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US War Resisters in Canada 2004 to 2014

Siri Margerin

This image is from Celebrate People’s History/Iraq Veterans Against the War: Ten Years of Fighting for Peace and Justice, a portfolio that celebrated IVAW’s first ten years and was produced by Justseeds, IVAW, Booklyn, Repetitive Press, and the Civilian Soldier Alliance.

(IVAW is now known as About Face: Veterans Against the War)

Over the years many U.S. war resisters fled to Canada to avoid participating in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This poster remembers them and their willingness to go into exile rather than do more harm in illegal and immoral wars and occupations. They were supported by generous and committed Canadian and American allies.

Siri Margerin is a member of Civilian-Soldier Alliance, artist, and organizer living and working in San Francisco. After twenty years in animation the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan tipped her into organizing full time in the struggle for peace and justice. She is a co-organizer of Celebrate People’s History: Iraq Veterans Against the War.

 



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