Category: GI Resisters

“[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.”

“Man, I do not want…a career in something that is intrinsically chaotic and stupid. I didn’t want to participate in that anymore.”

“Kyle, everything that you’re telling me right now, you fit the mold of a conscientious objector,” and I was speechless.

“Wow, that was shocking. What is my response as a Christian to the US support of this sort of stuff?” Threatened with death penalty for refusing to kill.