Dodged Draft
Last week's House vote to eliminate draft registration was a symbolic blow against a vestige of slavery.
Manifesto against Conscription and the Military System
States that conscript armies, with their large corps of professional officers, are a grave menace to peace.
Resisting Military Conscription through Taxation
Some governments actually have the gall to tax you for failing to join the military, even in the US.
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.
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'
European Campaign Against Conscription
Struggling to end forced military drafts.
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 is Slavery
Links to essays criticizing military conscription.
Draftresistance.org
A group attacking the policies of selective service registration in the USA.
Draft Not Needed for Protection of Liberty
Article by Representative Ron Paul (R) of Texas against selsective service registration.
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.
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.
No-Conscription Fellowship
An organisation active since the First World War which encourages men to refuse war service.
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