Haber, Jim

Haber, Jim

Jim Haber

1 February 2007News

Jim Haber reports from San Fransisco on the current situation for US war resisters.

There is no conscription in the United States: people in the military who become conscientious objectors have to show they oppose all war and that they took this view only after joining the military, having had a change of heart.

Most resisters in the US are selective and not public about their objection. Many are denied reasonable requests for compassionate reassignment or discharge in spite of family problems, or emotional or physical after effects from their time in the military.…