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Fri Jun-18-04 08:08 PM
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| Was anyone here a draft resister in the Vietnam War? |
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Edited on Fri Jun-18-04 08:29 PM by bluestateguy
I'm reading a book right now called Confronting the War Machine: Draft Resistance During the Vietnam War by Michael Foley. The stories of so many young men and the risks that they took to stand up for their beliefs are really amazing. They could have gone to Canada or played the draft system by getting deferments, but instead they chose to articulate a principled oppositon to the war by confronting government authority and willfully accepting the consequences for their actions. They were every bit as brave as the men who went off to fight in the war.
So I am wondering if anyone here at DU has a story of draft resistance to share.
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