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DESCRIPTION:An Evening of War Resistance\n\nThursday, Nov. 15th, at the [Santa Cruz] 
 Vet's Hall, 846 Front St., main auditorium\nDoors open at 6:30p. Live music 
 at 7p. Film @ 7:30p. \nDiscussion/Q&A follow the film. \n\nSuggested 
 donation, $5-$20;  no one turned away for lack of funds.\nFundraising will 
 benefit Project Safe Haven and Courage to Resist. \n\n**Film featured will 
 be "Breaking Ranks: AWOL in Canada" --\n\n	Written and directed by Michelle 
 Mason, [The Friendship Village], this new documentary profiles four of the 
 American soldiers who have deserted from the Iraq War and have gone to 
 Canada seeking sanctuary. (There are now about two dozen such men and women 
 who have formally applied for refugee status, and another hundred or two 
 who are living underground.) Their plight, as demonstrated in the 
 documentary, reveals how lack of opportunity in the United States entices 
 disadvantaged young people into joining the military and how, once 
 enlisted, many are forced to commit acts that must be considered war 
 crimes. \n\n	The film is 56 minutes long.  More at 
 www.breakingranksthefilm.com\n\n**Followed by a discussion/Q&A with Gerry 
 Condon & Jeff Paterson--\n\n	--Gerry Condon deserted from the U.S. Army in 
 1969 after refusing orders to Vietnam.  He lived for three years in Sweden 
 and three years in Canada, where he organized for amnesty for US war 
 resisters.  For the last three years, Gerry has been working with another 
 generation of American youth who are fleeing an unjust war and seeking 
 sanctuary in Canada.  He is director of Project Safe Haven and he maintains 
 a blog at www.SoldierSayNo.blogspot.com. \n	Also see: --> War Resisters 
 Support Campaign http://www.resisters.ca/\n\n	--Jeff Paterson, an organizer 
 for Courage to Resist, an organization dedicated to supporting military war 
 objectors. As an active duty U.S. Marine artillery controller in August 
 1990, Corporal Paterson was the first military service member to publicly 
 oppose and face court martial for refusing to deploy in support of 
 Operation Desert Storm. See: http://www.couragetoresist.org/ and sign up 
 for their newsletter here: 
 http://www.couragetoresist.org/x/content/view/219/66/ \n\n	Updates will 
 also be provided on the case of Lieutenant Ehren Watada, the first officer 
 to refuse service in Iraq. See: http://www.thankyoult.org/  \n\nAlso see:  
 --> Iraq Veterans Against the War http://www.ivaw.org \n	      --> Veterans 
 For Peace http://www.veteransforpeace.org/\n\n**Live music opening by 
 Boomer & the Wonders.\n\nThursday, Nov. 15th, at the Vet's Hall, main 
 auditorium\nDoors open at 6:30p. Live music at 7p. Film @ 7:30p. 
 \nDiscussion/Q&A follow the film. \n\nSuggested donation, $5-$20;  no one 
 turned away for lack of funds.\nFundraising will benefit Project Safe Haven 
 and Courage to Resist. \n\nSponsored by the Santa Cruz Peace Coalition. 
 \n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/14/18461216.php
SUMMARY:An Evening of War Resistance
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Vet's Hall\n846 Front St.\nSanta Cruz, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/14/18461216.php
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