Soldier Box: Why I Won't Return to the War on Terror

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a b Kennedy, Frances; Palmer, James (2001-10-15). "Anti-war rallies in Italy and India attract thousands of supporters". London: Independent.co.uk . Retrieved 2009-07-16. [ dead link] Messages of support to Joe’s mother, Sue, and his wife, Clare, please send to Joe’s case worker: c/o John Tipple, Linn and Associates Solicitors, Haven House, Albemarle Street, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3AT. Anti-war soldier Joe Glenton in medal return protest". BBC News. 2010-11-19 . Retrieved 2023-09-10. In Barcelona, Spain, 5,000 people attended a rally and marched behind a banner that read: "No More Victims – For Peace." The protesters urged the Spanish government not to support any US military intervention or NATO retaliation. [4] On April 30, 2007, thousands of Afghans staged a protest accusing U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops of killing civilians in the western province of Herat. The protesters stormed a government district headquarters in Shindand, south of Herat city, where Western troops have a large base. The anti-U.S. protest came a day after an angry demonstration in eastern Nangahar province over the killing of civilians by coalition and Afghan forces there. [20]Having grown up in one myself, I know that these shattered communities, stripped of identity and solidarity, can be susceptible to far-right ideas. Some sympathy with ideas such as those espoused by Robinson is unsurprising.

He told the Guardian last week: "I just couldn't see what we had given to the country. I felt ashamed." When he first raised with his staff sergeant his reluctance to be deployed again, instead of being dealt with in a sensible way, it resulted in the sergeant at the time bullying and intimidating L/Cpl Glenton," he said.Thousands Take to the Streets in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. to Call for Peace And Justice". Democracy Now! . Retrieved 2009-07-16. Thousands march in Westwood to protest U.S. military action". Dailybruin.com. 2001-09-29 . Retrieved 2009-07-16. [ dead link] Military prosecutor Gemma Sayer told the hearing Glenton could face a further charge, though she did not give details. She said the Royal Military Police would interview himthis afternoon in connection with this second matter.

That means if someone who’s voluntarily joined the armed forces develops a conscientious objection, like we’ve seen from many US soldiers around Iraq – many of whom are now in military prisons, like Kimberly Rivera, a pregnant mother-of-four who is in prison in Colorado for ten months – they also have the right to claim conscientious objector status, just like those who are conscripted into the armed forces.’Anti-War Actions on 26 Campuses, Rochester Action Violently Repressed!". Students for a Democratic Society. 2009-10-10. Glenton has been referred to as a working-class hero and a symbol of opposition to the absence of democracy in the military. He has also demanded that falsehoods about the military and its history be debunked. Joe Glenton Wikipedia – Who Is He? Anti-war soldier Joe Glenton in medal return protest". BBC News. 2010-11-19 . Retrieved 2023-08-03.