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Iraq War Vet Jailed For Writing Song Protesting Stop-Loss

Dahr Jamail, TruthOut.org. January 15, 2010.

The military is claiming that Marc Hall "communicated a threat" through a rap song that angrily denounces the policy that has barred him from exiting the army.

"I Contributed to Death and Human Suffering": How One War Resister's Case Puts the Afghan War On Trial

Dahr Jamail, TruthOut.org. July 14, 2009.

Victor Agosto argues that, in accordance to the Nuremburg Principles, the war in Afghanistan is an illegal war.

How One Coffee Shop in Washington State is Providing a Haven For War Resisters

Sarah Lazare, Courage to Resist. March 5, 2009.

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

André Shepherd, Iraq War Resister, Applies for Asylum in Germany

Sarah Lazare, AlterNet. January 8, 2009.

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.

This Veterans Day, U.S. Soldiers Say 'Stop the War'

Benjamin Lewis, Brandon Neely, AlterNet. November 11, 2008.

An open letter from war resisters calls for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Despite the Threat of Harsh Punishment, Soldier Says "No" to Deployment in Afghanistan

Sarah Lazare, AlterNet. October 23, 2008.

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

As More Troops Refuse to Deploy, Getting Conscientious Objector Status is an Uphill Battle

Sarah Lazare, AlterNet. October 8, 2008.

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

War Resister Robin Long Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison

Sarah Lazare, Courage to Resist. August 25, 2008.

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

Robin Long, War Resister Deported from Canada, Faces Trial This Week

Sarah Lazare, AlterNet. August 21, 2008.

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