The Practical Nomad

I was deeply saddened to learn of the recent death of my friend and comrade in resistance to registration for a military draft in the USA, Rusty Martin.

A YouTuber with a million followers, Ryan McBeth, devotes his latest video and Substack column today to a denunciation of an article I wrote last month for Responsible Statecraft, “Why is the Selective Service war gaming a ‘special skills’ draft?”

A new poll by Overton Insights shows the breadth and depth of opposition to a military draft — and how far members of Congress lag behind popular anti-draft (and anti-war) sentiment.

[Michael Marsh talks to reporters about his refusal to register for the draft at demonstration outside the Federal office building and courthouse in San Francisco following the indictment of Ben Sasway in San Diego, 1 July 1982.

[On stage at the Théâtre de la Concorde, Paris.

As I reported for Antiwar.com, the Selective Service System (SS) sent its proposed regulations for “automatic” draft registration to the White House for review on March 30th.

Today as I watched the launch of a rocket carrying women and men on trip around the dark side of the moon, I drank a toast to the memory of my father (not someone I usually remember fondly), Phil Hasbrouck, and his work as a computer programmer for Wolf R…

Press Release Joint Statement Opposing “Automatic” Registration for a Military Draft Form for additional organizations to endorse the joint statement Form for individuals to email their U.S.

My lead article today on Responsible Statecraft (the online journal of the Quincy Institute), discusses the White House press secretary’s response to a question Sunday about the possibility of a military draft for a U.S. ground war in Iran, the status of…

‘We reject this’: Hundreds in S.F. march against U.S.

I was honored and delighted by the invitation to chat with Zane Miller of the National Youth Rights Association (NYRA) on the latest episode of the Youth Rights Podcast, “Resisting the Draft is Fighting Ageism”.