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War Resisters

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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Jeffry A. House

Hyperlink: http://home.eol.ca/~xaoc/JAHfront.htm

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Jeffry A. House is a Toronto based lawyer and a Vietnam draft dodger who came to Canada. He is currently representing several war resisters seeking refugee status in Canada. His site contains a downloadable small book on the legal rights of politically active people in Canada.
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Asylum seeker looks for Jeffry house

by Mike

Wed, 03/25/2009 - 15:01

Hallo,

could you please, provide me an email address of lawyer Jeffry House?!
I need his help.

Thank you very much,
Mike

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in solidarity

by katie mck

Tue, 04/08/2008 - 15:16

Dear Awol,

Check out the related links section of the War Resisters dossier for more information.

- katie

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awol

by Anonymous 1895

Tue, 04/08/2008 - 03:43

hello

i need to ask you some questions about this refugee status in canada and im also a deserter from the army and looking for a way in to canada asap and i really need to know what to do and how please help me if you can. and if so will i even be able to claim refugee status in canada. i do NOT wanna go back to the army and to be honest im scared please help...

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War Resisters Welcome
War Resisters Welcome
US War Resisters are welcome in Canada....
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 4/9) Political Will
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 4/9) Political Will
Allan MacEachern on the immigration policy that gave Canadian citizenship to draft-dodgers and deserters....
War Resisters Support Campaign Canada
Since the start of the War in Iraq, many US soldiers have sought refuge in Canada. ...
'Body of War' on Democracy Now (Part One)
The film tells the story of Iraq war veteran Tomas Young. On April 4, 2004, his fifth day in Iraq, Young's unit came und...
'Body of War' on Democracy Now (Part Three)
The film tells the story of Iraq war veteran Tomas Young. On April 4, 2004, his fifth day in Iraq, Young's unit came und...
'Body of War' on Democracy Now (Part Two)
 The film tells the story of Iraq war veteran Tomas Young. On April 4, 2004, his fifth day in Iraq, Young's unit came u...
'Body of War' on Democracy Now (Part Four)
The film tells the story of Iraq war veteran Tomas Young. On April 4, 2004, his fifth day in Iraq, Young's unit came und...
Let Them Stay (Part 5) - This Is Not What We Signed Up To Do
Let Them Stay (Part 5) - This Is Not What We Signed Up To Do
War resisters justify their actions, accusing the military of lying to them and betraying the soldiers who signed up. ...
Let Them Stay (Part 6) - Refusing to Participate
Let Them Stay (Part 6) - Refusing to Participate
Why soldiers are forced to choose the life of a "deserter" over the official status of Conscientious Objector. ...
Let Them Stay (Part 7) - The War Resisters Support Campaign
Let Them Stay (Part 7) - The War Resisters Support Campaign
The Canadian War Resisters Support Campaign - the work they do and how you can help them. ...
Fayetteville, Forward March Toward Peace (Part 1) - Bring Them Home Now
Fayetteville, Forward March Toward Peace (Part 1) - Bring Them Home Now
Military families and veterans speak out against the war on Day One of a peace rally in Fayetteville, NC. ...
Fayetteville, Forward March Toward Peace (Part 2) - Michael Berg on his son's murder
Fayetteville, Forward March Toward Peace (Part 2) - Michael Berg on his son's murder
Michael Berg speaks of the murder of his son Nick Berg, a contractor who was kidnapped and beheaded in Iraq. ...
Fayetteville, Forward March Toward Peace (Part 3) - Fayetteville and the peace movement
Fayetteville, Forward March Toward Peace (Part 3) - Fayetteville and the peace movement
An exhibit documents the history of Fayetteville's troubled reaction to the Vietnam war. ...
Fayetteville, Forward March Toward Peace (Part 4) - Performance and March
Fayetteville, Forward March Toward Peace (Part 4) - Performance and March
Artists perform anti-war songs and spoken word, and activists march to end the war in Iraq. ...
Fayetteville, Forward March Toward Peace (Part 5) - Performance and March
Fayetteville, Forward March Toward Peace (Part 5) - Performance and March
The Fayetteville rally brings military families, veterans and peace activists together. ...
War Resisters Welcome Here
War Resisters Welcome Here
War resister Brandon Hughey tells his story at an Ottawa peace protest. ...
Let Them Stay (Part 1) - Joshua Key's story
Let Them Stay (Part 1) - Joshua Key's story
A U.S. war resister recounts one of the experiences that led to his decision to go AWOL from his unit in Iraq. ...
NDP MPs say No to Bush
NDP MPs say No to Bush
Some high-profile MPs from the New Democratic Party join in a protest during the U.S. President's visit. ...
Let Them Stay (Part 2) - The Supreme International Crime
Let Them Stay (Part 2) - The Supreme International Crime
A discussion of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in terms of international law. ...
Lawyers Against the War
Lawyers Against the War
Lawyer Michael Mandel talks about how Iraq is an illegal war. ...
Let Them Stay (Part 3) - Why We Joined Up
Let Them Stay (Part 3) - Why We Joined Up
