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| www.objector.us was founded by PeaceRoots Alliance to help with the effort to educate our nations young people about the realities of military service and alternatives for funding education and career training.
PeaceRoots members are working with organizations seeking equal time in public schools to present an alternative to the army recruiters working the high schools and leading young people on the path to war.
We also provide counseling to individuals who wish to establish their conscientious objector status both within and outside the military.
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In the News
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IRAQ: Hundreds of U.S. Soldiers Emerge as Conscientious Objectors
NEW YORK, Apr 15 2007 (IPS) - Although only a handful of them have gone public, at least several hundred U.S. soldiers have applied for conscientious objector (CO) status since January, says a rights group.
The Center on Conscience and War (CCW), which advises military personnel on CO discharges, reports that since the start of 2003 - when many soldiers realised they might have to fight in the Iraq war - there has been a massive increase in the number of enlisted soldiers who have applied for CO status. ...more
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| A Valentine to Newlyweds Separated by Their Country |
The wedding she had arranged and paid for in their home town had to be cancelled because his leave was revoked at the last minute, so she had traveled across the country for a visit with him that included a quick civil ceremony at the courthouse nearest his base. more...
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Navajo Marine Receives CO Status |
Jan, 29 2007 The Marine commandant reversed his earlier decision Wednesday and granted conscientious- objector status to Pvt. Ronnie Tallman,
a 19-year-old Navajo from Tuba City, Ariz. more... |
AWOL Soldier Who Returned Flees Army Again
Nov. 2, 2006 Pvt. Kyle Snyder, 23, of Colorado Springs, Colo., told The Associated Press he was supposed to return by bus to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., from Louisville on Tuesday but didn't go. He said he went AWOL after Fort Knox officials told him he would be sent back to his unit, the 94th Engineer Battalion. Snyder has said he was put on patrol when sent to Iraq in 2004, which he said he was not trained to do, and that he began to turn against the war when he saw an innocent Iraqi man killed by American gunfire. more... |
Pentagon Treats Counter-Recruitment as Terrorism by Megan Tady
Oct. 16, 2006 Documents released last week by the American Civil Liberties Union expose the extent to which the government considers First Amendment-protected activities and civil disobedience a "potential terrorist activity." Read the rest here: more... |
Officer risks his freedom to oppose Iraq war
August 15, 2006 On June 7, 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, a 3-year Army officer stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash., spoke publicly in opposition to the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and declared his intent to refuse orders to deploy. more... |
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