Abstract
ABSTRACT Usually recalled through historical events and the stories of leaders, The Sixties also encompassed activism by “rank-and-filers,” ordinary people who found the start of their adult lives upended by the senseless Vietnam War. That tragedy depended on the escalation of the racist and class-divisive “peacetime” military draft system. Former draft resister, Paul Kleyman, now a grandfather of 75, tells his story of refusing Army induction in 1968, and being tried and convicted in US federal court. His story explores the depth of self-examination such turmoil can force on a nation’s youth. And it exposes that standing for peace may profoundly affect those who judge, while also strengthening one’s sense of purpose and service.
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