No Conscription League

The No Conscription League was an anarchist organisation designed to promote anti-draft manifestos and aid those who refused military service.

[1][2] The No Conscription League in the United States was founded by anarchist Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman in 1917 in response to the draft in World War I.

The draft was enforced by the Selective Service Act of 1917, which granted the federal government the right to raise a national army.

This oppression was justified by Woodrow Wilson's Espionage Act of 1917, which prohibited any action that would interfere with the US military or government affairs.

In addition to Goldman and Berkman, speakers included Louis Baury, "Mother" Yusher, Stella Comyn Ballantine, Leonard D. Abbott, Katia Siebel, and Rose Yuster.