight their wars, the wars won't happen. I hope I'm setting an > example for other soldiers/," says Victor. And it seems his example is > already affecting positive change. He and other soldiers from Ft. Hood > have become regulars at Under the Hood cafe > <http://underthehoodcafe.org/>, an anti-war GI coffeehouse IVAW > members helped establish near Ft. Hood. Another member of his unit > also has refused to deploy to Afghanistan. > > There are many more soldiers and Marines who feel the way Victor does, > but face tremendous pressures to remain silent and go along with the > status quo. This is why public support for his case is so important > right now. > submit this page: > > > * Sphere: Related Content > > <http://www.sphere.com/search?q=sphereit:http://www.ivaw.org.php5-4.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/node/5154> > > > > Click here for more IVAW Updates > <http://www.ivaw.org.php5-4.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/ivawupdates> > http://www.ivaw.org.php5-4.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/node/5154 > > > / > > *Classical economics is only value-free on its surface. In > actual fact it ignores power in the world. In actual fact it > ignores that its outcomes ALWAYS hurt the lesser much more than > they do the greater. Economics is not just the dismal science, it > is the shameful fancy window dressing of the exercise of naked > power by the rich and the owners against the poor and the > workers. It is the condom which makes safe and obscure the ways > we are screwed. Wythe Holt 5/21/09* > ** > */Solidarity is the path as well as the destination of socialism. > Solidarity grieves when a worker loses his job or sees her pension > slashed. Solidarity cheers when a union wins middle-class pay. > Solidarity rejects the greed of insurers as the distributor of > healthcare and demands single payer for all. /**/Solidarity > smells the rat who divides white from black, black from gay, > native from newcomer, or America from the rest of humanity. By > Phillip Bannowsky > /* > > / > > > > -- Linda *http://freedetainees.org <http://freedetainees.org/> "If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did appear..." - William Shakespeare * --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bangla-vision" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bangla-vision?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
