This evidentiary video episode of the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal is a fascinating conversation with Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug, whose work began soon after the events of 9/11 with her investigation of what she came to call “U.S. war-culture.” In more recent years, Denton-Borhaug’s focus moved to “military moral injury.” This invisible epidemic (linked […]
No fee charged to your school: We Are Not Your Soldiers is set to come to your school this semester with an anti-war veteran who will dialogue with your students and be ready to answer any of their questions. Depending on your location our visit will either be in person or via remote technology. As […]
By Oren Ziv From +972 Magazine | Original Article ‘I refuse to take part in a revenge war’: Israel jails teen for opposing army draftTal Mitnick is the first Israeli conscientious objector to be imprisoned since Oct. 7. He explains why the current war has only reaffirmed his convictions. On Tuesday, Dec. 26, 18-year-old Tal […]
By Brett Wilkins From Common Dreams | Original Article “I believe that slaughter cannot solve slaughter,” said 18-year-old Tal Mitnick, who was sentenced to 30 days behind bars for refusing to participate in what a fellow draft resister called a “genocide” in Gaza. A young Israeli man was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days behind bars […]
Formed in 2008, We Are Not Your Soldiers continues to bring veterans into classrooms to share their experiences in the U.S. military while engaging in dialogue with students, exposing imperial wars to a generation – actually, a society – largely unaware of the crimes being carried out throughout the world in their names. In 2023 […]
A panel of filmmakers discusses their role in producing films on the scale and impact of the GI movement during the Vietnam War, the role of artists in supporting antiwar soldiers, and honoring helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson who tried to halt the killing and rescue civilians in the midst of the My Lai massacre. For […]
November was a month of travels – taking us to Georgia, Ohio and North Carolina as well as Brooklyn, Manhattan and Long Island in New York. We began the month with two exceptional visits. We usually go to classrooms where the educators have invited us to enrich their curricula by addressing their students. These visits […]
Although filmed in 2006, it is highly relevant today.
We Are Not Your Soldiers presenter Lyle Jeremy Rubin was one of a group of veterans demanding a ceasefire now who spoke at a press conference organized by Representative Cori Bush. Hear Lyle’s contribution starting at 4:46. Click link to watch.
By Derek Seidman From Truthout | Original Article Hundreds of veterans returned from Iraq ready to fight the horror and injustice of the U.S. military industrial complex. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. It also marks 20 years since the birth of the massive global antiwar movement that […]
From Refuser Solidarity Network In the past few weeks, the Jewish Arab war resistance movement is experiencing one of its hardest and most terrifying moments – perhaps the worst it has been in at least a generation… On October 25th, police shut down an Arab-Jewish meeting in the Israeli city of Haifa, the main subject […]
