USA military and laws for a draft...

> A federal district court has ruled that male-only draft registration is unconstitutional. Contrary to popular myth a draft does not decrease the chances or duration or extent of wars.

https://worldbeyondwar.org/repeal/
#WorldBeyondWar #USAdraft #SelectiveService #USAmilitary

> In every poll since the Viet Nam war, reinstatement of the draft is overwhelmingly opposed by the general public, and even more so by veterans...
> Despite a 22% increase in sexual assault reports since 2015, convictions have plummeted by almost 60% in the same timeframe.

https://worldbeyondwar.org/14-points-against-draft-registration/
#WorldBeyondWar #USAdraft #USAmilitary #MilitaryDraft #SexualAssault #USAveterans #VietnamWar #InvasionOfVietnam

> Here’s a proposal that could end starvation around the globe. Never again need a human being lack the food to live. Never again need a single child or adult suffer the horrors of starvation. Hunger as a danger to anyone can be made a thing of the past. All that is required, apart from basic skills in distributing resources, is 3 percent of the military budget of #TheUnitedStates, or 1.5 percent of all the #MilitaryBudgets in the world.
https://worldbeyondwar.org/3percent
#DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar

> #ClimateCatastrophe and #NuclearWar are two existential threats that could end human civilization as we know it. Both of these threats have been exacerbated by the ongoing war in Ukraine, but nuclear war could happen at any moment, whether on purpose or by accident. And global carbon emissions continue to rise despite all the many efforts to reduce them... How do we convince the general public to take these threats more seriously? ...
https://actionnetwork.org/events/warheads-to-windmills-webinar
#DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar

> #ClimateCatastrophe and #NuclearWar are two existential threats that could end human civilization as we know it. Both of these threats have been exacerbated by the ongoing war in Ukraine, but nuclear war could happen at any moment, whether on purpose or by accident. And global carbon emissions continue to rise despite all the many efforts to reduce them... How do we convince the general public to take these threats more seriously? ...
https://actionnetwork.org/events/warheads-to-windmills-webinar
#DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar

> Strategies for #demilitarizing security are directed at reducing dependency on militarism. Strategies for #ManagingConflict without violence are focused on reforming and/or establishing new institutions, tools and processes for assuring security. Strategies for creating a #CultureOfPeace are concerned with establishing social and cultural norms, values, and principles necessary for sustaining a thriving #PeaceSystem and the means to spread it globally.
https://worldbeyondwar.org/downloads/a-global-security-system-an-alternative-to-war-fifth-edition-epub/
#WorldBeyondWar

> “I understand that wars and militarism make us less safe rather than protect us, that they kill, injure and traumatize adults, children and infants, severely damage the natural environment, erode civil liberties, and drain our economies, siphoning resources from life-affirming activities. I commit to engage in and support nonviolent efforts to end all war and preparations for war and to create a sustainable and just peace.”
https://worldbeyondwar.org/nextsteps/
#WorldBeyondWar #PeacePledge

> ..people should push.. government[s] to negotiate instead of fight..actions against #warmongering..in the #USA and #Europe..find announcement at #WorldBeyondWar..website.. “#RussiaOutOfUkraine. #NATOOutOfExistence.” #CodePink.to petition..#Biden and.. #USCongress for negotiation instead of escalation. Also..“#StopLockheedMartin,”.. #NoToNATO..are marching in June..against the #NATOsummit in #Madrid.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/22/yurii_sheliazhenko_russian_invasion_week_4
#Ukraine #YuriiSheliazhenko #Pacifist #ConscientiousObjectory