Joe Glenton, UK refusenik
By Payday men’s network
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.
Read MoreLetter to refusenik Adas Amit
Payday men’s network
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.
Read MoreOpposing the Armed Forces Bill
By Payday men’s network
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
Read MoreRefusing to Rape (2006)
By Payday
We highlight how the military train men to rape and protect them afterwards. Supporting refuseniks also includes protecting those who refuse to rape. In demanding to “redirect military budgets to carers,” we stenghten women’s economic power to refuse rape.
Read MoreProtecting a Payday member’s farm from ‘developers’
By Dean Kendall, Payday men’s network
Payday men’s network along with Global Women’s Strike supported Payday member Dean Kendall’s successful 7-year fight to win protection for his late mother’s farm – the fields and woodland which nurtured him as a child and where he still resides as their caregiver.
Read MoreVIDEO Refuseniks from around the world speak out
by Payday men’s network
Watch testimonies of refuseniks and supporters, often mothers and partners, from the UK, US, Israel, Jamaica, Sudan.
Read MoreSupporting ‘The Five’ Israeli refuseniks
By Payday men’s network
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.
Read MoreOpposing Gulf War Syndrome
By Payday men’s network
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.
Read MoreSupporting Israeli refuseniks
By Payday men’s network
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.
Read MoreWhat are you doing? (1999)
By Payday
In a letter to the press we argue that all men are potential rapists, and that we need to keep ourselves in check.
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