On October 20, 1967 I stood on the steps of the Justice Department and returned my draft card to then US Attorney General Ramsey Clark. … If it took going to jail as a way of serving my country then I was prepared to go.
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Bruce Beyer Reflects on 50 Years of Activism
This article originally appeared at dailypublic.com. By Bruce Beyer. In 1966, having been thrown out of a private...
Review: Mark Satin’s Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada is just as timely as ever
This article originally appeared at TheGlobeandMail.com. By ROY MacSKIMMING In 1971, when I was a partner in New...
49 Years Ago…
49 years ago today (8/19/1968), 32 FBI agents, Federal Marshals, and Border Patrol officers, backed up by 100 local...
Muhammad Ali’s Words Stung Like a Bee, Too
This video originally appeared at THE NEW YORK TIMES, JUNE 4, 2016 “Shoot them for what? They never called me...
All Eyes photo gallery: Boxing great Muhammad Ali through the years Times staff
This article originally appeared at the TampaBay.com By Times Staff He was fast of fist and foot — lip, too — a...
‘I Just Wanted to Be Free’: The Radical Reverberations of Muhammad Ali
This article originally appeared at TheNation.com Ali was shaped by his times. But his death should remind us that he...
Muhammad Ali, Draft Resister & The Greatest, Dies at 74
This article originally appeared at the NYTimes.com By ROBERT LIPSYTE Muhammad Ali, the three-time world heavyweight...
June 20, 1967: When Muhammad Ali Took the Weight
This article originally appeared at The Rag Blog. Dave Zirin : When Muhammad Ali Took the Weight Muhammad Ali, the...
As Canada’s Liberal Party Takes Office, US Military Deserters Get New Hope With Trudeau Administration
For U.S. Marine Dean Walcott, his progression from hesitant soldier to being officially AWOL began in late 2004....
Letter to Justin Trudeau from Vietnam War Resister
October 24, 2015 United Nations Day Dear Prime Minister-Elect Trudeau, Congratulations on the Liberal Party electoral...
MORAL INJURY AND CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION: SAYING NO TO MILITARY SERVICE by Alice Lynd with the assistance of Staughton Lynd
Dear Reader, Is this article intended to help people to think about the issues? Yes. Is this article intended to tell...
From The Archives: Bruce Beyer
As a VFP member and website content provider, I have the honor and humble privilege to have correspondence with some...
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