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September/October 2006 Newsletter
Partial List of Resources for Peace & Military Dissent
Below is a list of resources that may be of use to progressive activists who are working for peace. While this list is not exhaustive, it does provide a useful starting place. Many websites listed below include additional resources and links.

American Friends Service Committee- National Youth and Militarism Project
1515 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102; (215) 241-7176
www.afsc.org/youthmil/Default.htm
Works to change and counteract the presence of US military recruiters in schools and support those who refuse to participate in militarism.

Center on Conscience & War (NISBCO)
1830 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009; (202) 483-2220; (800) 379-2679
www.centeronconscience.org
CCW works to defend and extend the rights of conscientious objectors.

Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
630 20th Street #302, Oakland, CA 94612; (510) 465-1617
www.objector.org
girights@objector.org
CCCO supports individual and collective resistance to war and provides information for young people considering military service.

Citizen Soldier
267 Fifth Avenue #901, New York, NY 10016; (212) 679-2250
www.citizen-soldier.org
Citizen Soldier advocates on behalf of GIs and veterans who are working to oppose command-tolerated racism, sexism, homophobia and militarism.
Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft
PO Box 15195, San Diego, CA 92175; (760) 753-7518; (619) 265-1369
www.comdsd.org
COMD is an anti-militarism organization that also challenges the institution of the military, its effects on society, its budget, its role abroad and at home, and the racism, sexism and homophobia that are inherent in the armed forces and Selective Service System.

CounterRecruiter
www.CounterRecruiter.net
counterrecruiter@gmail.com
A project of The Indypendent, CounterRecruiter.net chronicles the growing counter military recruiting movement across the country.

Courage to Resist
www.couragetoresist.org
Courage to Resist is a group of concerned community members, veterans and military families that supports military objectors to illegal war and occupation and the policies of empire.

GI Rights Hotline
630 Twentieth Street #302, Oakland, CA 94612
http://girights.objector.org
Provides information to service members about military discharges, grievance and complaint procedures and other civil rights.

National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force
318 Ortega Street, San Francisco, CA 94122; (415) 566-3732
www.nlg.org/mltf
Trains and informs counselors and military law attorneys and provides updates on changes in military law and policy.
Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (Project YANO)
PO Box 230157, Encinitas, CA 92023; (760) 634-3604
www.projectyano.org
ProjYANO@aol.com
Project YANO provides young people, particularly the low income and minority students targeted by recruiters, with alternative perspectives on military enlistment.

San Diego Military Counseling Project
PO Box 15307, San Diego, CA 9217; (619) 692-3686
www.sdmcp.org
info@sdmcp.org
SDMCP provides military-affiliated individuals and families with information and support in asserting remaining rights, applying for discharges, and obtaining nonmilitary legal, medical, and spiritual counsel.

Veterans Against The Iraq War (VAIW)
545 West 111 Street, #9M, New York, NY 10025-1970; (212) 866-1114
www.vaiw.org
VAIW@hotmail.com
VAIW supports US troops but opposes war with Iraq or any other nation that does not pose a clear and present danger to our people and nation.
Vietnam Veterans Against War
PO Box 408594; Chicago, IL 60640; (773) 276-4189
www.vvaw.org
vvaw@vvaw.org
VVAW is committed to the struggle for peace and for social and economic justice for all people, opposes senseless military adventures and teaches the real lessons of the Vietnam War.

War Resisters League
339 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012
www.warresisters.org
wrl@warresisters.org
WRL is dedicated to eliminating war and its causes through education and nonviolent action.

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