NEWS — DANGER — OPPORTUNITY re: Military Draft

March 1, 2019 GlenAnderson Governmental Abuses, Human Rights, International Affairs (Click to see specific nations and regions), Military Service, Recruitment, Draft, Conscientious Objection, Peace (See Foreign Policy and specific nations and regions -- and ALSO see Military Spending and Nuclear Weapons), Young People 0

A federal judge rules it’s unconstitutional to register ONLY men for the military draft.

For a long time before that decision, the federal government had been studying what to do about the draft:

— Register women too

— Require mandatory “national service” in military or civilian jobs

— Abolish the draft altogether.

I’ve been following this closely, and there is no indication yet what decision the federal inquiry will propose.

Now that a federal judge has ruled it unconstitutional to register only men, this forces the issue into one of the options listed above.

See this article:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/24/military-draft-judge-rules-male-only-registration-unconstitutional/2968872002/

 

MORE INFORMATION:

Read this interesting information from a modern draft resister:

https://couragetoresist.org/modern-day-draft/

SIGN THIS PETITION TO END THE DRAFT ALTOGETHER:

https://couragetoresist.org/petition-end-draft-registration/

Here is another viewpoint on ending male-only draft registration by (1) including women, or (2) ending the draft altogether:

Draft Registration Will Be Either Ended or Imposed on Women

 

 

 

 

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Since the late 1960s Glen Anderson has devoted his life to working as a volunteer for peace, nonviolence, social justice, and progressive political issues. He has worked through many existing organizations and started several. Over the years he has worked especially for such wide-ranging goals as making peace with Vietnam, eliminating nuclear weapons, converting from a military economy to a peacetime economy, abolishing the death penalty, promoting nonviolence at all levels throughout society, and helping people organize and strategize for grassroots movements to solve many kinds of problems. He writes, speaks, and conducts training workshops on a wide variety of topics. Since 1987 he has produced and hosted a one-hour cable TV interview program on many kinds of issues. Since 2017 he has blogged at https://parallaxperspectives.org He lives in Lacey near Olympia WA. You can reach him at (360) 491-9093 glen@parallaxperspectives.org