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The Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada, published jointly by the Toronto Anti-Draft Programme and the House of Anansi Press, sold nearly 100,000 copies, [54] [55] and one sociologist found that the Manual had been read by over 55% of his data sample of U.S. Vietnam War emigrants either before or after they arrived in Canada. [56]
Pages in category "Vietnam War draft evaders" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Muhammad Ali; B.
Draft evaders are sometimes pejoratively referred to as draft dodgers, [5] although in certain contexts that term has also been used non-judgmentally [6] [7] or as an honorific. [8] Practices that involve lawbreaking or taking a public stand are sometimes referred to as draft resistance. Although draft resistance is discussed below as a form of ...
Bob Zaugh was one of many young men who resisted the U.S. military draft during the Vietnam War. How a tough federal judge handled his case changed both of their lives.
Proclamation 4483 and Executive Order 11967 reproduced in the Federal Register (click to view full document). Proclamation 4483, also known as the Granting Pardon for Violations of the Selective Service Act, was a presidential proclamation issued by Jimmy Carter on January 21, 1977.
[6] [7] By late 1967, draft evaders were being assisted primarily by several locally based anti-draft groups (over twenty of them), such as the Vancouver Committee to Aid American War Objectors [8] [9] and the Toronto Anti-Draft Programme. [10] [11] As a counselor for the Programme, Mark Satin wrote the Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada ...
The World War II draft operated from 1940 until 1946 when further inductions were suspended, and its legislative authorization expired without further extension by Congress in 1947. During this time, more than 10 million men had been inducted into military service. [40] However, the Selective Service System remained intact.
During World War II, he forged papers that saved the lives of more than 14,000 Jews. He later assisted Jewish immigration to the British Mandate for Palestine and then forged identity documents for the Algerian National Liberation Front and French draft dodgers during the Algerian War (1954–62). He forged papers for thirty years for different ...