National emergency! Resistance required!
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National emergency! Resistance required!
Trump’s initial plan to “get tough” on refugees and immigrants called for the US military to detain tens of thousands in sprawling tent city concentration camps at a dozen military bases. Those plans, announced last July, didn’t get too far, due in large part to the shocking similarities to World War II Japanese-American detention camps. Then in October, the Trump administration pivoted to deploying 6,000 active duty troops to the southern border--widely seen as a way to influence the midterm elections. “Donald Trump’s decision to send thousands of troops to the US-Mexican border to intercept migrants who intend to apply for asylum is not just a bald-faced political stunt — it is also illegal,” noted law professor Marjorie Cohn at the time. While Courage to Resist called on troops to question those illegal orders, the Trump administration issued a “cabinet order” on December 3rd in direct violation of the federal laws assumed to safeguard against martial law. While non-military migrant holding facilities filled up, with children separated from parents and disappeared, it looked like the troops on the border would remain camped out primarily for propaganda purposes. Until we learned last week that the military camp outs are the actual legal justification, if you can call it that, for Trump's declared “national emergency”. Resist the new normal.
D O N A T Eto Support GI Resistance to Endless War & Empire 
Objector Church online weekly
This is a great way to find out more about our new fiscal sponsor, the Objector Church, and why they might be the religious humanist interfaith peace and justice community you have been looking for! Live online meetups are lead by Minister James Branum from Oklahoma City. Last Saturday's weekly meetup discussed mourning in America and what we might be able to learn from other cultures.
The first ever Objector Registry (objector.church/register) offers a declaration of conscience for anyone to assert their moral opposition to war, regardless of age, gender, or religious affiliation. This serves to create a protective record of beliefs and actions with which to oppose a later forced draft. Given the recent release of the report by the Congressionally mandated commission on military service, this free registry is coming online just in time. Please sign up yourself and share with friends! We'll have an important update on this commission next week.
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COURAGE TO RESIST ~ SUPPORT THE TROOPS WHO REFUSE TO FIGHT!
484 Lake Park Ave #41, Oakland, California 94610 ~ 510-488-3559
www.couragetoresist.org ~ facebook.com/couragetoresist
484 Lake Park Ave #41, Oakland, California 94610 ~ 510-488-3559
www.couragetoresist.org ~ facebook.com/couragetoresist
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