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The Growing Iraq Resistance Movement in the U.S. Military

Posted on Sep 30, 2006, Source: AlterNet

One of the biggest 'pockets of resistance' to the war in Iraq is U.S. soldiers who refuse to fight on moral and ethical grounds.

The Marine Who Saw Too Much

Posted on Jun 15, 2006, Source: AlterNet

A former lance corporal explains why he intentionally failed a drug test to avoid going back to war-torn Iraq.

When AWOL Is the Only Way Out

Posted on Jun 2, 2006, Source: AlterNet

As explained in a new book, Mission Rejected, the sight of U.S. troops kicking the heads of decapitated Iraqis around 'like a soccer ball' made Army soldier Joshua Key desert to Canada.

Let the Workers Come

Posted on May 9, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Try as we have, we can't shut down the economic-driven migration of Mexicans. And, contrary to Schwarzenegger's wishes, we shouldn't try. They need the jobs and we need the workers.

The Growing Vigilante Movement

Posted on May 9, 2005, Source: AlterNet

In an excerpt from 'Wetback Nation,' the author speaks with Chris Simcox, ringleader of the Minutemen border patrols.

My New Kentucky Home

Posted on Jan 25, 2005, Source: Washington Monthly

The cutting edge of illegal immigration used to be L.A. Now, it's Owensboro.
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