Resources for Resisters
GI RIghts Hotline
http://www.girightshotline.org
877-447-4487
The GI Rights Hotline provides
free, confidential, and accurate information on US military regulations and practices
to servicemembers, veterans, potential recruits, and their families.
The GI Rights Hotline
http://www.girights.org/
800-394-9544
The GI Rights Hotline is answered by a coalition of nonprofit, non-governmental organizations who provide information to members of the military about discharges, grievance and complaint procedures, and other civil rights.
Courage to Resist
www.couragetoresist.org
Courage to Resist is a group of concerned community
members, veterans and military families that supports military
objectors to illegal war and occupation and the policies of empire. Our
People Power strategy weakens the pillars that maintain war and
occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere by supporting GI
resistance, counter-recruitment and draft resistance, which cuts off
the supply of troops. We are autonomous from and independent of any
political organization, party or group.
- Reaching out to troops
- Supporting individual resisters
- Building national and international support networks
- Promoting People Power anti-war strategies
- Organizing visibility and resistance in streets and public places
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
http://www.objector.org
The publisher of Getting Out: A Guide to Military Discharges, the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) supports conscientious objectors and promotes individual and collective resistance to war and preparations for war. We seek to provide full and accurate information about military life and war to individuals affected by military service, conscription, and recruitment. Since our founding in 1948, CCCO's counselor network has helped tens of thousands of people ser v ing in the military or facing conscription. Most of CCCO's income is from individual contributions; all donations are fully tax-deductible.
National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force
http://www.nlgmltf.org/
The National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force assists those working on military law issues as well as military law counselors working directly with GIs. It trains and mentors counselors and beginning military law attorneys in all aspects of military law through training materials and direct communication. It updates changes in military law and policy.
The Quaker House
http://www.quakerhouse.org
The Quaker House is located in Fayetteville, NC. It is home to the "Truth in Recruiting" campaign and has a variety of resources for resisters, both past and present.
Traveling Soldier
http://www.traveling-soldier.org
Telling the truth - about the occupation, the cuts to veterans benefits, or the dangers of depleted uranium - is the first reason Traveling Soldier is necessary. But we want to do more than tell the truth; we want to report on the resistance to those on top - whether it’s in the streets of Baghdad, New York, or inside the armed forces.
We publish this newsletter every other month, but we will publish more often if there’s enough demand for it. If you liked reading this newsletter we hope that you’ll become a regular reader. You can subscribe by writing us (it’s free to people in the services since the pay is so damn low). If you like what you’ve read, we hope that you’ll join with us in building a network of active duty organizers.
Canadian Peace Alliance
http://acp-cpa.ca/
The Canadian Peace Alliance (CPA) is Canada's largest umbrella peace organization. Since its foundation in 1985 the organization has been helping member groups to act as a broad network, in order to provide a strong, coordinated voice for peace issues at the national level.
War Resisters Support Campaign
http://www.resisters.ca
The War Resisters Support Campaign is a broad-based coalition of community, faith, labour and other organizations and individuals that have come together to support U.S. soldiers seeking asylum in Canada because they refuse to fight in the illegal war in Iraq.
