Conscientious Objectors from Vietnam to Iraq

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June 11, 2007



Maze of Injustice – The failure to protect Indigenous women from sexual violence in the USA

A recent Amnesty International study on the sexual violence against Indigenous women in the United States exposes a disturbing trend in human rights abuse. The reasons why Indigenous women are at particular risk of sexual violence are complex. According to the report, more than one in three Native American and Alaska Native women are survivors of rape. Most of the abused women have not followed through in their cases to seek justice because of a general inaction within the tribal government authority and its chronic under-resourced law enforcement agencies which should protect Indigenous women. As one support worker said, “Women don’t report because it doesn’t make a difference. Why report when you are just going to be re-victimized?" Too many times, as the Amnesty Report identifies, those responsible for the violence are able to get away with it.


Guest - Michael Heflin, the Amnesty International USA campaign director.

Guest - Juskwa Burnett, counselor for the Otoe-Missouria Tribe in Oklahoma. Juskwa Burnett has a long history of working on domestic abuse and sexual assault of Native women.

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Conscientious Objectors from Vietnam to Iraq

Here on Law and Disorder we continue to look at the issue of Iraq war resisters and conscientious objectors. We’ve interviewed war resistors - their families and discussed conscientious objection. We also look at how legislation has changed for soldiers applying for CO status.

Since the Vietnam War more than 170,000 men were officially recognized as conscientious objectors. But, in 1971 the Supreme Court refused to allow objection to a particular war, a decision affecting thousands of objectors to the Vietnam War. Some 50,000–100,000 men are estimated to have left the United States to avoid being drafted. Now, the US military is all-volunteer. Hosts talk with Citizen Soldiers' Tod Ensign about what’s changed for Conscientious Objectors since the Vietnam War and compare what it means to be a CO in today's United States Military.

Joining us in this discussion is Tod Ensign, lawyer and the director of Citizen Soldier, a support organization for Gis. Check out - The Different Drummer Cafe


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Past Programs

June 4, 2007

Guantanamo Bay Prisoner Dies : Alleged Suicide / "War on Terror" Prisoners and Secret Detentions Update / Anti-Torture Movement in Chicago Police Torture Case Gains Traction / Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine


May 28, 2007

Co-host Heidi Boghosian interviews Robert Bryan, lead attorney representing Mumia Abu-Jamal / We air another riveting speech from Father Luis Barrios, pastor of La Iglesia San Romero de Las Americas / J. Soffiyah Elijah at the Left Forum speaking at the panel - Prisons, Prisoners and Political Prisoners. / Left Forum: Iraq, What’s At Stake - Anthony Arnove

May 21, 2007

Habeas Corpus Update - Take Action / War Czar. / Demonstrators Worldwide Protest the Release of Luis Posada Carriles / Demonstraters Show Support For Mumia Abu-Jamal

May 14, 2007

Implanting RFID chips into the flesh of 200 Alzheimer’s Patients / John Ehrenberg : Left Forum 2007 - Bush and Company’s War on Civil Liberties and What it Means For Our Future.

May 7, 2007
The Shaquanda Cotton Story / Left Forum 2007: Deborah Small / Brecht Forum: Joel Kovel, author of Overcoming Zionism

April 30, 2007

Heidi Boghosian Returns From Cuba / The Iroquois Confederacy / The Most Important Fish in the Sea: Menhaden in America.

April 23, 2007

Why Did Pulitzer Ignored Juan Gonzalez's Reporting on Air Quality at Ground Zero? / Drug Provision of the Higher Education Act / Amnesty Report on Guantanamo

April 16, 2007

Communication Lockdown - Communication Management Units / Co-Host, Dalia Hashad Speaks About The CMU At The Left Forum 2007 /Newark Public School District Holds Graduation at Baptist Church - NJACLU Sues / Hi-Tech Surveillance, Eroding Civil Liberties and Dissent - Michael Steven Smith


April 9, 2007

UPDATE: US Supreme Court Rejects Appeal (6-3 vote) From Guantanamo Detainees / Red Light For Stop Light Systems - Surveillance Creep /
US Courts Relax Laws That Protect Expression of Free Speech From Police Spying


April 2, 2007

Update: David Hicks - After Five Years in Guantanamo, His Military Tribunal Begins / An International Witchhunt: Police Spy on Protestors Before RNC Convention in New York City / Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History / 2006 Study Shows Half A Million People Stopped on New York City Streets


March 26, 2007

Combatant Status Review Tribunals /Co-host Michael Ratner adds perspective to the real reasons US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign immediately. / Law and Disorder sit down with authors Giuliana Sgrena and Anthony Arnove. / Left Forum 2007 - CCR Executive Director Vince Warren

March 19, 2007

FBI Lies and Patriot Act Abuse / Guantanamo Bay Detainee David Hicks Update / ACLU Sues Department of Homeland Security For Detaining Children in Prison-Like Conditions / Guantanamo Bay Lawyers Attacked and Misquoted.

March 12, 2007

Augustin Aguayo - Conscientious Objection and Habeas Corpus / Canada Rejects Indefinite Detentions / Left Forum 2007- Cornel West Speech

March 5, 2007

Illusions of Security: Global Surveillance and Democracy in the Post-9/11 World / Left Turn: Forging a New Political Future. by Stanley Aronowitz.

February 26, 2007

Global Warming Litigation - 3 Main Cases / Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson’s American Journey / Law Students for Governme