11.23.2008

howard zinn on war resisters

Several readers have sent me this. I don't know what it's from or who is asking the question, but I love it!



This seems very timely to me, as I've been thinking about involuntary military service as a form of slavery.

I'd love to see the kind of civil disobedience Zinn imagines here! Unfortunately, resisters themselves can't risk arrest, and until I'm a citizen, neither can I. And I can't encourage people to do anything I can't do myself. But it's a beautiful dream, one I'm sure many of a Campaigner has entertained.

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