Japan’s leader says the country needs a stronger military. This has prompted deep reflection and fierce debate about the country’s post-war legacy.
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From conscientious objectors to hippies and seniors, intentional communities offer refuge and purpose for people seeking a different way of life.
A short history of the Ex-Services Human Rights Association of Australia: a group of brave returned servicemen and women who protested the Vietnam War.
The US military can exempt from service those who are religiously or morally opposed to violence. But conscientious objector status won’t help soldiers who disagree with specific lawful orders.
When two of Britain’s most influential voices clashed over allied bombing of Germany, Orwell took an unusual line.
It’s time the Australians who voiced vociferous opposition to war in general and conscription in particular were commemorated as an important part of our history.
A 1915 morality play by Vernon Lee makes a powerful critique of jingoist group-think.
The Oscar-nominated film is pure Hollywood hokum and a lost opportunity.
South African universities are aflame as student protests for free education turn violent. But, would a non-violent approach, as preached by Martin Luther King, be more effective in their cause?
The government is unveiling commemorative paving stones laid in the birth places of those members of the British Empire forces in World War I who received the Victoria Cross for their bravery. The government’s…
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