I support #DraftDodgers if they're doing so because they don't believe in wars & want to work at creating more peace.
I don't support draft dodgers who don't work at creating peace & send others to sacrifice their lives for dirty, illegal wars - like the current PedorapistPOTUS.

#USpol #geopolitics #WarSurvivorsForPeace #AntiWar #ProPeace #MilitaryDrafts #DontDieForCorruptGovernments #SayNO #RefuseDeployment #ConscientiousObjectors

Today in Labor History February 12, 1947: 60 anti-draft demonstrators burned their draft cards in New York City during an antiwar demonstration. Between 400 and 500 veterans and conscientious objectors from World Wars I and II burned their draft cards in two demonstrations, in front of the White House in Washington and at the Labor Temple in New York City, in protest of a proposed universal conscription law. Civil Rights organizers James Peck, Bayard Rustin and A.J. Muste helped organize the anti-draft protests.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #antiwar #civilrights #whitehouse #antidraft #wwii #wwi #ajmuste #newyork #conscientiousobjectors #BayardRustin #blackhistorymonth

I highly recommend watching this #documentary to understand how young #Israeli #dissenters / #ConscientiousObjectors feel & the consequences they face for trying to stand for justice. They're in the minority in Israel & are often called traitors by Zionazis. I know some former Israelis in BC who have been ostracized from their families; who refuse to stop being bigoted Zionazis & support more violent land thefts from Palestinians. Dissenters don't get support from a society that has been brainwashed to hate all Arabs - they usually face abuses/harassment for taking moral & ethical stands against occupational forces/violence.

This #DocFilm was made well before Oct 7.

Like all Israeli youth, Atalya is expected to become a soldier. Unlike most, she questions the practices of her country’s military, and becomes determined to challenge this rite of passage. Despite her family’s #political disagreements and personal concerns, she refuses #military duty and is imprisoned for her dissent. Her courage moves those around her to reconsider their own political positions and power to effect change. Objector follows Atalya to prison and beyond, offering a unique window into the Israeli - #Palestinian conflict from the perspective of a young woman who seeks truth and takes a stand for justice.

This documentary was produced by Buried Seed Productions and directed by Molly Stuart. It was first released in 2019.

I Refuse to Fight for Israel
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9RS4QVwKmQI

#FreePalestine #FeedPalestine #PalestineSolidarity #IsraelIsATerroristState #ZionismIsACult #SanctionIsrael #BDSMovement #BoycottIsraeliApartheid #BoycottUSA #CrimesAgainstHumanity #AbolishUNVeto #WarCrimes #HumanRights #MiddleEast #AntiGenocide #Ethics #Morals #Geopolitics #Humanity

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #conscientiousobjectors / #nonviolentresistance

„Israel: Solidarity with refusers in prison

In July, a group of Israeli teenagers publicly declared their refusal to serve in the Israeli military, protesting against the genocide in Gaza and the ongoing occupation of Palestinian territories. With their refusal, these conscientious objectors have called for an end to the war in Gaza and urged others to resist conscription (...).”

https://wri-irg.org/en/programmes/rrtk/co-action-alert/2025/israel-solidarity-refusers-prison

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #refuseniks / #conscientiousobjectors / #repression

„This coming Sunday, August 17, at 10:00 a.m., at the Haifa enlistment camp, Yona Roseman, a 19-year-old from Haifa, will refuse to enlist in protest against the #genocide in Gaza, and will probably be tried and sent to prison. Activists from the #Mesarvot network will accompany her outside the draft office in a demonstration.“

https://www.pressenza.com/2025/08/yona-roseman-19-year-old-israel-is-committing-genocide-and-we-must-resist/

Two Israeli teens sent to prison for refusing to take part in the Gaza genocide

This morning, 18-year-old Ayana Gerstmann and Yuval Pelleg refused to enlist in the Israeli military. Gerstmann was sentenced…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #army #AyanaGerstmann #conscientiousobjectors #Gaza #Genocide #IL #Israel #Mesarvot #YuvalPelleg
https://www.newsbeep.com/31197/