- Resisters.info (this Web site; the most comprehensive Internet resource on the draft, draft registration, draft resistance, and the Selective Service System from 1980 to the present)
- Articles about Peace and War from Edward Hasbrouck’s blog
- Why I’m suing the National Archives to preserve and make public records of the NCMNPS (22 February 2021)
- Supreme Court asked to review Constitutionality of current male-only draft registration requirement (8 January 2020)
- ‘Solomon Amendment’ linking student aid to draft registration repealed (29 December 2020)
- Court of Appeals overturns ruling that male-only draft registration requirement is unconstitutional (13 August 2020)
- National Commission recommends extending draft registration to women (24 March 2020)
- Appeals Court hears arguments on the Constitutionality of draft registration (5 March 2020)
- Should we be worried about a possible military draft? (16 January 2020)
- Bill introduced to end draft registration (20 December 2019)
- Last Call for Public Comments to End Draft Registration! (18 November 2019)
- Anti-war activists meet with members of the National Commission on Military Service (13 November 2019)
- Former Director of Selective Service says it’s time to end draft registration (28 April 2019)
- ‘A modern-day draft, if marketed carefully and cleverly,…’ (2 February 2019)
- Interim Report of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (23 January 2019)
- Testimony and reports from the hearing of the National Commission on Military Service in Denver (20 April 2018)
- Hearing on the draft & draft registration, Thursday, April 19th in Denver (6 April 2018)
- Federal court declares current military draft registration requirement unconstitutional (24 February 2018)
- Public hearings and written comments on draft registration (16 February 2018)
- Former Selective Service director admits draft registration has failed (20 December 2017)
- House votes down proposal to defund the Selective Service System (7 July 2016)
- Senate approves ‘Defense’ bill including expansion of draft registration to women (14 June 2016)
- Op-Ed: Dump draft registration, don’t extend it to women (5 June 2016)
- Inquiring minds want to know how to avoid the draft (25 May 2016)
- House removes authorization to order women to register for the draft from its version of pending ‘Defense’ bill (17 May 2016)
- Senate & House ‘Defense’ bills would extend draft registration to women (13 May 2016)
- Young women organize against draft registration (5 May 2016)
- ‘Millions of Female Felons’? Government admits resistance made draft registration unenforceable (3 May 2016)
- House Committee votes to extend draft registration to women (27 April 2016)
- Extend draft registration to women — or end it? (11 December 2015; also reprinted by the
Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (COMD), the San Diego Free Press, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), and elsewhere.)
- More articles about Peace and War from Edward Hasbrouck’s blog
- Antiwar.com
- Supreme Court asked to review Constitutionality of current male-only draft registration requirement (by Edward Hasbrouck, 8 January 2020)
- Good News and Bad News for the Military Draft in 2021 (by Edward Hasbrouck. 29 December 2020)
- Draft Registration on Track for 2021 Debate in Congress and Supreme Court (by Edward Hasbrouck, 8 October 2020)
- Court of Appeals Overturns Ruling That Male-Only Draft Registration Requirement Is Unconstitutional (by Edward Hasbrouck, 13 August 2020)
- Congress May Act Soon on Selective Service (by Edward Hasbrouck, 21 May 2020)
- National Commission Recommends Extending Draft Registration to Women (by Edward Hasbrouck, 25 March 2020)
- Major Announcement Due This Week on the Military Draft (by Edward Hasbrouck, 23 March 2020)
- Anti-Draft Activists Call on Congress To End Draft Registration (by Edward Hasbrouck, 2 March 2020)
- Bill Introduced To End Draft Registration (by Edward Hasbrouck, 20 December 2019)
- NPR: ‘Selective Service Registration Comes Under Fire Again’ (by Edward Hasbrouck, 27 May 2019)
- National Commission on Military Service report and hearing schedule (by Edward Hasbrouck, 23 January 2019)
- National Commission on Military Service Interim Report Due Wednesday, January 23rd (by Edward Hasbrouck, 21 January 2019)
- National Commission on Military Service To Release Interim Report in January (by Edward Hasbrouck, 6 November 2018)
- Hearing on the Draft and Draft Registration, Thursday, 9/20/2018 in Los Angeles (by Edward Hasbrouck, 31 August 2018)
- Hearing on the Draft and Draft Registration, Thursday, April 19th in Denver (by Edward Hasbrouck, 8 April 2018)
- More articles by Edward Hasbrouck from Antiwar.com
- CODEPINK Women Against War (“Pink Tank” blog)
- Courage To Resist
- Fifth Estate
- Draft NOtices (Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft, San Diego. Published continuously since 1982, and currently being scanned, although not all older issues are available online yet.)
