By Seth Kershner From COMDWeb | Original Article Beginning in 2022 the New York Times began publishing an astonishing series of investigative articles on Junior ROTC — the most sustained and critical coverage of high school militarism in recent memory. As this issue of Draft NOtices points out, the articles led to congressional action to […]
The 2004 THQ game ‘Full Spectrum Warrior’ started with a contract with the Army for an Xbox trainer for infantry troops. It sold well enough to civilian audiences that it got a 2006 sequel. (Image courtesy of International Games Database) A note from We Are Not Your Soldiers: One of the main purposes for using […]
March saw We Are Not Your Soldiers visiting a lot of schools, one in Philadelphia and the rest in various boroughs of New York City. Lyle Rubin spoke remotely with four Philly high school classes that have been researching different career paths whose teacher wanted them to have more information about the military than they […]
By Gerry Condon From Common Dreams | Original Article Airman Larry Hebert, who began a hunger strike at the White House on Easter Sunday, says he was inspired by the self-immolation of active-duty Airman Aaron Bushnell. An active-duty Air Force airman is on a hunger strike in front of the White House, in solidarity with […]
From Democracy Now | Original Article Democracy Now! speaks with an active-duty soldier in the U.S. Air Force on hunger strike to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Senior Airman Larry Hebert is on day three of his hunger strike outside the White House, where he has been holding a sign that reads “Active Duty […]
We think this is important to read how the military is analyzing and explaining its problems in recruiting, so we are posting this article originally entitled, “Army Sees Sharp Decline in White Recruits.” We continue to send veterans into classes to tell the truth about the U.S. military and what it does at home and […]
By Oren Ziv From +972 Magazine | Original Article Conscientious objector Sofia Orr explains why she never wavered in her decision despite the crackdown in Israel against opponents of the war. On Sunday morning, 18-year-old Israeli conscientious objector Sofia Orr arrived at the army’s recruitment center near Tel Aviv and declared her refusal to enlist […]
By Lyle Jeremy Rubin (We Are Not Your Soldiers presenter) From The Nation | Original Article The airman who set himself alight on Sunday signed up to sacrifice himself for the greater good—only to discover that he had become an accomplice to evil. I will leave it to others to discuss the precedents for Aaron […]
From Democracy Now | Original Article In an act that has captured the attention of the world, Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force, set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington Sunday to protest Israel’s assault on Gaza and U.S. support for the military campaign. Bushnell, who live-streamed […]
From Veterans for Peace | Original Article Letter calls on State Department Inspector-General to investigate illegal shipments and numerous violations of Federal law In a letter to the Inspector-General of the U.S. State Department, a national veterans’ organization today demanded the State Department terminate weapons shipments to Israel and called on the Inspector General to […]
By Brett Wilkins From Common Dreams | Original Article “Many of us like to ask ourselves, ‘What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?’ The answer is, you’re doing it.” “My name is Aaron Bushnell, I […]
