Collateral Murder April 15, 2010 I know that these incidents happen more often than not. This is reality, not some video effigy edited to demonize soldiers. What you see in this video and the entire occupation is illegitimate. Atrocities like this were commonplace in 2004-2005 when I was there with the First Cavalry Division, it’s […]
04.13.2010
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Watch this footage from 2007 – interviews with residents of the Baghdad neighborhood from the day after the now-notorious massacre of civilians caught on tape by the US military and released this week by Wikileaks. At the time, their reports went basically unnoticed. Now, with the military’s own footage showing people walking down the street […]
04.05.2010
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The We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour, a project of the World Can’t Wait, is not your typical counter recruiting classroom presentation. World Can’t Wait Activists and Iraq war veterans have teamed up to present the reality of ongoing wars of occupation, and the need for a resistance movement led by young people that can […]
03.29.2010
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One week into the 8th year of the war in Iraq, the We Are Not Your Soldiers tour is on the ground in Cleveland Ohio today. Tomorrow Liz and Anthony will head to Columbus and tomorrow evening, Cleveland Revolution Books is hosting a fundraising party where people can come meet these speakers. Here is […]
03.22.2010
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The We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour is getting ready to hit schools in Ohio this weekend, with more requests coming in from Seattle, Massachusetts and Connecticut. This tour brings Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to the schools to talk to students about the on-the-ground reality of the wars and the need for students to stop […]
03.18.2010
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The We Are Not Your Soldiers speaking tour is a crucial instrument in the counter military recruitment campaign being launched by the World Can’t Wait organization. As a veteran of the Iraq war affected by PTSD, it’s difficult to talk about some of the abhorrent atrocities that are rife in combat, but I truly feel […]
01.21.2010
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This is a report from World Can’t Wait organizer Liz Ladzins, speaking about her recent experience on the We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour I was very excited and honored to co-present at a local high school last Friday with Anthony an Iraq War Veteran. We spoke with a group of about 10 seniors in […]
12.23.2009
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Elaine Brower is an Anti-war activist, mother of a U.S. Marine who did three tours of Iraq; member of Steering Committee for the “World Can’t Wait” and Military Families Speak Out. She is also a speaker on the We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour. For the last year or so I have been watching the […]
12.14.2009
06.18.2009
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On Monday June 8th, Carly Sheehan (whose brother Casey was killed in Iraq) and I went to a local high school as part of the “We Are Not Your Soldiers” tour. It’s a diverse working class school in the Bay Area that recruiters regularly come to. There is also a brand new recruiting station that […]
04.07.2009
Dear Friend, This Saturday, April 04, 2004, is not only the anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr, but also the 5th year since my son Casey was killed in Iraq. Please read an article that I wrote called 5 Years, here. I have come to the conclusion, with the deaths in Afghanistan […]