Three U.S. war resisters give their reasons for joining the military. ...
AWOL Soldiers
AWOL Soldiers
Extra footage from feature film, Escape to Canada. ...
Let Them Stay (Part 4) - Killing for a Living
Let Them Stay (Part 4) - Killing for a Living
Two war resisters tell of their own participation in hurting and killing innocent Iraqis. ...
Prologue - clip 1
Prologue - clip 1
A couple watch horrific images of war on film, then sign up to house draft dodgers....
Prologue - clip 2
Prologue - clip 2
Young peaceniks look on at a peace march....
Memories of War
Memories of War
Images of war, animated....
Army of One (Clip 1) - "Stopping the train-wreck of my life"
Army of One (Clip 1) - "Stopping the train-wreck of my life"
Sara Miller describes the events that led to her signing up for military service....
Escape to Canada - The Trailer
Escape to Canada - The Trailer
The trailer for Escape to Canada, a film about all that Canada purports to offer Bush-weary Americans....
Army of One (Clip 2) - "We are not men. We are beasts"
Army of One (Clip 2) - "We are not men. We are beasts"
Thaddeus and Nelson in two scenes of military bonding and bravado....
Army of One (Clip 3) - Night Manoeuvres
Army of One (Clip 3) - Night Manoeuvres
Sara and Thaddeus go out on night patrols....
Army of One (Clip 4) - Going Stateside
Army of One (Clip 4) - Going Stateside
Thaddeus and Nelson take different approaches to leaving the army....
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 1/9) - Another Underground Railroad
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 1/9) - Another Underground Railroad
Ken Sherman remembers smuggling deserters and draft-dodgers across the border into Canada....
Breaking Ranks - Demo
Breaking Ranks - Demo
Demo for a feature documentary on U.S. military deserters seeking refugee status and asylum in Canada....
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 2/9) Giving Shelter
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 2/9) Giving Shelter
The Toronto Anti-Draft Program provided housing to deserters and draft-dodgers during the Vietnam war....
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 3/9) American Expatriates
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 3/9) American Expatriates
Fr. Stan Pietlock on his decision to stay in Canada and make it his home....
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 5/9) "A Racist War"
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 5/9) "A Racist War"
A black deserter finds a new life in Canada after refusing to fight in the Vietnam war....
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 6/9) Noam Chomsky on the Loyalists
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 6/9) Noam Chomsky on the Loyalists
Noam Chomsky discusses the lack of historical data pertaining to the exodus of the United Empire Loyalists....
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 7/9) Svend Robinson's Family History
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 7/9) Svend Robinson's Family History
How Svend Robinson came to live in Canada and the reaction of his American relatives....
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 8/9) Women of the Revolution
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 8/9) Women of the Revolution
Author Judith Merril on the women who came to Canada during the Vietnam war....
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 9/9) Do No Harm
America, Love it or Leave it (Clip 9/9) Do No Harm
A Montreal doctor discusses his reasons for avoiding service in the U.S. Medical Corps in Vietnam....
Housing Not War Rally
Protest in Halifax 2006
Katherine Jashinski and father
Katherine Jashinski supporter
Katherine Jashinski
Dave Cline
Carl Dix
Clarence Fitch
Bill Short
Anderson, Hughey and Vietnam resisters
Union exiles
Riley and Zaslofsky with banner
Exiles
Hughey, Anderson and Hinzman
Soldiers
Vietnam resisters Gerry and Steven
Objectors
Brandon Hughey
Aimee
Jeremy Hinzman
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  • Let Them Stay
  • Welcome War Resisters
  • A National Call for Nonviolent Resistance to the Continuing War in Iraq
  • American Army Deserter to be Deported
  • Chronology of Iraq War Resisters in Canada
  • Deportations ordered: Critical time for war resisters in Canada
  • Hell No, She Won't Go
  • Historic vote in Parliament for war resisters
  • Soldiers from the USA seeking refuge in Canada
  • The courage to resist: war resisters fight to stay
  • The Taste of Metal: A Deserter's Story
  • U.S. deserter faces deportation Christmas Eve
  • War and punishment, crime and peace
  • Brandon Hughey
  • Bring Them Home Now!
  • Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC)
  • CBC Archives: Draft Dodgers
  • CBC's Disclosure: AWOL in Canada
  • Citizenship and Immigration Canada
  • Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatch
  • Filmmakers Against the War
  • Immigration et Communautés Culturelles Québec
  • Iraq Veterans Against the War
  • Jeffry A. House
  • Jeremy Hinzman
  • Network to Oppose War and Racism (NOWAR/PAIX)
  • Quaker House
  • StopWar.ca
  • T r u t h o u t
  • The Canadian Peace Alliance
  • The Center on Conscience & War (CCW)
  • The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
  • The GI Rights Hotline
  • Toronto Anti-Draft Programme
  • Toronto Coalition to Stop the War
  • War Resisters International
  • War Resisters Support Campaign

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