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DESCRIPTION:Vietnam War resisters and anti-war groups will gather to commemorate the 
 anniversary of the “Presidio 27 Mutiny,” a 1968 protest and sit-in 
 conducted by imprisoned Vietnam War resisters. The event will occur on 
 October 14th from 1pm to 3pm and will take place at the Presidio Stockade, 
 across from the Log Cabin (1267 Storey Road, San Francisco CA 94129), where 
 the historic events unfolded.\n\nDuring the Vietnam War era, the Presidio 
 Stockade was a military prison notorious for its poor conditions and 
 overcrowding with many troops imprisoned for refusing to fight in the 
 Vietnam War. When Richard Bunch, a mentally disturbed prisoner, was shot 
 and killed on October 11th, 1968, Presidio inmates began organizing. Three 
 days later, 27 Stockade prisoners broke formation and walked over to a 
 corner of the lawn, where they read a list of grievances about their prison 
 conditions and the larger war effort and sang "We Shall Overcome." The 
 prisoners were charged and tried for "mutiny," and several got 14 to 16 
 years of confinement. Meanwhile, disillusionment about the Vietnam War 
 continued to grow inside and outside of the military.\n\nThe mutiny’s 
 anniversary comes at a time when military resistance against the wars in 
 Iraq and Afghanistan appears to be climbing. U.S. Army soldiers are 
 resisting service at the highest rate since 1980, with an 80 percent 
 increase in desertions, defined as absence for more than 30 days, since the 
 invasion of Iraq in 2003, according to the Associated Press.\n\n"This was 
 for real. We laid it down, and the response by the commanding general 
 changed our lives," recalls Keith Mather, Presidio “mutineer” who 
 escaped to Canada before his trial came up and lived there for 11 years, 
 only to be arrested upon his return to the United States. Mather is 
 currently a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of Veterans for 
 Peace.\n\nOther "mutineers" to attend include: John Colip of Mesa, Arizona; 
 Randy Roland of Seattle, Washington; and Mike "The Mole" Marino of 
 Vacaville, California. Former San Francisco District Attorney Terence 
 Hallinan will recount his role as a young lawyer defending "The Presidio 
 27."\n\n"This was one of the first major acts of GI resistance against the 
 Vietnam War. Forty years later we again have growing resistance within the 
 military in opposition to a long, brutal occupation war-complete with 
 prisoners of conscience and resisters seeking refuge in Canada," explains 
 Jeff Paterson, Project Director of Courage to Resist, an organization 
 established to support Iraq War era military objectors.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/13/18544402.php
SUMMARY:Presidio 27 Mutiny Commemoration Gathering
LOCATION:1267 Storey Ave, San Francisco CA 94129 - in The Presidio, across from the 
 The Presidio Log Cabin.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/13/18544402.php
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