Resources for Counseling and Organizing

Please Note: These resources are out-of-date and archived.

Counseling and Organizing Resources
          Vol. XIV, No. 1, Jan 1991

Videotape of Military Law Task Force workshop on the new Court of Veterans Appeals and recent changes VA Law is available from the Task Force, $10 each

The National Interreligious Service Board for COs has published a new edition of its "Draft Counselor's Manual."  Copies available from NISBCO, 800 -- 18th St., NW, Ste. 600, Washington, DC 20006; $25 for new purchases, $10 for those who have purchased the previous edition.

Fighting Back , Help for Lesbian and Gay Draft, Military and Vets Cases, Midwest Committee for Military Counseling, 421, South Wabash, Chicago, IL. 60605
         
Vol. XIII, No. 1-2

Counselors can Appear before Court of Veteran Appeals and Boards of Veteran Appeals (see "Representing Vets Under the New Veterans Judicial Review Act")
          Vol. XII, No. 2

"Outreach to Soldiers"-- available from the Military Law Task Force, $4.50, 318 Ortega Street, San Francisco, CA 94122, (415) 566-3732, mlhiken@mltf.info

"Military Counseling and Military Counseling and Panama": Youth and Militarism Project, AFSC, 1501 Cherry St., Phil, PA 19102
          
Vol. XIII, No. 1-2

Mobilizing the Forces of Hope:  Reflections on Martin Luther King Jr. and the U. S. Military, by Harding, $2.50, MCC, 21 South 12th St., Akron, OH 17501
         
Vol. XIII, No. 1-2

Coming Out Under Fire:  Gay Men and Women in World War II:  by Berube $22. 95, Free Press, available in book stores
          Vol. XIII, No. 1-2:

"Some Facts about Selective Service Warning Letters,"  AFSC, 1501 Cherry St., Phil., PA 29101
         
Vol. XIII, No. 1-2

Basic Documents on AIDS,  $2.00 each, $1.00 for postage from Military Law Task Force
          Vol. XII

FEAT:  provides loans and grants to non-registrants and their families, for information contact 800-18th St. NW, Ste. 600, Wash. D.C. 20006

U.S. v. Kerley, ( Case number: 82-CR-47, WD, WIS), transcript of trial, Government's evidentiary hearing on National Security, and documents received from discovery, order from the Military Law Task Force or Committee Against Registration and the Draft, Midwest Office, 731 State St., Madison, WI 53703
          Vol. XI, No. 2

Obtaining old regs for Review Board and Correction of Military Records
         
Vol. XI, No. 2 

- use inter-library loans in public libraries
- Pentagon Library in Wash. D.C. is part of the system Armed Forces, Pentagon, Wash D.C. 20310-311; Att: Pentagon Library
- Chief, Printed Archives Branch (NNIL), National Archives and Records Service (GSA), Wash D.C. 20408  (might charge for copy, include date for Reg, Reg under which person was discharged and date person was discharged (See the Report of Separation DD Form 214)

"National Guard In Central America 1988 Organizing Guide," published by National Guard Clearinghouse, 438 N. Skinker, St. Louis, Mo. 63130 or from Task Force, $.50 each
          Vol. XI, No. 2

National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, P.O. Box 85810, Seattle, WA 98145 (206) 522-4377

Secretary of Defense memorandum for Secretaries of the Military Departments, titled:  "Policy on Identification, Surveillance, and Administration of Personnel With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)" of 20 April 1987:  (see article on Criminalizing Unsafe Sex),
         
Vol. XI, No. 1

Swords to Ploughshares, 400 Valencia, San Francisco, CA, (415)552-8804; and, Veterans Assistance Centers Legal Project in Berkeley, P.O. Box 31186, San Francisco, CA 94131
          Vol. XI, No. 1 

NOWAR (Selective Service System Computer analysis), (312)939-4411, 300/1200 baud; voice inquiries (312)939-3300, FOIA information available
         
Vol. X, No. 2  

National Guard Clearinghouse, 438 N. Skinker, St. Louis, MO 63130, subscription $25.00
         
Vol. X, No. 2

HIV Testing Leaflet, from the Military Law Task Force, $.25 each, $1 for postage
          Vol. X, No. 2

 "Handbook on Non-violence," by Robert Seeley from CCCO, 2208 South St., Phil. PA, $8.95              Vol. IX, No. 

 San Diego County Draft Resisters Defense Fund, "Peace de Resistance," P.O. Box 33544, San Diego, CA 92103, $7.00

CARD Newsletter, 731 State St., Madison, WI 53703, $10.00/year, Organizers Packet and unregistration cards

"Choices:  Alternatives to Militarism," by Clergy and Laity Concerned, CALC, 198 Broadway, NY, NY 10038, $.30 each

Jailed for Peace:  The History of American Draft Law Violators, 1658 to 1985 by Stephen M. Kahn, Greenwood Press $29.95 
          Vol. IX, No. 1

"Resistance News," NCR, PO Box 42488, San Francisco, CA 94142

Draft, Registration and the Law, by R. Charles Johnson, Nolo Press, Occidental, CA 1985
          
Vol. III, No. 3

"Don't Sit in the Draft," by R. Charles Johnson, 1980

"ROTC Dismantling Kit," War Resisters League, WRL, 339, Lafayette St. NY, NY 10012, $5.00

Militarism Resource Project -- detailed memo on military recruitment in the high schools, MRP, P.O.  13416, Phil, PA 19101-3416, $.50 each

"It's Your Right," pamphlet designed for active duty people, Quaker House, 223 Hillside, Ave., Fayetteville, NC 28301, $1.50 each

Organizers Packet from CARD with organizers guide, sample posters, unregistration cards, CARD, 731, State St., Madison, WI 53703

AIDS Network, Paul Albert, Gay Rights Task Force, 60 Piedmont St., San Francisco, CA 94117

"Overseas Military Bases," by John Miller from "The Mobilizer," Mobilization for Survival, 853 Broadway, Ste. 2109, NY, NY 10003 (newsletter available on social justice and militarism issues)

The following materials are available from the Militarism Resource Project, (P.O. Box 13416, Phil., PA 19101-3416, Add 20% for postage, or 22 cents if less than one dollar):

            The Military Delayed Entry Plan (DEP):  "What you should know about it: a pamphlet for high school students," $.15; $.10 each for 20 or more (1985)

            "Caution:  The Military may Be Hazardous to Your Health":  a flyer discussing the realities of life in the military:  $.10; $.07 for 20 or more (1984)

            "Army Fails as Mecca for Jobless Youth Seeking Skills":  (reprinted from the Chicago Reporter), $.15, (1982)

            "High School Military Recruiting: Recent Developments":  A comprehensive article dealing with new military recruitment tactics, $.50; $.30 each for five or more (March, 1985)

            "Sexual Harassment in the Military," $.50, $.30 for five or more (1984)

            "Job Training and the Draft": new memo on the federal law linking job training programs to draft registration, $1.00 (March, 1985)

            "Black women in the Military: Forgotten Soldiers of the 1980s," $.30 (March 1985)

 

National Veterans Legal Services Project, 2001 S. St., NW, Ste. 702, Wash D.C. 20009 (202) 686-2741 (information concerning flawed drug tests
          Vol. VIII, No. 2

"Everybody's Guide to Non-Registration," 2000 Center St., Ste. 1091, Berkeley, CA 94704
 
         Vol. II, No. 4-5

"Urinanalysis Cases: Defense Approaches" (5/18/84), MRP, P.O. Box 13416, Phil. PA 19101-3416, (215) 386-4875

 

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