On the Line
On the Line People across the country are organizing campaigns to stop military recruiters from gaining access to schools and student information. The punk rock band Anti-Flag has set up a website...
...Reclaim the Commons Philadelphia Protesters march toward the Biotechnology Industry Organization annual convention on June 21...
...For more information, go to www.reclaimthecommons.net...
...This WMD will serve as a distribution center for food, clothing, books, and toys for the area's population...
...More Money for Schools Oakland, California On May 17, students left class to march to the Oakland Board of Education building to protest a lack of funding and the No Child Left Behind Act...
...Im guilty of believing war in all forms is immoral and useless, and I am guilty of believing that as a service member I have a duty to refuse to participate in this war because it is illegal...
...For more information, go to the Citizens for Pablo website at www.swiftsmartveterans.com...
...What I submit to you and the court is that I am convinced that the current war is exactly that...
...The demonstrators demanded an end to the proliferation of genetically modified organisms and a ban on the use of biotech weapons...
...Stop the Madness St...
...So, if there's anything I could be guilty of, it is my beliefs...
...For more information, go to www.nomoredeaths.org...
...Paul, Minnesota On June 9, the Center for Media and Democracy and the Organic Consumers Association held a protest to question the USDAs policies on preventing the spread of mad cow disease...
...A week later, the government admitted it found a case of mad cow disease in the country...
...I am guilty of believing this war is illegal...
...For more information, go to www.wmdfound.com...
...Militaryfreezone.org includes opt-out forms, a petition, sample letters to the editor, and many useful links...
...The group Reclaim the Commons sponsored events that high-lighted alternatives to biotechnology including organic farms and sustainable agriculture...
...Get Your Food Here Johnson City, Tennessee Artist Mel Chin and art students at East Tennessee State University built a movable sculpture entitled "WMD: Warehouse of Mass Distribution...
...At a round-table discussion that same day, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said that the U.S...
...On May 12, a military court sentenced Paredes to three months of hard labor for missing his deployment...
...The Migrant Trail In early June, nearly fifty people walked seventy-five miles from Sasabe, Mexico, to Tucson, Arizona, to draw attention to the migrant deaths along the increasingly militarized border...
...beef supply is safe...
...The seventy-one-foot mobile home is shaped like a Peacekeeper missile...
...For more information, go to www.militaryfreezone.org...
...Refusing to Fight Navy sailor Pablo Paredes did not board the amphibious assault ship USS Richard Bonhomme in December as it was about to set sail for the Persian Gulf...
...More than 100 people have died crossing Arizona's border since October...
...He applied for conscientious objector status, but the Navy denied his request...
...The groups charged that the current government policies put livestock and the public at risk...
...For more information, contact the Center for Media and Democracy at www.prwatch.org or the Organic Consumers Association at www.organicconsumers.org...
...The punk rock band Anti-Flag has set up a website to help students resist military recruitment...
...He read a statement in the military court that said: "I think we would all agree that a service member must not participate in random unprovoked illegitimate violence simply because he is ordered to...
Vol. 69 • August 2005 • No. 8
