There never was a good war or a bad peace. ~Ben Franklin
A SONG FOR DAVID by JOAN BAEZ
David Harris was a key leader of the draft resistance movement of the 1960s. Harris actively encouraged young people to resist being conscripted into the Vietnam War. He served 20 months behind bars for his own draft refusal. He spent four of those months in solitary confinement for organizing prisoner protests demanding humane conditions. Joan Baez, his wife at the time, wrote “A Song for David” while he was in prison.
David Harris has died at the age of 76. Obit on DemocracyNow, 10 Feb 2023 : https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/10/headlines/david_harris_who_inspired_young_people_in_the_60s_to_resist_vietnam_war_draft_dies_at_76
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