A History Defined by the Trade in Human Beings

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/12/31/a-history-defined-by-the-trade-in-human-beings/

Leningrad, Shostakovich and the Music of Transcendence

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/12/25/leningrad-shostakovich-and-the-music-of-transcendence/

We have Nothing to Lose But Our Nightmares

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/12/18/we-have-nothing-to-lose-but-our-nightmares/

Review of All the Sinners Saints from Michael Schiffman (auf Deutsch)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B01dj5QyuLDeM0J2U1NLNU5TeVB3WnlzUzFTb2ZCTkFMUGhR/view?usp=sharing

The Radical Priest From Quebec

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/12/11/the-radical-priest-from-quebec/

Public by Definition

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/12/04/public-by-definition/

Rosa Luxemburg-From Street Organizer to Street Name

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/11/27/rosa-luxembourg-from-street-organizer-to-street-name/

The California Germination of Right Wing Politics

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/11/20/the-california-germination-of-right-wing-politics/

Shove Your Free Speech in Their Face

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/11/16/shove-your-free-speech-in-their-face/

Dylan, Last Kind Words and a Mole in the Ground

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/11/13/dylan-last-kind-words-and-a-mole-in-the-ground/

Mr. Smith in New England

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/11/06/mr-smith-in-new-england/

Angela Davis, Still Agitating for Freedom

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/30/angela-davis-still-agitating-for-freedom/

Stories From the Underground

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/23/stories-from-the-underground/

Get the Hell Out of Afghanistan Already!

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/21/get-the-hell-out-of-afghanistan-already/

Encyclopedia of Wretchedness

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/16/an-encyclopedia-of-wretchedness/

Patti Smith and the Beauty of Memory

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/06/patti-smith-and-the-beauty-of-memory/

Standing Naked: Bob Dylan and Jesus

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/02/standing-naked-bob-dylan-and-jesus/

The Murderer as Hero

Talking About War, Daydream Sunset and Other Stuff with some of the Green Mountain Veterans for Peace

http://www.vermontcam.org/show/daydream-sunset

May the Prisons Rot and Burn in Hell

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/18/may-the-prisons-rot-and-burn-in-hell/

The West is the Best? Stoney Spring's New CD

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/11/the-west-is-the-best-stoney-spring-checks-in/

KBOO-FM Interview with Paul Roland

Subject:  Daydream Sunset...

https://kboo.fm/sites/default/files/episode_audio/kboo_episode.2.150909.0800.15845.mp3

Bernie Sanders’ Vision: As Myopic as Every Other Candidate or Not?

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/04/bernie-sanders-vision-as-myopic-as-every-other-candidate-or-not/

The League of Empire

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/02/the-league-of-empire/

If Daydream Sunset:60s Counterculture in the '70s had a playlist, this would be it

“I’m Free”----The Who from Tommy

“Good Times, Bad Times”----Led Zeppelin

“The Israelites”---Desmond Dekker and the Aces

“Gimme Shelter”----Rolling Stones from Let It Bleed

“Okie From Muskogee”---Merle Haggard

“New Speedway Boogie”---Grateful Dead from Workingman’s Dead

“Luv & Haight”---Sly and the Family Stone from There’s a Riot Goin’ On

“For Everyman”---Jackson Browne from For Everyman

“I Threw It All Away”---Bob Dylan from Nashville Skyline

“God”---John Lennon from John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

“Them Changes”---Jimi Hendrix from Band of Gypsys

“Ohio”---Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

“Out of Gas”---Prairie Fire

“Here’s to the State of Richard Nixon”---Phil Ochs

“H₂0 Gate Blues”----Gil Scott Heron/Brian Jackson from Winter in America

“Hurricane”---Bob Dylan and Rolling Thunder Revue from Live 1975

“Break It Up”---Patti Smith Group from Horses

“Before the Deluge”---Jackson Browne from Late For the Sky

“Rebel, Rebel”---David Bowie from Diamond Dogs

“Backstreets”----Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band from Born to Run

“Simple Man”---Lynyrd Skynyrd from (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)

“Red Headed Stranger”---Willie Nelson from Red Headed Stranger

“Sitting In Limbo”---Jimmy Cliff from The Harder They Come

“White Riot”---The Clash

“Rebel Music”---Bob Marley and the Wailers from Natty Dread

“Long Hot Summer”---Tom Robinson Band from Power in the Darkness

“God Save the Queen”---The Sex Pistols

“Less Than Zero”---Elvis Costello and the Attractions from My Aim is True

“What About Me?”---Quicksilver Messenger Service from What About Me?

“Estimated Prophet”---Grateful Dead from Dick’s Picks Volume 15/Live Englishtown, NJ 9/3/1977

“Respectable”---Rolling Stones from Some Girls

“Vicious”---Lou Reed from Transformer

“The Pretender”---Jackson Browne from The Pretender

“Factory”---Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band from Darkness On the Edge of Town

 “Jimmy Jazz”---The Clash from London Calling

“California Über Alles”---Dead Kennedys

“You Gotta’ Serve Somebody”---Bob Dylan from Slow Train Coming

“Comfortably Numb”---Pink Floyd from The Wall

“US Blues”---Grateful Dead live 1/15/1980 Cambodian Refugees Benefit, Oakland, CA.

