Editing Draft evasion (section)

===Draft resistance===
[[File:Muhammad Ali NYWTS.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Head shot of mistrustful-looking young black man|[[Muhammad Ali]] refused induction in 1967.<ref>{{ISBN|978-0-671-77971-9}}.</ref>|205x205px]]
Draft evasion that involves overt lawbreaking or that communicates conscious or organized resistance to government policy is sometimes referred to as draft resistance.<ref name=Ferber>[[Michael Ferber|Ferber, Michael]] (1998). "Why I Joined the Resistance". In Robbins, Mary Susannah, ed. (2007, orig. 1999). ''Against the Vietnam War: Writings by Activists''. London and Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, pp.&nbsp;111–119. {{ISBN|978-0-7425-5914-1}}.</ref><ref name=Foley>Foley, Michael S. (2003).  ''Confronting the War Machine: Draft Resistance During the Vietnam War''. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, pp. 6–7, 39, 49, 78. {{ISBN|978-0-8078-5436-5}}.</ref><ref>Sauers, Richard A.; Tomasak, Peter (2012). ''The Fishing Creek Confederacy: A Story of Civil War Draft Resistance''. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8262-1988-6}}.</ref> Examples include:

====Actions by resisters====
* Declining to register for the draft, in nations where that is required by law.<ref name=Gitlin /><ref name=Braw />
* Declining to report for one's draft-related physical examination, or for military induction or call-up, in nations where these are required by law.<ref>Christ (2006), pp.&nbsp;59, 62.</ref><ref name=Luhn />
* Participating in draft card burnings or turn-ins.<ref name=Gitlin /><ref>[[Michael Ferber|Ferber, Michael]] (1967). "A Time to Say No". In Robbins, Mary Susannah, ed.  (2007, orig. 1999). ''Against the Vietnam War: Writings by Activists''.  London and Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, p.&nbsp;120. {{ISBN|978-0-7425-5914-1}}.</ref>
* Living "underground" (e.g., living with false identification papers) and working at an [[unreported employment|unreported job]] after being indicted for draft evasion.<ref name=Gitlin />
* Traveling or emigrating to another country, rather than submitting to induction or to trial.<ref name=Christ /><ref name=Williams>Williams, Roger N. (1971). ''The New Exiles: American War Resisters in Canada''. New York: Liveright Publishers. {{ISBN|978-0-87140-533-3}}.</ref>
* Going to jail, rather than submitting to induction or to alternative government service.<ref>[[Stephen M. Kohn|Kohn, Stephen M.]] (1987). ''Jailed for Peace: The History of American Draft Law Violators, 1658 –1985''.  Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. {{ISBN|978-0-275-92776-9}}.</ref><ref>[[David Harris (protester)|Harris, David]] (1976). ''I Shoulda Been Home Yesterday: 20 Months in Jail for Not Killing Anybody''. New York: Delacorte / Dell. {{ISBN|978-0-440-04156-6}}.</ref>
* Shooting and/or killing draft officers and civil authorities.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ladden-Hall |first=Dan |date=2022-09-26 |title=Desperate Russian Shoots Recruitment Officer Instead of Signing up to Fight in Ukraine |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-war-protester-shoots-commander-trying-to-draft-citizens |access-date=2023-07-30}}</ref>

====Actions by supporters or resisters====
[[File:New York Draft Riots - fighting.jpg|thumb|In 1863, [[New York City draft riots|anti-draft riots]] broke out in New York City.<ref name=Cook />]]
* Organizing or participating in a peaceful street assembly or demonstration against the draft.<ref name=Gitlin />
* Publicly encouraging, aiding, or abetting draft evaders.<ref name=Gitlin />
* Deliberately disrupting a military draft agency's processes or procedures.<ref name=Kusch /><ref>Dowell, LeiLani, et al. (2006). ''We Won't Go!: The Truth on Military Recruiters and the Draft – a Guide to Resistance''. New York: [[International Action Center]].  {{ISBN|978-0-9747521-1-2}}.</ref>
* Destroying a military draft agency's records.<ref name=Gitlin /><ref>Lynd and Lynd, eds. (1995), Chap. 35 ("Ultra Resistance").</ref><ref>Peters, Shawn Francis (2012). ''The Catonsville Nine: A Story of Faith and Resistance in the Vietnam Era''. Oxford, UK and New York: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN| 978-0-19-982785-5}}.</ref>
* Organizing or participating in a riot against the draft.<ref name=Cook>Cook, Adrian (2014, orig. 1982).  ''The Armies of the Streets: The New York City Draft Riots of 1863''. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky.  {{ISBN|978-0-8131-5182-3}}.</ref><ref>Dennis, Patrick M. (2017). ''Reluctant Warriors: Canadian Conscripts and the Great War''.  Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, pp.&nbsp;56–57 ("Insurrection" section).  {{ISBN|978-0-7748-3597-8}}.</ref>
* Building an [[anti-war movement]] that treats draft resistance as a vital and integral part of it.<ref name=Ferber /><ref name=Foley />