SEEKING SANCTUARY: DRAFT DODGERS: Extremely
interesting contemporary audio and video segments from the CBC.
CANADIAN VIETNAM DRAFT-DODGER MEMORIAL ANGERS VFW: A press release from the American government.
CARTER'S PARDON: Video segments from the January
21, 1977 PBS Newshour special chronicling President Jimmy Carter's pardon of
Vietnam-era draft resisters.
CONTROVERSY OVER MONUMENT IN CANADIAN TOWN FOR U.S. RESISTERS TO VIETNAM WAR:
An October 15, 2004 co-production of Democracy Now and CBC's The Current.
DRAFT-AGE AMERICANS IN CANADA:
A brief overview within the context of a larger Citizenship and Immigration
Canada web-site chronicling the history of refugees in Canada.
INTERVIEW WITH GARY HARLAND: An interview with a draft dodger.
INTERVIEW WITH JOHN SWALBY (THE VIETNAM PROJECT, THE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT/ TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY): The detailed story of deserter John Swalby and his experience in moving to Canada. Follow the link “Complete list of interviews” and then find Swalby in the alphabetical list. Available in two formats: audio file or thirty-two page transcript in pdf.
INTERVIEW WITH TONY RAMOS:
An interview of a draft resister by Stefanie Wyss for South Kingstown (Rhode
Island) High School's "Whole World Was Watching -- An Oral History Of 1968"
project.
MANUAL FOR DRAFT-AGE IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA: Information about Mark Satin's 1968 instruction booklet for potential Vietnam-era draft dodgers.
MONTREAL COUNCIL TO AID WAR RESISTERS AND THE AMERICAN REFUGEE SERVICE: A brief memoir by former director Gary W. Davis.
A NEGLECTED NUMBER: AMERICAN WOMEN'S IMMIGRATION EXPERIENCE IN CANADA DURING THE VIETNAM WAR: Karen M. Dabney's 2003 St. Olaf College senior seminar paper.
OUR WAY
HOME NATIONAL REUNION WEEKEND: The web-page
for the scheduled July 8-9, 2006 Nelson, B.C. conference dedicated to those
Americans who moved North during the Vietnam War.
PROTEST AND CHANGE: THE ANTIWAR AND ANTIDRAFT MOVEMENT AND SELECTIVE SERVICE: An in-depth history of American selective service.
REGISTER FOR THE DRAFT -- IT'S THE LAW: Contemporary registration information from the U.S. government.
HOW
THE DRAFT HAS CHANGED SINCE VIETNAM:
Information from the U.S. Selective Service System.
VALID OFFERS, TECHNICAL TRUTH: A segment of former draft dodger Tom Yori's memoir.
VIET NAM DRAFT:
Former combat medic John D. Dennison focuses in on the selective service record
of Bill Clinton.
VIETNAM LOTTERIES:
A very brief overview from the U.S. Selective Service System.
VIETNAM WAR DESERTERS AND DRAFT RESISTERS IN CANADA: A select bibliography.
WE AIN'T MARCHING ANYMORE: DRAFT AND MILITARY RESISTANCE TO THE VIETNAM WAR: A 25-year retrospective for Nonviolent Activist, the magazine of the War Resisters League, by Andy Mager.