Courage to Resist

"And I just, I started crying...I can't do it. I can't pull the trigger. I don't want to kill anyone," shared Hart after serving 11 months in Iraq.

"We need the next generations of activists to carry forward, to complete the work that we can't get done in our lifetime."

"It was pure hell... for the fact that I took that stand. I mean, all the labels, "Draft Dodger", "Pinko", "Commie", "Shirker"", recalls Fran Da Vinci.

"Having signed a six-year contract, I thought there was absolutely nothing I could do. I just needed to hunker down and fulfill my contract."

"You know what? This is all a bunch of bullshit, what they're telling us to do over here," recalls Iraq War veteran turned conscientious objector.

"I think the whole idea of a "just war" at all is a sham that we're taught as part of this propaganda to support it." -recent USMC Capt. Michael Rasmussen

"You are doing the right thing because this is going to be horrible for the people of Iraq, but it's going to be horrible for the United States, too."

"[In] appeals to every level ... I pointed out that this policy was unconstitutional ... the right to peaceful protest is a constitutional right."

David Finke is a conscientious objector, military counselor, and lifetime nonviolent activist. David shares his personal history.

"I could probably speak louder with my photography than I could with my painting....I consider myself not just an artist, but a cultural worker."