Word: draft
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...anti-draft movement was a factor in why they ended the draft [in the Vietnam War]," said Jim Henle, a secretary at Fairchild Biochemistry Labs. "There were thousands and thousands of people in the streets...people who were in the war had a tremendous impact on people and the government began to see that things were way out of hand...
...anti-draft movement can have an impact in the Middle East crisis as well, if it is combined with other protest activities such as marches, said Anne M. Sydor, a Harvard graduate student. "That's when draft resistance makes a difference," she said...
...Draft resistance "breaks this whole media blitz that there's a concensus around us," one forum participant said. "When you do this kind of thing, it does have a catalytic effect," he added...
Henle said he vividly remembers listening to the announcement of draft numbers on the radio during the Vietnam conflict. "It brought the war home very immediately to you," he said...
...United States currently has "an economic draft," Henle said. People go into the army because "they don't feel they have a way to get ahead," he said...