Posts Tagged ‘antiwar’
Victor Agosto
1 Comment | This entry was posted on Jul 22 2009
SPC Agosto, assigned to C Company, 57th ESB, at Fort Hood, Texas, is now facing court-martial for standing up for his beliefs. On April 30, he informed his company commander that he would not deploy to Afghanistan. Since May 11, he has refused all orders directly supporting his unit’s deployment. We, the undersigned, demand that the commanding general of Fort Hood, TX, and the convening authority for his court-martial drop all charges against SPC Victor Agosto.
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Student Writer Fired for Political Activity
0 Comments | This entry was posted on Apr 16 2009
“What they had an issue with was what I was doing off of campus which they said would reflect poorly on the newspaper itself,” said Blaszko.
She is a member of the Youth for Socialist Action. She wasn’t writing about the group’s activities and she was writing editorials, not news pieces, but she was still kicked out by the editors, who are also students. News Channel 8 went to the Student Center but “The Recorder” refused to let anyone in.”
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