Disturbing the War
Introduction
Preface
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
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Chapter 3
Feeling the Draft—Hell No!
The author organizes at Selective Service and faces it personally.
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Stanford Anti-Draft Union Letter to President Sterling
Letter to President Sterling from the Stanford Anti-Draft Union, signed by Richard Bogart and Gary Coutin, urging Stanford to stop cooperating with the Selective Service System.
Link: Richard Bogart and Gary Coutin, Letter to President Sterling, March 3, 1967, A3M Historical Archive, 1967–1968: Stanford Anti-Draft Union (pdf, 366 KB).
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We Won’t Go
The Stanford Anti-Draft Union circulated a petition stating that signers will not go to Vietnam or also will not be conscripted into the military, and then published the statement with signatures in The Stanford Daily on April 25, 1967.
Link: We Will Not Fight in Vietnam, Paid Political Advertisement in The Stanford Daily, April 25, 1967 (pdf, 5.9 MB).
Link: We Won’t Go Petition, A3M Historical Archive, 1967–1968: Stanford Anti-Draft Union (pdf, 611 KB).
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Channelling
A reprint of an official Selective Service memorandum, dated July 1, 1965, provided courtesy of the Stanford Anti-Draft Union.
Link: Channelling, A3M Historical Archive, 1967–1968: Stanford Anti-Draft Union (pdf, 2 MB).
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Stop the Draft Week
Strategy and tactics to stop the draft.
Link: What Stop the Draft Week Is All About, A3M Historical Archive, 1967–1968: Stop the Draft Week (pdf, 900 KB).
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Urgent Message to Not Go To Oakland
Flyer handed out October 17 (or possibly October 20), 1967, from B. Davie Napier, Mark Mancall, and Charles Drekmeier, urging people to avoid going to Oakland as they felt the demonstration would almost certainly involve violence.
Link: B. Davie Napier, Mark Mancall, and Charles Drekmeier, Urgent—Read This, A3M Historical Archive, 1967–1968: Stop the Draft Week (pdf, 185 KB).
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Resistance: Draft Cards Turned In
Nineteen members of the Stanford community were among 236 young men who yesterday placed draft documents in a basket and tried to present them to U.S. District Attorney Cecil Poole on the front steps of the Federal Building in San Francisco.
Link: Kirk Hansen, Stanford Students Surrender Cards in Draft Protest, Stanford Daily, Oct. 17, 1967, p. 1.
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Students and Professors Arrested at Oakland Sit-In
At least nineteen Stanford professors and students were arrested yesterday morning by Oakland police when they sat in at the Oakland Induction Center.
Link: Geoffrey Stevens and Peter Baldo, 19 Stanford Students, Profs Arrested At Oakland Sit-In, Stanford Daily, Oct. 17, 1967, p. 1.
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You are Lucky, Today is a Draft Holiday
October 17, 1967 Stanford Anti-Draft Union flyer on shutting down the Oakland Induction Center for a day.
Link: Stanford Anti-Draft Union, You are Lucky, Today is a Draft Holiday, October 17, 1967, A3M Historical Archive, 1967–1968: Stop the Draft Week (pdf, 285 KB).
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Draft Counseling
This guide summarizes most of the things a draft counselor should know.
Link: Leonard Siegel, Guide to Draft Counseling, March, 1968, A3M Historical Archive, 1967–1968: Stanford Anti-Draft Union (pdf, 3.5 MB).
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Anti-Draft Letter to Draftees
November 19, 1968 letter from Lenny Siegel, addressed to Brothers, handed out to draftees.
Link: Leonard Siegel, Letter to Brothers, November 19, 1968, A3M Historical Archive, 1967–1968: Stanford Anti-Draft Union (pdf, 281 KB).
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Another Anti-Draft Letter to Draftees
October 1, 1970 letter from Lenny Siegel, addressed to Brothers, passed out when Lenny had another pre-induction physical exam.
Link: Leonard Siegel, Letter to Brothers, October 1, 1970, A3M Historical Archive, 1967–1968: Stanford Anti-Draft Union (pdf, 268 KB).