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norman kelley

norman kelley
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Norman Kelley is an independent journalist, author, and former segment radio producer at WBAI 99.5 FM Pacifica Radio. He has written for Society, L A Weekly, The Brooklyn Rail, The Village Voice, The Nation, New York Press, Newsday, Word.com, The Black Star News, New Politics, Black Renaissance/Noir, and The Bedford Stuyvesant Current. He is also the author of the "noir soul"/ mystery series that features "Nina Halligan" in Black Heat (Amistad), The Big Mango (Akashic Books), and A Phat Death (2003). Norman Kelley was also a contributing writer to Brooklyn Noir (Akashic Books, 2004) and DC Noir (Akashic Books, 2006) and Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs at the Turn of the Millennium (Random House 2000). He edited and contributed to R&B (Rhythm and Business): The Political Economy of Black Music (Akashic Books, 2005; 2002).

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009 12:25PM

Permanent Standby: The Selective Service Agency

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Well, the benefits and the retirement are pretty good.
Ah yes, the lottery method. Having survived the Vietnam draft years I am firmly convinced that, had they instituted the lottery earlier, there wouldn't have been near the anti-war movement. On the day we went to our college classroom to see the numbers, everyone whose number was between 200 and 365 cheered and started planning their vacations. Previously they were marching beside me in the streets.
My son is 17 and in order to get into college he will be signing up for this. It was a rude awakening yesterday when I realized that.
If you know young men who will be registering soon, the American Friends Service Committee has good information about what to do if you are a pacifist. http://www.afsc.org/Youth&Militarism/ht/display/ContentDetails/i/18304

You can't register as a conscientious objector when you register for the draft, but you should take certain steps in case you are drafted and need to make your case in a hurry.

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