Chris Shanley interviewed for the documentary "Hell No We Won't Go"

Chris Shanley attended a Catholic boys school at Ashfield in Sydney where students and some staff were influenced by the Second Vatican Council. Chris became part of group which met to discuss social justice, including the issue of conscription for the Vietnam War, and members began to participate in anti-war activities. In 1970 Chris began a social work degree at Sydney University and, inspired by the US Catholic Worker Movement and its founder Dorothy Day, joined a household in Enmore which styled itself 'Revitalisation of Christianity' (ROC) and began organising around social justice issues and undertaking anti-war actions. Later Chris moved to a nearby household which became a meeting place for people involved in draft resistance and the Draft Resisters Union. As a result of refusing to register, Chris was deemed to be conscripted and called for a medical. He attended but announced that he didn't intend to submit to an examination. Consequently, in late 1972 he was served with an induction notice which he refused. Not long after that the newly elected Whitlam government declared an amnesty for non-compliers. Chris subsequently worked in the health sector and has been involved in local environmental campaigning and other social justice issues. (Description provided by interviewer).