Raj will be traveling to New York, California, and Washington this spring talking about food justice and globalization - we’ve just added all the new dates (see the sidebar on the right, or click the “upcoming events” tab above).Want Raj to stop by while he’s in your area? Drop us a line!
Army of None: Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End
the War, and Build a Better World
by Aimee Allison and David Solnit
Army of None Book Release Party in Oakland!
Cosponsored by: Courage to Resist, Not Your Soldier, The Oakland Institute, Women of Color Resource Center, and Veterans for Peace Chapter 69.
BOOK RELEASE & PROJECT KICK-OFF CELEBRATION
Join Army vet Aimee Allison and global justice organizer and puppeteer David Solnit in celebrating their book release and launching a 40-city tour to support local counter recruitment and antiwar efforts.
THURS AUG 30, 6:30pm
Club Oasis
135 12th St., @ Madison, Oakland
(6 blocks E. of Broadway/12th St. BART)
How Do We Stop the War?
World Premiere: Army of None Puppet Show!
Spoken Word!
Snacks by Chef Tom Cohen!
Buy a Book!
Free and open to the public!
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Buy the book at the courage to Resist website or request it through your local independent bookseller!
http://www.couragetoresist.org/armyofnone
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Army of None on Tour!
Aimee and David will be travelling to 40 communities from September through January - visit their Myspace Page for frequent updates. Contact Jen Angel (jenangel-at-riseup.net) to schedule a presentation, workshop, or performance.
http://www.myspace.com/armyofnonebook
Aimee and David are such amazing presenters, I’m very excited to work with them to get their important message out. Please email me if you have any questions.
–Jen
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Bring the Army of None Project to your city!!
This fall Aimee Allison and David Solnit will be travelling the country sharing their combined 30 years of experience with counter-recruitment and anti-war groups around the country. They want to meet with your group to strategize about local campaigns, do presentations to high school and college students about what really happens when you join the military, do public presentations on the military’s recruitment practices, and faciliate workshops on strategic organizing.
Contact us now to make sure that they stop in your city! Dates will be announced as we have them.
Download a full-size version of this flyer at the Courage to Resist website.
Anti-war, global justice and arts organizer DAVID SOLNIT was a main organizer in the WTO protests in Seattle in 1999 and in San Francisco the day after Iraq was invaded in 2003. He is the editor of Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World.
Army veteran Aimee Allison has led school and community counter-recruitment activities over the last decade. She is a contributor to 10 Excellent Reasons Not to Join the Military. She was recruited out of high school and became a Conscientious to the Gulf War. She actively supports veterans that are healing from their war experiences.
