Gerry Condon on Brain Labor Report 10/5/07
pogo, 05.10.2007 07:56
Activist and war resister Gerry Condon joins a discussion with Wes Brain and Allen Halmark of Citizens for Peace and Justice (CP&J). Condon shares compelling, powerful and informative points on the illegal war and amnesty efforts for war resisters struggling to avoid service. "Bush's surge has led to a surge of AWOLs coming to Canada."
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Condon will be speaking and showing the film, Breaking Ranks, about four young U.S. soldiers who fled to Canada rather than fight in the Iraq War, on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 6 pm, in Lidgate Hall which is behind the Medford Congregational United Church of Christ, 1801 E. Jackson St, Medford, OR..
No one doubts that it takes a lot of courage to join the military and fight for one’s country in a foreign land. What is not so well known is that it takes even more courage to refuse to fight and become a conscientious objector after one joins the military and realizes that intentional killing in an unjust war is wrong.
Gerry Condon knows what it feels like to be confronted by the choice of following his conscience or ignoring it and going to war. In 1969 Condon deserted from the U.S. Army rather than be shipped to Vietnam to fight. He lived for three years in Sweden and three more in Canada, where he organized for amnesty for U.S. war resisters, which was eventually granted by Congress.
For the past three years, Condon 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 
http://www.SoldierSayNo.blogspot.com.
For more information visit http://www.couragetoresist.org and http://www.resisters.ca
Gerry Condon's visit to Medford is sponsored by Citizens for Peace & Justice. The public is invited to attend this free film and lecture. CP&J members will serve a light dinner. All donations will benefit Condon’s work with Project Safe Haven.
"Breaking Ranks" documentary
http://www.breakingranksthefilm.com/
Citizens for Peace & Justice webpage and more info about Gerry Condon's Medford visit on October 13, 2007
http://www.medfordcpj.org/
The Brain Labor Report is a daily program on labor issues. It broadcasts live 7am pst Mon-Fri only at kskq.org.
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