United States Iraq War Resister Kimberly Rivera speaks at a press conference in Toronto on Friday, August 31, 2012. (The Canadian Press/Aaron Vincent Elkaim)
By William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Amnesty International identifies her as a prisoner of conscience, she was the first American female conscientious objector to flee to Canada, but mainstream media mostly ignore this [...]
by Peace Alliance Winnipeg
During the Vietnam war, tens of thousands of American conscientious objectors sought refuge in Canada to avoid taking part in a war they could not, in conscience, support. While the Canadian government was slow [...]
United States Iraq War Resister Kimberly Rivera speaks at a press conference in Toronto on Friday, August 31, 2012. (The Canadian Press/Aaron Vincent Elkaim)
On Thursday, August 30th the Canadian government ordered U.S. Iraq war resister Kimberly Rivera, her husband Mario and their four young children deported to the United States. Kimberly served in [...]
War Resisters Support Campaign News Release, April 7, 2011
TORONTO—On Tuesday, the Federal Court of Canada released a decision reaffirming there is evidence that U.S. Iraq War resisters are targeted for punishment because of their political beliefs if returned to the United States. The judgment in the judicial review of Iraq War
resister and veteran Dean Walcott’s [...]
Jan. 17, 2011: Joshua Key addresses a group in Winnipeg during Let Them Stay Week, a national campaign to allow American war resisters to remain in Canada. Photo: Paul S. Graham
By Cheryl-Anne Carr, Keep Resisters in Canada Campaign
I am writing to ask for a one-time contribution for the urgent medical needs of Joshua Key, a [...]
[ February 12, 2011; 6:00 pm; ] Help us build the campaign to stop the deportation of U.S. war resisters seeking refuge in Canada from unjust wars.
Music and Speakers including Joshua Key, war resister
Ethiopian vegetarian food prepared by: Solidarity Committee for Ethiopian Political Prisoners
Date: Saturday, February 12, 2011
Location: 411 Cumberland Avenue (at Carleton)
Time: Mingle 6:00 p.m. – Dinner 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $20 – [...]
Members of the Keep Resisters in Canada Campaign sign peace songs outside the Steinbach constituency office of Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews on Jan. 19, 2011. Photo: Paul S. Graham
Supporters of the struggle of American war resisters in Canada picketed the Steinbach office of Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews yesterday and delivered a [...]
[ January 19, 2011; 1:30 pm; ] Let them stay! Stop deporting U.S. war resisters from Canada!
You are invited to help an important humanitarian and social justice cause and to help restore Canada’s tarnished international image.
Where: Hon. Vic Toews’ consitituency office, 8-227 Main Street, Steinbach, MB
Please attend this peaceful rally and serenade to urge the Government of Canada to:
welcome U.S. war resisters [...]
[ January 17, 2011; 7:00 pm; ] Place: McNally-Robinson Booksellers – Grant Park Shopping Centre, 1120 Grant Avenue, Winnipeg, MB
War resister and author Joshua Key will speak at McNally Robinson Bookstore in Grant Park to discuss his experiences and his memoir, The Deserter’s Tale.
When Private First Class Joshua Key was shipped to Iraq, the US army combat engineer believed he was doing [...]
By The War Resisters Support Campaign
Over the past few weeks, since the narrow defeat of Bill C-440, the War Resisters Support Campaign has [...]