We view the work we do as a way of helping people see that it is possible to face hard truths personally and collectively and to use that understanding to help build a better world. Since 2008, We Are Not Your Soldiers,a project of World Can’t Wait, has brought veterans into classrooms to share stories […]
Although we say the Spring Semester, we did our January and February school visits in freezing New York City. Fortunately, all the schools were heated and comfortable and gave us a warm welcome. We started out in January with Joe Urgo discussing both his Vietnam experiences as well as his time guarding nuclear installations (unknown […]
By David Swanson From World Beyond War | Original Article Of course it would take millions of images to convey the full story of the harm done by military bases, foreign and domestic, but a key point is, I think, conveyed by the map above. The countries colored blue or purple have U.S. military bases […]
By Paris Fransway and Emily Van de Riet From 13ABC.com | Original Article TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD/Gray News) — A veterans organization is asking troops to “refuse illegal orders” on a new billboard in Arizona. The billboard can be seen along Interstate 10 in Tucson. Veterans for Peace’s Tucson chapter said the billboard is meant to […]
By Michael “Lefty” Morrill From Substack | Original Article History does not always announce itself with cannon fire. Sometimes it clears its throat in a clerical voice, wrapped in liturgy and law, and says something quietly heretical. When Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the Catholic Archbishop for the Military Services of the United States, suggested this week […]
As we move into the spring semester, we look forward to having the opportunity of working with educators and their classes. Our panel of anti-war veterans shares their experiences in the military — from the Vietnam era through to just a couple of years ago — with students in an open dialogue where they are […]
We Are Not Your Soldiers started the winter and closed out 2025 with visits to two community colleges and one private middle school, all in various boroughs of New York City. Joe Urgo spoke to three college classes and included the screening of clips from the Winter Soldier hearings on Vietnam, of which he was […]
By Rory Fanning From Truthout | Original Article Trump plans to use the military to enact the mass deportation of immigrants. As a veteran, I know orders can be refused. Grab a book instead of my phone had been my mantra since November 5 as I sought to protect myself from the despair of political […]
This is an extraordinary time, an unusual era, where the living history and message We Are Not Your Soldiers brings to the classrooms has a special resonance with the students. We’re raising issues and thoughts that are making what are becoming obvious connections with their lives. They’re seeing in living color imperial criminality in Gaza, […]
By Konstantin Toropin, Lisa Mascaro & Susan Haigh From AP News | Original Article WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as “potentially divisive” — […]
California National Guard personnel in Los Angeles earlier this year. David Ryder/Reuters By Vera Bergengruen, Lara Seligman, Dan Lyon From MSN | Original Article WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has ordered the National Guard to create “quick reaction” forces in every state and territory by January that are trained and equipped to respond to riots and civil unrest […]
By Nicole Sganga From Portside | Original Article “When we have somebody in power who’s actively dismantling our rights — free speech, due process, freedom of the press — it’s really hard to be a soldier right now.” Chicago — Two Illinois National Guard members told CBS News they would refuse to obey federal orders […]
