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The End Conscription Campaign was an anti-apartheid organisation allied to the United Democratic Front and composed of conscientious objectors and their supporters in South Africa. It was formed in 1983 to oppose the conscription of all white South African men into military service in the South African Defence Force.

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End Conscription Campaign

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The End Conscription Campaign was an anti-apartheid organisation allied to the United Democratic Front and composed of conscientious objectors and their...

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Conscription in South Africa

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men after completing their schooling or further studies. The End Conscription Campaign began in 1983 in opposition to the requirement. In the same year...

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Conscription

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Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues...

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Military service

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followed by camps at intervals. This was abolished in 1994. See End Conscription Campaign. Spain abolished compulsory military service in 2001. Military...

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Conscription in Australia

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Conscription in Australia, also known as National Service following the Second World War, has a controversial history which dates back to the implementation...

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Draft evasion

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individual nations End Conscription Campaign – opposed conscription of white South Africans in Apartheid-era South Africa No-Conscription Fellowship – opposed...

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Black Sash

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abolition of military conscription. The organisation was instrumental in establishing the End Conscription Campaign to campaign against compulsory military...

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ECC

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Coordination Committee (Pakistan), of the Government of Pakistan End Conscription Campaign, a former South African anti-apartheid organization European civil...

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Conscientious objector

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objected to conscription in the South African Defence Force. Some simply deserted, or joined organisations such as the End Conscription Campaign, an anti-war...

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Ivan Toms

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and anti-conscription activist. He opposed conscription by the South African Defence Force, and was a co-founder of the End Conscription Campaign. He ran...

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Vaal uprising

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to conscription, and this warning was borne out in the subsequence increase in conscientious objections and the rise of the End Conscription Campaign. Goldstone...

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1916 Australian conscription referendum

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population wanted conscription, and that the opposition that had emerged would be carried for the proposal by the end of the campaign. He ended his argument...

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South African Defence Force

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volunteers, as did the 101 Battalion. Conscription was opposed by organisations such as the End Conscription Campaign, but overall, white morale remained...

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Internal resistance to apartheid

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the United Democratic Front and End Conscription Campaign. The latter was formed in 1983 to oppose the conscription of white males into the South African...

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Conscription in the United Kingdom

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In the United Kingdom, military conscription has existed for two periods in modern times. The first was from 1916 to 1920, and the second from 1939 to...

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Harold Winkler

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Harold or Harald Winkler may refer to: Harold Winkler of End Conscription Campaign Hal Winkler, Harold Winkler, ice hockey Harald Winkler Harry Winkler...

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Helen Zille

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executives of the organisation, and was also vice-chair of the End Conscription Campaign in the Western Cape. During this time, she was arrested for being...

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Gallipoli campaign

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The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli (Turkish: Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri...

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Conscription in the United States

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Active conscription in the United States ended in 1973, when the U.S. Armed Forces moved to an all-volunteer military. However, conscription remains...

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South African Border War

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Around mid 1967 the National Party government established universal conscription for all white South African men as the SADF expanded to meet the growing...

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Zapiro

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intelligence. Zapiro was an important participant in South Africa's End Conscription Campaign, designing its logo. After his military service he applied for...

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Conscription Crisis of 1944

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The Conscription Crisis of 1944 was a political and military crisis following the introduction of forced military service for men in Canada during World...

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Front organization

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– consisting of national servicemen, a countermeasure to the End Conscription Campaign, which was allied to the United Democratic Front (UDF) Communist...

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Conscription Crisis of 1917

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The Conscription Crisis of 1917 (French: Crise de la conscription de 1917) was a political and military crisis in Canada during World War I. It was mainly...

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Gille de Vlieg

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against incorporation into Bophuthatswana; Release Mandela Campaign, End Conscription Campaign (ECC), conscientious objectors, African National Congress...

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Cameron Dugmore

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long after, in 1988, he was elected president and joined the End Conscription Campaign as a conscientious objector. In 1989, he was appointed to the...

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Conscription in Russia

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Conscription in Russia (Russian: всеобщая воинская обязанность, romanized: vseobshchaya voinskaya obyazannost, translated as "universal military obligation"...

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