This website explores an expanded use of the concept of conscientious objection. To evolve from the historical roots of opposition to participation in war, to making contemporary connections between the settler-colonialism of this land, and decolonization using LANDBACK, Mutual Aid, and Abolition. Below you can subscribe to this blog to receive updates. The best place to begin to learn more is on the educational materials page that includes reports, children’s books, Infographics, flashcards, etc. https://newconscientiousobjector.com/2025/11/04/educational-materials/
As our economic and political systems, and our environment collapse before our eyes, many are being forced, finally, to realize that we need a plan for survival. And that help…
The Economic Draft is the modern mechanism of conscription that weaponizes survival needs to force individuals into complicity with systems of extraction and violence. Individuals are “conscripted” not by law,…
Despite the trauma from the deployment of ICE agents to Minneapolis, the response of the people there, and supporters globally, has given us a template for effective, nonviolent systemic non-cooperation…
The powerful and peaceful witness shown by the people of Minneapolis is a template for other communities that will likely be confronted with similar tactics by ICE.
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The New Conscientious Objector based on Quaker history
