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International News (I.N. Daily) (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
By Sarah Lazare, Courage to Resist Posted on August 25, 2008, http://www.alternet.org/story/96325/ This is an update to AlterNet’s previous story on the case of Robin Long. Robin Long, an Iraq War resister deported from Canada into U.S. military custody last month, was sentenced today to 15 months of confinement and dishonorable discharge, receiving credit for 40 days [...]...
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Long, an Iraq War resister deported from Canada last month, was sentenced to 15 months of prison and dishonorable discharge.
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Alternet (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Long, an Iraq War resister deported from Canada last month, was sentenced to 15 months of prison and dishonorable discharge.
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
GI resister Robin Long, deported from Canada, convicted of desertion, and sentenced to 15 months imprisonment, speaks with Courage to Resist from the El Paso County jail in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he is awaiting transfer to a military prison. 10:10
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Robin Long, a U.S. war resister who was deported from Canada into U.S. military custody on July 15, faces court martial tomorrow. Robin is part of the growing G.I. movement against the Iraq War, and he is the first U.S. soldier to be deported from Canadian soil since the Vietnam War.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
Robin Long, an Iraq War resister deported from Canada into U.S. military custody last month, was sentenced today to 15 months of confinement and dishonorable discharge, receiving credit for 40 days of time served. Longâs supporters, who flooded the Fort Carson, Colorado courtroom where the court martial was held and held a vigil in his honor, expressed dismay at the harsh verdict....
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Robin Long, the first war resister to be deported from Canada since the Vietnam War, will be Court Martialed tomorrow, Friday, August 22.
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Ruth's Report (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
Starting off with Michael Winship's "Cash Register Conventions" ( Bill Moyers Journal ): Another humid August, a long time ago, and I was working in my father’s small town drugstore, the last summer before my first year of high school. Today, cash registers are as computerized as ATM’s and tell you everything instantly, from the change owed and the status of inventory to the date, time and wind...
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Alternet (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
The first war resister to be deported from Canada since the Vietnam War faces court-martial and three years in jail. Who is next?
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
Buff Whitman-Bradley of Courage to Resist talked about Robin Long's case, August 11, 2008, with KPFA's Aimee Allison. Fourteen-minute MP3 audio file. 3MB.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Last night I heard some additional details about the arrest, detention and deportation of war resister Robin Long. At our meeting, spirits were high, our determination is unwavering, but on the way home I cried. Not out of despair, because I know we're going to win this thing. It's just so painful to think of someone being harassed, mistreated, deported and incarcerated because they don't...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
As I hope you know, war resister Robin Long is in a US military jail, facing punishment for refusing to participate in the Iraq War. Robin is currently being held at Fort Carson, Colorado. Lee Zaslofsky, one of the mainstays of our national campaign and a Vietnam War deserter, is on his way there to visit Robin, so I'll soon have an update on his condition.You can send letters...
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Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills) (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
A former American soldier, Robin Long, was deported from Canada, long a haven for American deserters, after his application for refugee status was turned down. He fled there in 2005 as his unit was about to be sent to Iraq, claiming he would suffer irreparable harm if forced to participate in an “illegal war of aggression”. He is believed to be the first American army deserter...
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Return of the Conservatives (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
US Army deserter Robin Long is slated to be deported back to his army base in Fort Knox, Ky., Tuesday, which would make him the first resister to the U.S. war effort in Iraq to be sent out of Canada. Madam Justice Anne Mactavish of the Federal Court of Canada cleared the way for the deportation late Monday, dismissing a last-ditch attempt to delay the process while the 25-year-old pursued...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Robin Long is being held in the Whatcom County Jail in Bellingham, Washington, just over the border from Vancouver. We believe Robin will next be taken by US Army officials to Fort Carson, Colorado, but we don't know when.The Sanctuary City Campaign of Bellingham will host a peace vigil tonight to show community support for Robin and opposition to his arrest. Members of...
