[Fwd: [Marxism] First Gaza refusenik jailed]

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Subject: 	[Marxism] First Gaza refusenik jailed
Date: 	Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:17:48 -0500
From: 	Louis Proyect <lnp3 at panix.com>
Reply-To: 	Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition
<marxism at lists.econ.utah.edu>
To: 	aorta <aorta at home.nl>



> Dear Supporters,
> The first Gaza refusenik was sent to prison for a term of 14 days. Courage
> to refuse members are in contact with his family and are helping in any way
> we can. To date there are about ten refuseniks, but the IDF is making
> special efforts to silence this story and prevent it from reaching other
> soldiers. We assume this is the reason why most refuseniks have not yet been
> trialed (some are waiting for over a week now).
> Our demonstration <http://seruv.org.il/english/news_item.asp?msgid=269> last
> Thursday went very well, hundreds showed up and protested against the war. A
> video of the demonstration can be viewed here
> <http://couragetorefuse.org/English/article.asp?msgid=275>(Hebrew, English
> subtitles) This, along with other efforts of the Israeli Peace Camp,
> contributed to the public discourse by introducing new voices- this time
> critical, about the war. We plan on continuing our demonstrations and plan
> to hold a public debate on the subject of refusal next Sunday.
> I wish to thank all those of you who proposed to donate to Courage to
> Refuse. Your help is much needed. An online donation System is now in place,
> allowing donations via credit card.  The donation is processed by The
> Refuser Solidarity Network, an American NGO that agreed to receive donations
> on our behalf.
> To donate, please go to:
> https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=712 and select *Courage to
> Refuse *Projects in the *RSN project* field (This detail is very important).
> American citizens- your donation is IRS-recognized 501(c)3.
>
> With some hope and a lot of hard work- the cease fire may not be that far.
> Thank you all for your support.
> Arik Diamant
> Courage to Refuse
> Dear Supporters,

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