Support War Resisters in Canada

If you think because you’re not in the US, there’s nothing you can do to oppose the war in Iraq but heckle Americans who cross your path, you’re wrong. Especially if you are in Canada, where the Supreme Court has been Supremely Uncool about giving refuseniks a refuge.

SATURDAY 26 JANUARY 2008 will be a NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION IN CANADA in support of US War Resisters. From http://resisters.ca:

The War Resisters Support Campaign has called a pan-Canadian mobilization on Saturday, January 26th, 2008 to ensure :

1) that deportation proceedings against U.S. war resisters currently in Canada cease immediately; and
2) that a provision be enacted by Parliament ensuring that U.S. war resisters refusing to fight in Iraq have a means to gain status in Canada.

For listings of local actions, see our Events page. If you are able to organize a rally in your community, contact the Campaign – we will list events as details come in.

For more information, go to their website.

The Toronto action will take place at 1 PM @ Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor West, between the Spadina and St George’s subway stops. See you there!!

If you are in the US, there is a partner group called Courage to Resist. There is another group called Refusing to Kill, which has network bases in the US and in the UK and has been doing support work for resisters in Turkey and Israel as well as the US.