"Medical Cadre"
New Left
This pamphlet argues that established medical institutions are a "part of a fascist state," another "repressive arm of this society," and explores the need for a movement medical unit to provide health services to local communities and activists.
published by Jelly Roll Press
Roz Payne
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
ca. late-1960s or early-1970s
pamphlet
Free Capt. Howard Levy M.D.
Anti-Vietnam War Movement
In 1967, Captain Howard B. Levy faced a court-martial after declining to provide medical training for Green Berets heading to the war zone in Vietnam, arguing that such a practice was against medical and his personal ethics. The trial received national attention and raised questions about the responsibility of military doctors to teach soldiers medicine, as well as an individual’s right to refuse to participate in war crimes. Levy served two years in prison for his actions and his case ultimately reached the Supreme Court.
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Roz Payne
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
ca. 1967
Button
Physical Object
Join the New Action Army
Anti-Vietnam War Movement
In 1967, Captain Howard B. Levy faced a court-martial after declining to provide medical training for Green Berets heading to the war zone in Vietnam, arguing that such a practice was against medical and his personal ethics. The trial received national attention and raised questions about the responsibility of military doctors to teach soldiers medicine, as well as an individual’s right to refuse to participate in war crimes. Levy served two years in prison for his actions and his case ultimately reached the Supreme Court.
New York Medical Committee to End the War on Vietnam
Roz Payne
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
ca. 1967
poster