U.S. soldiers are going AWOL and coming to Canada. They want to stay.
Will this country give them refuge from a war they deem illegal?
U.S. soldiers are going AWOL and coming to Canada. They want to stay.
Canada must choose whether or not to give refuge to these Americans who refuse to take part in the US-led war on Iraq. They say the war is illegal under international law; and if returned to the United States, they face severe prison terms for desertion.
Hear the stories of war resisters in Canada and the US and find out how citizens on both sides of the border are fighting to end the war. Get a historical perspective - watch films and read about "peaceniks", draft dodgers and deserters of the Vietnam era. Leave your opinion, find out how to take action, come back and find out - will Canada let them stay?
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Fayetteville, Forward March Toward Peace (Part 4) - Performance and March
Hip hop musicians and spoken word performers speak out against the war through their art. At the peace march, anti-war activists hold up enormous banners opposing the war and its consequences. Veterans march against the war alongside mothers who carry coffins covered with the U.S. flag. The march is peaceful.
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