Hart Viges by Courage to Resist https://couragetoresist.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CourageToResist_Podcast_Hart_Viges.mp3 Podcast: “I wanted to lay my rifle down.” – Hart Viges Hart Viges is a veteran of the second Gulf War. A self-described patriot, Hart transformed from a highly motivated soldier to chaplain’s assistant and eventually, consci…

Jim Albertini by Courage to Resist https://couragetoresist.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CourageToResist_Podcast_Jim_Albertini.mp3 Podcast (VN-E46): “Arrested dozens of times, two years in prison” – Jim Albertini Jim Albertini is a conscientious objector, lifelong strategist, activist, author, and director of the Malu-aina center for non-violent e…

Francesco Da Vinci by Courage to Resist https://couragetoresist.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CourageToResist_Podcast_Fran_DaVinci.mp3 Podcast (VN-E45): “It was a leap of faith” – Francesco Da Vinci Francesco Da Vinci is a lifetime advocate of peace, nonviolence, and social justice. From his first action as a Conscientious Objector to the Vietnam …

Rosa del Duca by Courage to Resist https://couragetoresist.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/CourageToResist_Podcast_Rosa_DelDuca.mp3 Podcast: “What? Yes. That term..I’m a conscientious objector!” – Rosa del Duca As a teenager considering her future, Rosa del Duca was an ideal candidate for recruitment into the Army National Guard. Smart, athletic, an…

Kevin Benderman by Courage to Resist https://couragetoresist.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CourageToResist_Podcast_Kevin_Benderman.mp3 Podcast: “Why are we guarding an oil field?” – Kevin Benderman Former Sergeant Kevin Benderman shares his experiences in Iraq, the inconsistencies of the US mission in the Middle East, and his attempts to reconcile…

Michael Rasmussen by Courage to Resist https://couragetoresist.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CourageToResist_Podcast_Michael_Rassmussen.mp3 Podcast: Michael Rasmussen, Meditations of a Conscientious Objector Michael Rasmussen came to recognize his opposition to war through recommended reading of the “Meditations” of Marcus Aurelius. He grew from b…

Col. Ann Wright (ret.) by Courage to Resist https://couragetoresist.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CourageToResist_Podcast_Ann_Wright.mp3 Podcast: “The common thing is that no one wants war” – Col. Ann Wright (ret.) Ann Wright is a former colonel and foreign service officer who resigned her commission in protest of the second U.S. invasion of Iraq.…

Alan Kennedy by Courage to Resist https://couragetoresist.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CourageToResist_Podcast_Alan_Kennedy.mp3 Podcast: “I joined the military to fight fascism” – Capt. Alan Kennedy National Guard Officer Alan Kennedy is challenging the constitutionality of Department of Defense order 1325.06 on the grounds that it infringes on t…

David Finke by Courage to Resist https://couragetoresist.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CourageToResist_Podcast_David_Finke.mp3 Podcast (VN-E44): “Strong religious commitment against war” – David Finke David Finke is a conscientious objector, military counselor, and lifetime nonviolent activist. After receiving a classification as a CO and defermen…

William Short by Courage to Resist https://couragetoresist.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CourageToResist_Podcast_William_Short.mp3 Podcast (VN-E43): “I’m going in for a long time” – William Short Bill Short is an artist, film producer, veteran, and war resister who was court-martialed and incarcerated twice for his refusal to lead patrols in Vietn…