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Draft (Selective Service)
 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 New York City Draft Riots of 1863
This excerpt from the book "In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863" discusses the July 1863 riots in New York City that followed the enactment of a new conscription lottery law. "Throughout the week of riots [known as the Civil War Draft Riots], mobs harassed and sometimes killed blacks and their supporters and destroyed their property." From the University of Chicago Press. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/317749.html Topics: Activism, Black Resources, Labor, Military, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jun 20, 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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