Sacha is the founder of the ‘Street Science Institute’, a Melbourne-based yoof program what helps develop local hip and/or hop and graff communities.
See also : Hours Before Court-Martial, Army Resister Victor Agosto Speaks Out on Why He’s Refusing to Fight in Afghanistan, Democracy Now!, August 5, 2009:
US Army Specialist Victor Agosto faces up to one month in jail for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan. After returning from thirteen months in Iraq, Agosto became a victim of the stop-loss program that has extended the tours of more than 140,000 troops beyond their contracts since 9/11. Just hours before his court-martial, Agosto speaks out from his military base at Fort Hood, Texas.
War objector gets out of jail, Rebecca LaFlure, Killeen Daily Herald, August 30, 2009:
A Fort Hood soldier who was arrested for refusing orders to deploy to Afghanistan was released from jail Saturday. Victor Agosto, 24, who believes the wars in the Middle East violate international law, pleaded guilty to disobeying a lawful order during a summary court martial at Fort Hood earlier this month…
US soldier sentenced to year in prison for refusing to fight in Afghanistan, Hiram Lee, wsws.org, August 18, 2009:
US Army Sergeant Travis Bishop, 26, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, was sentenced Friday to one year in prison after being convicted of going AWOL (Absent Without Leave) and disobeying lawful orders in connection with his refusal to be deployed to Afghanistan…
US general urges rethink of war gone badly wrong, Paul McGeough, The Age, September 2, 2009:
WASHINGTON’S top general in Kabul has called for a fundamental rethink of the war in Afghanistan, underscoring the waste of international money and blood in which a near-defeated Taliban-led insurgency was allowed to regroup as a formidable guerilla force. ”The situation in Afghanistan is serious,” General Stanley McChrystal warned, urging a ”revised implementation strategy, commitment and resolve, and increased unity of effort”.
Iraq Veterans Against the War:
Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) was founded by Iraq war veterans in July 2004 at the annual convention of Veterans for Peace (VFP) in Boston to give a voice to the large number of active duty service people and veterans who are against this war, but are under various pressures to remain silent.
