"He and other peace activists came to view the contents of draft boards’ filing cabinets as no different from bombs or bullets: They were just tools that helped the government kill."

Read an excerpt of the new Atavist story, by Stephen Wood: https://longreads.com/2026/04/02/catholic-buffalo-vietnam-war-draft/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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