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Program Information
Essential Dissent
Burning Books Event Series
13
Jerry Elmer
 Essential Dissent  Contact Contributor
April 21, 2024, midnight
Jerry Elmer was a Vietnam-Era draft resister who publicly refused to register for the draft. He later burglarized the offices of fourteen draft boards in three cities, destroying the files of men eligible to be drafted.

Jerry Elmer spoke at Burning Books on April 10, 2024. Burning Books is a radical bookstore in Buffalo, NY, specializing in activism, social justice, and liberation struggles. For more information visit burningbooks.com

Audio both recorded on-site and edited by Wilton Vought (last name rhymes with thought) of Essential Dissent

If you broadcast this audio, please:

1. Credit Essential Dissent and Burning Books.
2. Notify Wilton via the Contact Contributor button, or directly: wvought at gmail dot com

Thanks!
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Version 3: A 57-1/2 minute RADIO READY edit (-24 LUFS Mp3). Includes my intro/mid/outro. This is a re-edit of Version 2, which I deleted and replaced on 4/8/25. (Note to self: Version 2 had 217 downloads.)

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Jerry Elmer 010727 -24 LUFS Download Program Podcast
Full version optimized for RADIO Play
01:07:27 1 April 10, 2024
Burning Books, Buffalo, NY
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Jerry Elmer - The Untold Story of Draft Resistance Download Program Podcast
57-1/2 minute RADIO READY edit
00:57:30 1 April 10, 2024
Burning Books, Buffalo, NY
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