War Resister film benefit

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War Resister Film Benefit

Suggested donation: $7 to $20
 
On the 6th anniversary of the US-led war in Iraq, see three documentaries about resistance to wars from Vietnam to Iraq, and soldiers seeking refuge in Canada.
• Parallels (10 min) - two generations of war resisters
• Conscience of a Nation: Winter Soldiers (30 min) - 30 veterans in 30 minutes
• “Deserter” (24 min) - the journey of a war resister couple fleeing the US to Canada

Featuring US war resisters currently living in Toronto.

On June 3, 2008 the House of Commons passed a motion calling on the Government of Canada to immediately cease all deportation proceedings against U.S. Iraq War resisters and their immediate families and create a program to facilitate them staying in Canada as permanent residents.

The Harper government ignored the motion when it deported Robin Long, who had been living in British Columbia, in July. Long was subsequently court-martialed, sentenced to 15 months in prison and given a felony conviction that will cause him hardship for the rest of his life. He has been separated from his Canadian partner and infant son and is currently imprisoned for being a conscientious objector.

Since then, two other Iraq War resisters who had been living in B.C. have been forced back to the U.S. after exhausting all avenues of appeal through the normal immigration channels. These deportations took place despite Parliament voting to stop the deportation of U.S. Iraq War resisters.

Come help the War Resister Support Campaign raise funds for its legal defense to fight these deporation orders.

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