Sunday, May 19, 2024

Press Release

Activist Blogs

Zero Recruitment Day Launched – Civil Disobedience Planned

For immediate release: Thursday, April 22 (TODAY)

Today, coordinated protests have been carried out at military recruiting centers across the Twin Cities and in Mankato. Zero Recruitment Day will be capped off by the Anti-War Committee, which has plans to carry out disobedience at a St. Paul National Guard recruiting and training center. They will begin with a picket at 3:30 at 12th and Cedar, near the State Capital Building.

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Activist Blogs

Zero Recruitment Day Launched – Civil Disobedience Planned

For immediate release: Thursday, April 22 (TODAY)

Today, coordinated protests have been carried out at military recruiting centers across the Twin Cities and in Mankato. Zero Recruitment Day will be capped off by the Anti-War Committee, which has plans to carry out disobedience at a St. Paul National Guard recruiting and training center. They will begin with a picket at 3:30 at 12th and Cedar, near the State Capital Building.

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7 Anti-War Protesters Acquitted of Charges from Demonstration at National Guard Recruiting Office

On
January 14, a jury found 7 anti-war protesters not guilty of
trespassing at a Minneapolis National Guard recruiting office last
March. They were arrested with 9 others after trying to access the office
to protest both the lies told by recruiters and the illegality and
immorality of the war wage in Iraq by the US army. After two and a half days, the 6-member jury supported the defense argument that international law and the Constitution protect their rights to dissent.

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