Voices of Conscientious Objectors Archives - Center on Conscience & War

Steve Englehart: Conscience’s Storyteller By Chris Lombardi

August 7, 2025 | Blog, COs in the Military, The Reporter, Voices of Conscientious Objectors

When I first learned that CCW’s upcoming event would include Steve Englehart, I was astonished. The Marvel icon? The creator of Doctor Strange, the guy who brought us Captain America, the Falcon and Starlord? That guy? But in many ways, I wasn’t surprised that...

Former Israeli Soldiers, Palestinian Fighters, and U.S. G.I.s Declare: “We’re Done with War”

August 23, 2024 | Blog, News, Voices of Conscientious Objectors

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of former Israeli soldiers, Palestinian fighters, and active-duty U.S. military personnel announced today their collective refusal to participate in war and called on Congress to stop funding what they describe as genocide in Gaza. The...

Voices of Conscience: Ethan Foote

August 14, 2021 | Blog, Selective Service, Voices of Conscientious Objectors

“No one who supports war has to go through this level of introspection…No legal or political structure compels people to articulate why they are willing to go to war.”

“The delicacy and fragility of life hit me”: Kyle Toon’s Journey to Conscientious Objection

May 15, 2021 | News, Voices of Conscientious Objectors

On International Conscientious Objectors Day, we are excited to post this interview, the first in an ongoing series of interviews with conscientious objectors CCW has worked with over the years. Kyle contacted CCW in the summer of 2020, just weeks after the military...