http://stopthedraft.com/ en-us Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:02:19 -0400 editor@technologyinnovator.com http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15929&sectionID=65 Not everyone knows that even when no one is being drafted, men must register with Selective Service within a month of their 18th birthday. But not women. What is Selective... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:37:47 -0500 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15927&sectionID=62 Before you Register: ⇒ Carefully read the information below ⇒ Consider all of your options All males residing in the United States are required to register for the draft during... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:58:21 -0500 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15927&sectionID=60 Before you Register: ⇒ Carefully read the information below ⇒ Consider all of your options All males residing in the United States are required to register for the draft during... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:58:21 -0500 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15931&sectionID=62 Have you seen the Uncle Sam posters that I put up in the Morton and Burchard buildings? They're the same as the original Uncle Sam poster except this time they... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:49:52 -0500 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15930&sectionID=62 In these challenging economic times, many displaced workers are returning to school to refresh their skills and redirect their careers. This can be a good career move and a productive... Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:42:35 -0500 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15923&sectionID=60 This is an update of an article I wrote several years ago: Since President Carter announced the resumption of draft registration back in 1980, the draft registration form -- both... Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:29:41 -0500 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15921&sectionID=60 The Department of Justice lawyer wants to pursue settlement. We're working on a deal where my claim to conscientious objection will be recognized by letter before I register, in this... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:42:04 -0500 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15922&sectionID=60 The details are confidential, but this is what I'm at liberty to say: We're coming to the end of the time appointed for the Department of Justice to respond to... Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:43:46 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15917&sectionID=60 On Wednesday, the 29th of July, I filed a lawsuit against the federal government declaring that, because of my religious beliefs, I should not be required to register for the... Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:23:33 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15925&sectionID=62 A Washington state Quaker filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday alleging that the U.S. government is discriminating against him because it will not recognize his status as a conscientious objector on... Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:54:27 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15925&sectionID=60 A Washington state Quaker filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday alleging that the U.S. government is discriminating against him because it will not recognize his status as a conscientious objector on... Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:54:27 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15933&sectionID=62 Won’t Allow Quaker to Claim Conscientious Objector Status When he Registers for the Draft   July 29, 2009  The American Civil Liberties Union today filed suit on behalf of a... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:53:35 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15933&sectionID=60 Won’t Allow Quaker to Claim Conscientious Objector Status When he Registers for the Draft   July 29, 2009  The American Civil Liberties Union today filed suit on behalf of a... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:53:35 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15932&sectionID=62 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TOBIN DANA JACOBROWN 8161 Midway Avenue NE Indianola, WA 98342 Plaintiff  v. No. 1:09-cv-1420 (RMU) ERNEST E. GARCIA Acting Director Selective... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:48:27 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15932&sectionID=60 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TOBIN DANA JACOBROWN 8161 Midway Avenue NE Indianola, WA 98342 Plaintiff  v. No. 1:09-cv-1420 (RMU) ERNEST E. GARCIA Acting Director Selective... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:48:27 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15924&sectionID=60 After a delay to consider some new ideas from ACLU members, I'm happy and relieved to say that my suit was filed yesterday. After an interview that morning with the... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:50:16 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15926&sectionID=62 Three years ago, I had to make a decision. I knew I believed in nonviolence - I knew I would rather die than fight in a war - these were... Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:57:00 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15926&sectionID=60 Three years ago, I had to make a decision. I knew I believed in nonviolence - I knew I would rather die than fight in a war - these were... Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:57:00 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15919&sectionID=60 This article was published in the December 2008 edition Friends Journal, a quaker publication. It discusses Craig's own history refusing to register for the current draft when it began in... Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:33:36 -0500 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15446&sectionID=102 The discovery of a network at the Gülhane Military Academy of Medicine (GATA) that has been issuing fake health documents to individuals trying to evade military conscription has shaken the... Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:40:45 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15450&sectionID=102 During the 1990s, the number of total objectors was 15 - 20 a year. Since the start of this decade, their numbers have expanded to 40 - 76 annually. The... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:07:31 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15451&sectionID=102 The Ossetian separatists have voiced their new plans for the occupied districts of Akhalgori and the village of Perevi, Sachkhere district. These are the areas, which the Russian occupants have... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:13:59 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15440&sectionID=28 When the first of next year rolls around, I will have had the honor of appearing in these pages of my local newspaper for 10 full years. My first column... Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:19:59 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15442&sectionID=64 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation has acquired the rights to The Forever War, an award-winning 1974 novel by science fiction author and MIT writing professor Joe Haldeman. The film will... Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:28:21 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15452&sectionID=102 Iran has shortened the length of its mandatory military service by up to two months, the Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. "The military service has been cut by two... