Stories by Sarah Lazare

Sarah Lazare is the Project Director of Courage to Resist, an organization that supports military war resisters.

Nerds, Jocks and Jailed Dissidents: Inside the World of Israel’s High School War Resisters

High school's tough enough without having to face prison time for refusing to serve an occupation you know is wrong.

The antiwar movement must go beyond challenging one war at a time. We need a deeper analysis of the structures that underlie militarism and war.

AWOL soldiers who turned themselves in endure deplorable conditions, not knowing whether they'll face charges, trial, deployment, or medical release.

Forty miles south of Seattle, at Ft. Lewis Army Base, COFFEE STRONG provides a space for soldiers to explore GI resistance.

Canadians overwhelmingly support allowing U.S. war resisters asylum. So why doesn't their government?

Shepherd has been living underground in Germany for nearly two years; he applied for refugee status on the grounds that the Iraq War is illegal.

How 21-year-old soldier Blake Ivey came to see war as "flat-out murder."

Soldiers who decide to become conscientious objectors face a major struggle, but it can also be "the most liberating thing ever."

At the Veterans for Peace conference, IVAW member Harvey Tharp discusses the war, the election, and why he resigned in protest over the war.

Long, an Iraq War resister deported from Canada last month, was sentenced to 15 months of prison and dishonorable discharge.

The first war resister to be deported from Canada since the Vietnam War faces court-martial and three years in jail. Who is next?