Refusing War

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British soldier Joe Glenton was convicted to 9 months in jail in 2010 for refusing to return to Afghanistan. We joined the international campaign for his release.

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In 2007, Israeli refusenik Adas Amit was imprisoned five times for her ongoing refusal to join the Israeli military. Payday wrote to her, thanked her for her brave action and let her know the support she had.

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In 2006, with the Global Women’s Strike (GWS), vets and peace organisations we opposed the Armed Forces Bill which threatened soldiers who desert or refuse to occupy a foreign territory with life emprisonment

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Watch testimonies of refuseniks and supporters, often mothers and partners, from the UK, US, Israel, Jamaica, Sudan.

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Convicted in December 2003 and released in September 2004, ‘The Five’ Israeli refuseniks internationalised their struggle. On the day of their conviction, there were solidarity actions in London, Rome, Berlin and in France.

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In 2004, along with our sisters in WinVisible we supported Gulf War vet Alex Izett’s 40-day hunger strike. It led to the setting up of an Independent Inquiry into the Gulf War Syndrome.

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Payday and the Global Women’s Strike have supported Israeli refuseniks whether when thousands were refusing to fight or when only few individuals or smaller groups were visibly resisting.