Men working with the Global Women’s Strike invite you to

Refusing to kilL
An evening with refuseniks from around the world
Friday 12 March 2004  7pm
Godwin & Crowndale Community Hall, Crowndale Road
London NW1 (Mornington Crescent tube) Donations: £1-£5.

A crucial part of the movement against war is women and men around the world refusing to kill.

» Stephen Funk (Video) – Gay US marine of Filipino-Native American descent, who in 2003 spent five months in a military prison for refusing to fight in Iraq.
» Elsa T - Eritrean woman speaking about her struggle to avoid the draft in Eritrea and to win political asylum in the UK.
» James Fairweather – Jamaican WWII veteran. How he confronted racism in the Allied army and tried to deal humanely with "the enemy".
» Tony Flint - 1991 Gulf War veteran, campaigning for recognition of, and compensation for, Gulf War Syndrome.
» Yishay Mor - Israeli refusenik. Reporting on the five young men recently jailed for a year for refusing to serve in the Israeli Army (IDF).
» Eilat Maoz (Video) – A woman signatory of the Shministim (high school students) letter that they would refuse to serve in the IDF.
» Hope - Campaign to Free Vanunu. How women and men have been working to free the Israeli scientist who blew the whistle on Israel’s nuclear arsenal, was kidnapped and imprisoned from 1986.
» Joey – Former UK soldier.  Why she joined the army and why she refused to go to Iraq in 2003.
» How the army works for the community in revolutionary Venezuela.

A Global Women’s Strike event organised by Payday, a network of men

Refusing to kill
For the latest news of women and men from around the world who are refusing to serve the military-industrial complex, see:
www.refusingtokill.net

p A third of UK reservists did not report when called to serve in Iraq p Veterans fighting for compensation for Gulf War Syndrome p US veterans campaign against war p Bolivian mothers demand their sons back from the military p Vietnam war "draft dodgers" reveal their secrets p Kenyan women demanding compensation for rape by UK soldiers p Refuseniks from Armenia, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, UK, US, Venezuela.


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