Africa, China and the West: an Exchange With Thomas Mountain

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/21/africa-china-and-the-west-an-exchange-with-thomas-mountain-2/

Show a Little Faith, There's Magic in the Night

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/14/show-a-little-faith-theres-magic-in-the-night/

The US Military's African Footprint

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/07/the-us-militarys-african-footprint/

Black Literature and the FB Eye Blues

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/07/31/black-literature-and-the-fb-eye-blues/

Police, Racism and Progressives

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/07/22/police-racism-and-progressives/

Women, Girls and the War on Terror

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/07/17/women-girls-and-the-war-on-terror/

What Did In the Counterculture?

http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/159756

The Ship of the Sun Bids Farewell

The line I said is from the Tibetan Book of the Dead is really from the Egyptian Book of the Dead---

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/07/07/the-grateful-dead-the-ship-of-the-sun-bids-farewell/

Midsummer Shorts

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/06/26/midsummer-shorts/

Walking On the Wild Side: An Interview With Filmmaker Denis Mueller

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/07/03/walking-on-the-wild-side/

Ishmael Reed Gets in the Ring

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/06/19/ishmael-reed-gets-in-the-ring/#

The Stuff No One Talks About

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/06/12/the-stuff-no-one-talks-about/

Enhancing Paranoia is Part of Power--An Interview with Betty Medsger

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/06/05/enhancing-paranoia-part-of-the-nature-of-power/

Changing the World for Profit

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/05/29/changing-the-world-for-profit/

Conversation on the Radio with Dylan Kelley

http://yourlisten.com/dylan.kelley.1044/5-13-ron-jacobs

Inside the Drug Wars

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/05/15/inside-the-drug-wars/

Keeping Time for the Grateful Dead

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/05/06/keeping-time-for-the-grateful-dead/

The Problem With Bernie

Sanders was elected to the Senate in 2006, not 2008.  I apologize for the typo.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/04/30/the-problem-with-bernie/

Deadly Eye Contact: Freddie Gray and the Baltimore Police

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/04/27/deadly-eye-contact-freddie-gray-and-the-baltimore-police/

Talking About Palestine

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/04/24/talking-about-palestine/

Outlaws in the Eyes of Amerika

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/04/17/outlaws-in-the-eyes-of-amerika/#

The Tragedy of Capitalism

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/04/10/the-tragedy-of-capitalism/

Springtime Sounds for a Spring Barely Sprung

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/04/03/springtime-sounds-for-a-spring-barely-sprung/

Rejecting Revisionist History: Losurdo's War and Revolution

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/03/27/rejecting-revisionist-history/

Embodiment of Absolute Evil

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/03/20/embodiment-of-absolute-evil/

Upstairs, Downstairs/India, Pakistan

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/03/13/upstairs-downstairsindia-pakistan/

A US War Resister in Germany: A Matter of Conscience

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/03/06/a-us-war-resister-in-germany/


a slight correction...Since the piece began with Andre thanking you for "a forum in which I can provide factual information on the case,"  I thought it might be helpful to correct some of the mis portrayal of who qualifies as a CO. 

Andre is right that the person needs to be opposed to any war they can imagine themselves fighting in.  (It is not a requirement that the person state whether they accept or reject the war that gave birth to the US.)  Someone who says they would fight in certain wars probably would be turned down.

Religious basis is not a separate way to get out.  No matter what religion the person still must be opposed to participation in all war.  Also, a person need not be religious at all as long as the moral principles that direct their life are comparable in strength to those held by religious people.  We deal with many atheist and agnostic applicants who still get out for CO.

The third issue is sincerity.  A person's lifestyle can help indicate their sincerity. Giving up paintball and combat video games can indicate sincerity of a conscientious objector but a person does not have to give up these things. I have worked with legitimate, sincere conscientious objectors who still bow hunt and nevertheless were discharged.  (There is more than one way to show sincerity).

I realize that for Andre conscientious objection didn't feel right and that is fine.  I just want to be careful that others who might well qualify don't mistakenly believe themselves ineligible because of Andre's mis characterization of the actual definition.  Anyone who even wonders whether they qualify can call the GI Rights Hotline 877-447-4487 to explore whether or not conscientious objection might be the right fit for them.  People who are having issues with the military often go online to learn about others with similar beliefs.  For others reading this interview with Andre it may be helpful to include a note of clarification so as not to unnecessarily limit the pool of future Conscientious Objection applicants.   

Peace,

Steve W.

Car Bomb in Washington, DC, 1976

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/02/27/car-bomb-in-washington-dc/

Different Story-Same Futile War

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/02/20/different-story-same-futile-war/

Creating a Crisis--It's NATO's Way

https://www.counterpunch.org/2015/02/13/creating-a-crisis-its-natos-way/

Recalling Occupy Wall Street

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/02/06/recalling-occupy-wall-street/

The US Presidency—Who Does It Serve? An Exchange With the Authors of The Unsustainable Presidency

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/30/the-us-presidency-who-does-it-serve/

Revolutionary Communists in the US of A...And the Feds That Hated Them

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/23/revolutionary-communists-in-the-us-of-a/

Assassination Nation

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/16/the-islamophobes-have-arrived-2/

Idiocy in the Name of God: The Heresy of Religion

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/12/idiocy-in-the-name-of-god/

The French Revolution Untarnished

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/09/the-french-revolution-untarnished/

Free Speech in Manhattan? Illusion of Victory?

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/02/free-speech-in-manhattan/