Congress still wants to oppress women along with men in the military draft

See the article that BEGINS ON PAGE 6 and CONTINUES ON PAGE 4 of this publication:

Click to access ccw-newsletter-Winter-2022-2023-web-opt.pdf

It’s published by the Center on Conscience and War.  I’ve been reading their materials and providing financial support since 1972 — more than half a century now.

 

A few years ago women were authorized to perform the same kinds of combat duties in war zones along with men, so a men’s organization sued the federal government and argued that the male-only military draft discriminated against men.  The federal court agreed.  Now Congress has been trying for several years to MAKE WOMEN REGISTER FOR THE MILITARY DRAFT just like men do.  These pieces of legislation have passed through the Armed Services Committees of both the House and the Senate, but they have not prevailed on “the floor” of either legislative body.

People who support peace and human rights insist that NOBODY should be FORCED into “involuntary servitude” of the military draft.  We should abolish the military draft agency (“Selective Service System”) altogether.

The article at PAGE 6 (continuing onto PAGE 4) of this publication explains what’s happening:

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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