[Peace-discuss] Conscientious Objection

[Jim Buell]

I see you have Joe Miller on your recipients list. He should be a good 
person to start with. All I can suggest are the other people along with him 
on the agenda at the Champaign Library talk last Sunday. Here's a rundown 
on who spoke, and their topics.

>Mary Lee Sargent - a history of conscientious objection
>Merlin Taber - experiences as a Quaker C.O. in World War II
>Bill Taylor - experiences as a C.O. during the Vietnam War (he fulfilled 
>his alternative service at Channing-Murray, in fact - now lives near 
>Allerton Park)
>Joe Miller (VVAW) - becoming an anti-war activist after a career in Naval 
>intelligence (his recounting of being in the Tonkin Gulf during the 
>'incident' is quite interesting)
>Cameron Satterthwaite - on groups who participate in tax resistance, and a 
>perennial push in Congress for an Alternative Peace Tax

By the way, Clint prepared an audio CD from the minidisc recording I made 
at the Sunday event. I'll leave several copies at the IMC desk tomorrow 
afternoon, for whoever would like them.

Jim

At 10:16 PM 2/4/2003 -0600, paul michael king wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>I have a local friend in the Army National Guard who has heard that she
>will be receiving orders to ship out to the middle east within a few
>weeks, if not sooner.
>
>She is worried, scared and morally opposed to the war. She is interested
>in learning more about conscientious objection, (depleted uranium,
>political analysis, etc...). She desperately needs support from her
>community. I've told her all I know, which is not much. She needs to know
>what her options are.
>
>What can we do as AWARE? As veterans? As her community? As individuals?
>Has anyone made any headway on finding a pro bono lawyer for the group?
>What kind of support can we give her and others like her? Who can I put
>her in contact with? She needs counseling. She needs to be with others
>like her. We need answers fast. Please send me any names or advice you may
>have. I will be talking to her tomorrow. I will forward all emails to her.
>
>Thank you!
>
>..::Paul King
>
>
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