Conscription Government Operations Issues

Conscription Government Operations Issues

Articles and sites addressing the controversial issue of conscription, also known as the military draft.

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Draft Registration: The Politics of Institutional Immortality - Even the Department of Defense acknowledges that registration could be dropped with no effect on military mobilization requirements. Yet draft registration lives on, an example of the difficulty of terminating even the most useless government programs.
Draft is Slavery - Links to essays criticizing military conscription.
Resisting Military Conscription through Taxation - Some governments actually have the gall to tax you for failing to join the military, even in the US.
European Campaign Against Conscription - Struggling to end forced military drafts.
Draft Not Needed for Protection of Liberty - Article by Representative Ron Paul (R) of Texas against selsective service registration.
A Draft After the 2000 Elections? - There may yet be a military draft in the future if for those turning 20 in 2001, once the elections are out of the way. Documents key members of Congressional military committees, for the first time in a generation, are discussing revival of the draft.
Neither Fair Nor Useful - Believes the State must not arbitrarily and systematically oblige its citizens to go into a service, armed or not, against their will.
Draftresistance.org - A group attacking the policies of selective service registration in the USA.
No-Conscription Fellowship - An organisation active since the First World War which encourages men to refuse war service.

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