Conscientious Objectors Building Transnational Nonviolent Community

From: Peacework | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: Diener, Sam | Copyright information

I got started as an activist after realizing I was a conscientious objector a quarter of a century ago. It was my objection to killing \that propelled me to examine my conscience and begin working to help create a nonviolent world.

Yet until the weekend of May 13-15, 2006, I had never participated in an international gathering focused specifically on conscientious objection (CO). Meeting and talking with resisters from Latin America, Europe, and Israel (unfortunately, resisters from Er...

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