Press

The following are links to English language press coverage of the Travis Bishop trial (not including blog coverage, which I am listing separately)

Army Times: Soldier who refused to deploy gets jail time – August 14, 2009, from staff and wire reports

Truthout.org: Afghanistan War Resister Sentenced – August 16, 2009, by Dahr Jamail
(Reprinted at Signs of the Times) – an excellent blow by blow account of the trial

Truthout.org: Another soldier refuses Afghanistan Deployment – August 13, 2009, by Dahr Jamail (reprinted on Commongdreams.org and On Truth)

Truthout.org: Another soldier refuses Afghanistan deployment – August 12, 2009, by Dahr Jamail – an incredibly good story that gives a good “blow by blow” of what happened in court

Killeen Daily Herald News: Soldier gets year in jail – August 15,2009, by Rebecca LaFlure (this story ran on the front page in the print edition, it also ran in the Fort Hood Herald on August 19th)

Killeen Daily Herald: War objector faces year in jail – August 14, 2009, by Rebecca LaFlure (this story ran on the front page of the print edition)

Sojourners: Court-Martialed for Christian Conscience – August 18, 2009, by Logan Laturi – excellent op-ed by a veteran GI resister

KWTX: Fort Hood Soldier convicted of going AWOL before deployment

Austin American-Statesman: Anti-war cafe opens in the shadow of Fort Hood (story includes a good quote by Travis)

Houston Chronicle/AP: Soldier who refused to deploy gets year in jail – August 14, 2009 (published widely elsewhere including CBS 11 (Dallas/Fort Worth), MySA.com)

Uprising Radio: One More US Soldier Refuses to Fight Afghan War

World Socialist Website: US soldier sentenced to year in prison for refusing to fight in Afghanistan – August 18, 2009 by Hiram Lee

Democracy Now: Another Ft. Hood Soldier Refuses Afghanistan Deployment – August 13, 2009

KCEN CBS channel 9 (Waco/Belton/Killeen): Belton War Protest

People’s Weekly World: Soldier resists Afghanistan deployment – August 13, 2009, by Pepe Lozano