The Baby boomers saw how their parents became slave of their work and materials around them and started questioning their way of life, church and faith, wondering of this was a good way to continue to build up our society.
Tag Archives: Vietnam War (1955–75)
Conscientious Objectors
Originally posted on "Speaking the Truth in Love":
This is a follow up to a previous article presenting another point of view on the same topic. I was a young man of eighteen as the war in Vietnam was raging.? Night after night the news revealed an endless stream of body bags as…
Conscientious objection and Ukraine
Originally posted on Quakers and Mutual Aid:
Amid the horrifying situation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I was concerned every time I heard that Ukrainian men aged 18 – 60 were banned from leaving the country. I studied war resistance and conscientious objection extensively while a student at Scattergood Friends School. All males in…
News that’s fit to print
Not all news or events are worthy to be publicised or to receive an article in the press. We continually have to investigate the value of stories that come to us and should depend for our newsgathering on independent writers and papers.