by Alejandro Parra of ACOOC, translated by Gale Stafford of FOR Peace Presence Para español, haz clic aquí On Saturday, September 27 in Louisville, Kentucky, 22-year-old Colombian conscientious objector Mario Andrés Hurtado Cardozo received the Conviction Award...
conscientious objectors
Una cuestión de reconocimiento
por Alejandro Parra de ACOOC For English, click here El sábado 27 de septiembre en la ciudad estadounidense de Louisville Kentucky, Mario Andrés Hurtado Cardozo, objetor de conciencia colombiano de 22 años, recibió el Premio a la Convicción otorgado por el Muhammad...
COMUNICADO OFICIAL, VISITA DE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO AL CASO DEL OBJETOR DE CONCIENCIA JEFFERSON SHAYANNE ACOSTA ORTÍZ
Click here for English Una vez más se verifica que no existen garantías para ejercer el derecho a objetar en el ejército. El pasado viernes 11 de julio, a las 2:30 pm, dos integrantes de la Acción Colectiva de Objetores de Conciencia y dos acompañantes...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: ACCOMPANIMENT VISIT FOR THE CASE OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR JEFFERSON SHAYANNE ACOSTA ORTIZ
Para español, haz clic aquí Once again it is confirmed that there are no guarantees to exercise the right to object in the army. Last Friday, July 11, at 2:30pm, two members of Collective Action of Conscientious Objectors (Acción Colectiva de Objetores y Objetoras de...
The Domino Effect and the Axis of Evil
Dec 30, 2012 By Doug Hostetter Forty years ago, as a conscientious objector, I worked for the Mennonite Central Committee in Tam Ky, Vietnam, organizing literacy classes for Vietnamese children whose schools had been destroyed by theU.S. Air Force. As a Mennonite, I...
Creating a Conscience
By Ethan Vesely-Flad The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience. (Mahatma Gandhi, 1922) As a first-time father, I am newly attuned to the issues of social, spiritual, and ethical formation that consume the minds...
Strengthening young people’s resistance to violence: Why I support FOR
By Michael Harrington Saturday, December 29, 2012, 1:36pm I turned 18 in 1970, and was registered for the draft for the Vietnam war. To the dismay of my father, a career Army officer, I requested conscientious objector status. My Methodist youth pastor helped me walk...
Rhetoric and Reality
The Iraq War Seven Years On By Josh Stieber The simple days are gone where I could recall with fondness the words of a once-beloved leader and feel the inspiring chills toward a noble cause. “America is a friend to the people of Iraq,” the commander-in-chief had said,...