- Let’s Try Democracy” (David Swanson’s blog)
- NoDraft.org (Paul Jacob; includes “Common Sense” syndicated radio commentaries and Townhall columns)
- Resistance News (National Resistance Committee, 1980-1987. Resistance News was the most diverse and widely-circulated journal of resistance to the draft and draft registration from 1980 through 1987. Not available online, although some articles have been republished on this Web site and all issues were microfilmed by University Microfilms, Inc. (now Proquest). Print and/or microfilm copies are available in some libraries and archives. This list is probably incomplete, but some libraries have incomplete sets of print issues. Holdings on microfilm are more likely to include all issues of Resistance News on a single reel of film. I have a few complete sets of print copies, and can provide copies of issues or articles on request.)
- The Reporter for Conscience’ Sake (Center on Conscience & War)
- On Watch (Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild)
- Time to Act Against Selective Service Registration (by Edward Hasbrouck, Winter 2020, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 25-27)
- Congress and 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Postpone Decisions on Selective Service (by Edward Hasbrouck, Fall 2020, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 14-19)
- Future of the Draft Goes to Congress After National Commission Recommends Expanding Selective Service Registration to Women (by Edward Hasbrouck, Summer 2020, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 11-17)
- Coming Soon: Congressional Debate on Selective Service (by Edward Hasbrouck, Spring 2020, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 12-16)
- MLTF Resources abut Selective Service registration and the draft
- More news about women, the draft, and draft registration
- Other significant anti-draft news and analysis (more here)
- Draft Registration Has Hurt American Men for Decades. Now It May Hurt Women, Too. (by Max J. Rosenthal, Mother Jones, 17 June 2016)
- Activists fought the US military draft for decades — they may soon have to again (by Robert Levering, Waging Nonviolence, 19 May 2020)
- Would a Draft Matter? (by Nan Levinson, TomDispatch.com, 10 March 2020; also reprinted by The Nation and elsewhere)
- Could the U.S. Reinstate the Military Draft? (by Daniel Holland, Yes! Magazine, 13 February 2020)di
- Feminists weigh in on draft registration for women (by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy, National Catholic Reporter, 28 June 2016)
- ‘It’s Just Registration, It’s Not the Draft’: Will women be required to register for war? (by Maria Santelli, Sojourners, June 2016)
- The Draft: The Disconnect between the U.S. Military, Its Wars, and the American Public (by Marti Hiken and Luke Hiken, Dissident Voice, 22 April 2011)
- Most significant mainstream news articles (more here)
- Should women be eligible for U.S. military draft? (by James Jeffrey, BBC, 25 April 2020)
- Women Should Have to Register for Military Draft, Too, Commission Tells Congress (by Sarah Mervosh and John Ismay, New York Times, 24 March 2020)
- Commission Issues Verdict: Women, Like Men, Should Have To Sign Up For Draft (by David Welna, NPR, 25 March 2020)
- Selective Service Registration Comes Under Fire Again (by David Welna, NPR, 27 May 2019)
- Should women be required to register for the draft? Commission likely to recommend big changes (by Gregory Korte, USA Today, 23 January 2019)
- Gender-Neutral Draft Registration Would Create Millions of Female Felons (by Steven Nelson, U.S. News & World Report, 3 May 2016)
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