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:15:21 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15444&sectionID=102 Dozens of policemen, commanded by high-ranking officers, dispersed a handful of protesters, arresting three activists on Sunday. The Stop Prizyv (Stop Conscription) movement, which includes members of the Republican Party... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:36:20 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15437&sectionID=102 Artur Aghabekian, a retired army general who chairs the Armenian parliament’s committee on defense and security, on Tuesday spoke out against government plans to abolish temporary exemptions from military service... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:54:06 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15443&sectionID=102 Sri Lanka Navy once again rescued yet another Tamil family who were fleeing from the barbarous clutches of LTTE close to Veththelekerni on October 11. The Media Centre for National... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:30:30 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15433&sectionID=65 Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama may not have drafted a woman to be his running mate, as his rival John McCain has, but he does believe that America's young women... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:37:57 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15432&sectionID=138 Even as the U.S. confronts two long wars, neither Sen. John McCain nor Sen. Barack Obama believes the country should take the politically perilous step of reviving the military draft.... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:34:59 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15431&sectionID=65 While neither Barack Obama nor John McCain want to reinstate a military draft, the two candidates diverge over whether to include women as part of any future conscription efforts.  The... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:43:25 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15928&sectionID=65 Even as the U.S. confronts two long wars, neither Sen. John McCain nor Sen. Barack Obama believes the country should take the politically perilous step of reviving the military draft.... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:03:21 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15453&sectionID=102 Dans cette campagne électorale, nous avons eu droit à toute une campagne de peur, de part et d’autre, et même un candidat du Bloc Québécois a émis l’hypothèse, qu’un gouvernement... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:17:21 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15438&sectionID=65 If Henry Tucker were a woman, he'd still have a job with the federal government. In February, he resigned from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., ending a 17-year career that... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:56:16 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15445&sectionID=102 The Armenian government intends to abolish temporary exemptions from military service that have long been enjoyed by university students, a senior lawmaker confirmed on Monday. Armenian law has until now... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:37:43 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15441&sectionID=102 A total of 88 new military recruits were tested positive for HIV testing at the boot camp in the last five years, according to a report submitted to Grand National... Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:22:53 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15447&sectionID=102 On 2 August the President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, mentioned the omissions made by Russian full-scale aggression against Georgia. “Of course, we have exposed the omissions fixed during this military... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:43:32 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15436&sectionID=102 The youth wing of the democratic party Yabloko said it will pursue legal action against a district administration official for stopping its members from displaying the party’s flags at a... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:49:34 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15449&sectionID=102 Militants battling security forces in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan have forced families to give up sons to fight alongside Islamist extremists, a Pakistani military official said. New violence in... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:47:59 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15448&sectionID=102 Conscription in the Israeli defence forces (IDF) is a particularly sensitive topic in Israel; unsurprisingly, given that the majority of families will send at least one of their offspring to... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:46:53 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15434&sectionID=102 Fall call-up to urgent military service started in Armenia. According to the RA President’s Press Office, on October 1 RA President signed an edict on holding fall call-up and demobilization.... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:40:30 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15435&sectionID=102 South Korea's Catholic Church says it fully supports a proposal to offer an alternative service to the currently compulsory military service. In September 2007, South Korea's Ministry of National Defense... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:42:05 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15439&sectionID=28 "You gotta serve yourself," John Lennon sang. "Nobody gonna do it for you." But if a leading presidential hopeful has his way, we'll all be serving the government before we... Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:08:22 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15458&sectionID=102 Following in the footsteps of France and Spain, both of which abandoned conscription earlier in the decade, Poland's defence minister, Bogdan Klich, said the country will move towards a professional... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:28:13 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15462&sectionID=102 Taiwan will scrap its compulsory military service in five years’ time, reducing its troops to 200,000 men as it seeks to create a lean and mean fighting force, media reports... Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:39:18 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15465&sectionID=102 Russia will maintain its military draft until 2030, while gradually increasing the number of contract personnel, a draft military doctrine says. The doctrine, called "The new face of the Russian... Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:46:33 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15935&sectionID=62 July 24, 2008 Rudy Sanchez, Esquire General Counsel Selective Service System Arlington, VA 22209-2425 Re: Tobin Dana Jacobrown Dear Mr. Sanchez: Thank you for your letter of June 11, replying... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:57:57 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15935&sectionID=60 July 24, 2008 Rudy Sanchez, Esquire General Counsel Selective Service System Arlington, VA 22209-2425 Re: Tobin Dana Jacobrown Dear Mr. Sanchez: Thank you for your letter of June 11, replying... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:57:57 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15920&sectionID=60 In 2006, Tobin Jacobrown chose to not register with the SSS, concluding that it would be too great a burden on his beliefs in nonviolence. Now he is pursuing a... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:39:48 -0400 http://stopthedraft.com/index.php?articleID=15459&sectionID=102 Two foreign grooms have developed mental problems as a result of undergoing compulsory military service after becoming naturalized Taiwanese nationals, local media on Wednesday reported the Taichung Veterans’ General Hospital... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:32:11 -0400