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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower April 16, 1953

Military members opposed to the US involvement in Iraq gathered on January 15 to demand the withdrawal of American troops and prepared to present their appeal to Congress. More than 20 active-duty service members and about 100 supporters appeared at an event for Appeal for Redress, which calls for Congress to end the war. More than 1,000 military members have added their names to the appeal's list.

NEWS:
To find up-to-the minute, factual news untainted by corporate censorship, these are some of many INTERNET sources:
www.vets4vets.us
www.mfso.org
http://www.worldcantwait.net
http://www.traveling-soldier.org
http://www.alternet.org/
http://www.buzzflash.com/
http://www.commondreams.org/
http://www.dailykos.com/
http://www.democracynow.org/ with Amy Goodman (audio and video + internet news)
http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
http://www.tompaine.com/
http://www.truthout.org/
www.alternativeradio.org

Martin Luther King's 1967 Speech about Vietnam seems so relevant today!

YOUTH & MILITARISM, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR STATUS:
Links to information about youth and militarism and conscientious objection:

http://www.girightshotline.org/
http://www.afsc.org/youthmil/default.htm
http://www.projectyano.org/
http://ww.objector.org/
http://www.comdsd.org/publications.htm#do
http://www.comdsd.org/youth.htm
http://webarchive.afsc.org/youthmil/Default.htm
http://unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2443
http://www.nodraftnoway.org/about.shtml
http://www.leavemychildalone.org/
http://www.militaryfreeschools.org/

MORE GOOD LINKS:
To order a $10 copy of the Oreo Budget Metaphor:
http://www.truemajorityshop.com/tmdvd.html

F.A.M.E., Finding Alternatives to Military Enlistment
http://www.famedetroit.org/

Purple Hearts back from Iraq; Veterans and their stories
www.purpleheartsbook.com

To understand the PEACE TAX movement and how to advocate for it to our reps:
http://www.peacetaxfund.org/

To know what our reps are up to from a national library of factual information:
http://www.vote-smart.org/

To find out progress on Senate and House bills:
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/search.html

Citizen Solder
http://www.citizen-soldier.org/

Iraq Vets Against the War (IVAW)
http://www.citizen-soldier.org/

Viet Nam Vets Against the War (VVAW)
http://www.vvaw.org/

Military Families Speak Out
http://www.mfso.org/

Gold Star Families for Peace Military Families Speak Out
http://www.gsfp.org/

Counter Recruitment Sites

http://www.comdsd.org/publications.htm#do
http://www.comdsd.org/youth.htm
http://ww.objector.org/
http://webarchive.afsc.org/youthmil/Default.htm
http://unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2443
http://www.projectyano.org/
http://www.nodraftnoway.org/about.shtml

To know what our reps are up to from a national library of factual information:
http://www.vote-smart.org/

Iraq Veterans Against the War
http://www.ivaw.net/

Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org

AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org

Truthout
http://www.truthout.org

Counter Punch
http://www.counterpunch.org

Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace
http://www.ccmep.org
A great source of current articles on Iraq, Israel/Palestine, etc.

ZNet
http://www.zmag.org/weluser.htm
An excellent source of essays and commentary by Chomsky and others.
Somewhat socialist in its leaning.

Indy Media
http://www.indymedia.org
Lots of material, from news reports to personal postings. A good
source for information on breaking news related to protest movements,
but there can also be a lot of squabbling to sift through as well.

Internet Radio & TV
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* Most of the following can be listened to with Real Player, available
for free from <http://www.real.com>. Others can be played in MP3
format, which can typically be played in web browsers, iTunes, WinAmp,
and others. Many offer access in a choice of formats.

Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org
Weekdays 1-hour [Real Player]
Probably the best radio source for progressive news and commentary.

Between the Lines
http://www.btlonline.org
Weekly 30-minutes [Real Player]
Progressive roundup of the week's news, some commentary, and a summary
of the week's underreported news stories.

Counterspin
http://www.fair.org/counterspin/
Weekly 30-minutes [Real Player]
Radio program by the progressive media watchdog group FAIR (Fairness
and Accuracy In Reporting). Each program typically focuses on two or
three major news stories from the past week, dissecting corporate news
bias and overlooked elements within the story.

The A-Infos Radio Project
http://www.radio4all.net
Radio Archives [MP3]
An amazing resource of broadcast quality progressive radio programs
with all sorts of subjects and formats. Streaming audio is sometimes
sluggish, however; best to access with broadband internet access.

Free Speech TV
http://www.freespeech.org
Video Archives [Real Player]
A great source of on-line activist documentaries, interviews, and
mini-news video segments.

Flashpoints Radio
http://www.flashpoints.net
Weekdays 1-hour [MP3]
News and activist commentary from KPFK in Berkely, California.

Freak Radio Santa Cruz
http://www.freakradio.org
Live Stream [MP3]
A pirate radio station that combines progressive news (including some
of the other programs listed here), live commentary, and music.

Your Call Radio (formerly Working Assets Radio)
http://www.yourcallradio.org
Weekdays 1-hour [Real Player]
Good progressive call-in show from the SF Bay area. Every Friday they
review the past week's coverage of the news, where the media did well,
and where it failed to serve its readers.

Fresh Air
http://www.freshair.npr.org
Weekdays 1-hour [Real Player]
An intelligent, likable interview program. Often more focused on pop
culture than issues of news, social and environmental justice, etc.,
but it is occasionally a quiet voice for liberal sanity within NPR's
status quo drone.