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Conscientious objectors

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Act; the RITA's Newsletter

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Scope and Contents GIs ACT is RITA or Registers Inside the Army’s Newsletter. The Newsletter contains articles and testimony from largely military personnel who served in the Vietnam War and who strongly oppose the American motives and practices within the war. These publications emphasized ways of resisting immoral action by the American military and government through resistance: whether is be within the military, through desertion or going AWOL. Issues included: (Vol.1, No. 2), (Vol.1, No. 3), (Vol.1, No....
Dates: Artificial Collection formed in 1967

Ahimsa, bulk: 1982-01-25 - 1988

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Scope and Contents Ahimsa was an independent publication created by Students for Peace at Eastern Connecticut State College (now Eastern Connecticut State University). Over time, it spread to being distributed at UConn via their Students for Peace branch as well as Central Connecticut State University. The title is taken from the Sanskrit word for non-violence. Frequent topics include the nuclear arms race/nuclear disarmament, the draft and the Vietnam War, the military industrial complex, and US military...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1982-01-25 - 1988