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Conscientious Objection
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Friends Service Committee (AFSC): Youth & Militarism 
 Questions and answers from this Quaker organization "committed to the principles of nonviolence," about military recruitment issues facing American youth. Topics addressed include counter-recruitment, the military in schools, the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test (the admissions and placement test for the U.S. military), draft registration and selective service registration, and conscientious objection. http://www.afsc.org/Youth&Militarism/ Topics: Activism, Christianity, Religion, U.S. Military Last updated Nov 22, 2008 Center on Conscience and War (CCW)
"CCW works to defend and extend the rights of conscientious objectors." The site includes action alerts, GI rights, and advice to conscientious objectors and people considering enlistment. Formerly called the National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO). http://www.centeronconscience.org/ Topics: Activism, Military Last updated Apr 16, 2007 The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
Contains historical and biographical information on American conscientious objectors to World War II. Also has information on the general history of American pacifism and postwar contributions of the WW2 pacifists to civil rights, health care, and the arts. Online companion to a PBS television documentary. http://www.pbs.org/itvs/thegoodwar/ Topics: Activism, Military, Religion, Social Issues, World War II Last updated Jan 16, 2002 Mennonite Central Committee: Counter Recruitment
Collection of links to information and resources about activities to prevent military recruitment. Topics include non-governmental organizations, government military recruitment material, and stories on military recruitment and counter recruitment. The 2006 conference materials features video clips. Also includes links to resources on conscientious objection. From the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). http://co.mcc.org/us/co/counter/ Topics: Activism, Military, U.S. Military Last updated Oct 19, 2009 The Second World War Experience Centre
This mission of this British organization is "to collect, document, preserve, exhibit and encourage access to the surviving material evidence and associated information of the men and women who participated in the war in whatever capacity whether military, civilian or conscientious objector." Features a timeline, information about key figures, and selected materials from the collection on topics such as the war at sea, in the air, and on land. http://www.war-experience.org Topics: Activism, Military, Museums, Museums by Place, World War II Last updated Jul 26, 2005 Selective Service Home Page
Answers questions about who must register, and how to register. Also find information about conscientious objection, the relationship between registration and federal government services and benefits, women and the draft, and a bibliography. http://www.sss.gov/ Topics: Activism, U.S. Military Last updated Nov 8, 2004 What Happens in a Draft
Information from the Selective Service System about "what would occur if the United States returned to a draft." Includes a discussion of a draft lottery, classifications, conscientious objection and alternative service, how the draft has changed since Vietnam, and only sons and sole surviving sons. http://www.sss.gov/WHHAP.HTM Topics: Activism, Military Last updated Nov 8, 2004 |
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