Articles and sites addressing the controversial issue of conscription, also known as the military draft....
This page was last updated on September 29th, 2008
This page was last updated on September 29th, 2008
Conscription (from Government Operations)
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Manifesto against Conscription and the Military System
States that conscript armies, with their large corps of professional officers, are a grave menace to peace.
A Draft After the 2000 Elections?
There may yet be a military draft in the future if for those turning 20 in 2001, once the elections are out of the way. Documents key members of Congressional military committees, for the first time in a generation, are discussing revival of the draft.
The Chickenhawk Database
Detailing the means by which various right-wing politicians and personalities avoided military service in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, with reasons ranging from Tom Delay's educational deferment to Ken Starr's psoriasis to Rush Limbaugh's anal cysts.
Draft is Slavery
Links to essays criticizing military conscription.
European Campaign Against Conscription
Struggling to end forced military drafts.
Dodged Draft
Last week's House vote to eliminate draft registration was a symbolic blow against a vestige of slavery.
Draft Registration: The Politics of Institutional Immortality
Even the Department of Defense acknowledges that registration could be dropped with no effect on military mobilization requirements. Yet draft registration lives on, an example of the difficulty of terminating even the most useless government programs.
Draft Not Needed for Protection of Liberty
Article by Representative Ron Paul (R) of Texas against selsective service registration.
Resisting Military Conscription through Taxation
Some governments actually have the gall to tax you for failing to join the military, even in the US.
No-Conscription Fellowship
An organisation active since the First World War which encourages men to refuse war service.
Neither Fair Nor Useful
Believes the State must not arbitrarily and systematically oblige its citizens to go into a service, armed or not, against their will.
Campaign against Servitude
The Ayn Rand Institute's campaign against Bill Clinton's Philadelphia Summit promoting citizen service. ARI has labelled the summit 'Anti-American'
Draftresistance.org
A group attacking the policies of selective service registration in the USA.
States that conscript armies, with their large corps of professional officers, are a grave menace to peace.
There may yet be a military draft in the future if for those turning 20 in 2001, once the elections are out of the way. Documents key members of Congressional military committees, for the first time in a generation, are discussing revival of the draft.
Detailing the means by which various right-wing politicians and personalities avoided military service in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, with reasons ranging from Tom Delay's educational deferment to Ken Starr's psoriasis to Rush Limbaugh's anal cysts.
Links to essays criticizing military conscription.
Struggling to end forced military drafts.
Last week's House vote to eliminate draft registration was a symbolic blow against a vestige of slavery.
Even the Department of Defense acknowledges that registration could be dropped with no effect on military mobilization requirements. Yet draft registration lives on, an example of the difficulty of terminating even the most useless government programs.
Article by Representative Ron Paul (R) of Texas against selsective service registration.
Some governments actually have the gall to tax you for failing to join the military, even in the US.
An organisation active since the First World War which encourages men to refuse war service.
Believes the State must not arbitrarily and systematically oblige its citizens to go into a service, armed or not, against their will.
The Ayn Rand Institute's campaign against Bill Clinton's Philadelphia Summit promoting citizen service. ARI has labelled the summit 'Anti-American'
A group attacking the policies of selective service registration in the USA.
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