By Rowaida Abdelaziz From Huffington Post | Original Article The U.S. government has long celebrated having immigrants in the military, but Sofya Aptekar’s new book shows it’s a much more complicated story. The U.S. government has long celebrated having immigrants in the military and has touted the 158,000 people who have earned citizenship through service […]
By Sam Biddle From The Intercept | Original Article Federal contract materials outline plans to geofence 67 different public high schools throughout the state and to target phones with recruitment ads. The Georgia Army National Guard plans to combine two deeply controversial practices — military recruiting at schools and location-based phone surveillance — to persuade […]
By Nan Levinson From TomDispatch | Original Article Losing Wars and Losing Recruits After more than 20 years of losing wars, recruiting for the U.S. Army is now officially a mess. Last year, that service fell short of its goal by 15,000 recruits, or a quarter of its target. Despite reports of better numbers in the […]
Update from Revolution | Original Article – 4/17/23 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) brands herself as a “progressive” in Congress who has spoken out against some of America’s war crimes. She’s now pimping on her “progressive cred” to shill for—and legitimize—the U.S. military. In March, AOC co-sponsored a “student services fair” at a high school in her […]
By Ruben Abrahams Brosbe From Yes! Magazine | Original Article The branches of the U.S. military have long seen high schools as optimal recruiting grounds. Some veterans are beginning to fight the propaganda and tell students the truth about military service. March 20 marked the 20th anniversary of the United States’ invasion of Iraq. The […]
We Are Not Your Soldiers started out 2023 with two visits to a NYC alternative high school special education class: the January visit featured presentations by Vietnam veterans Joe Urgo and Miguel Gabriel Velazquez while Miles Megaciph performed and spoke during the February visit. January related to Martin Luther King’s speech about the U.S. war […]
Airtime: PBS American Experience premier is Tuesday, March 28, but air-times vary with local stations. Most will broadcast at 9:00 p.m. ET or at 8:00 p.m. CT. It will be available for one month streaming on PBS.org and indefinitely on the American Experience web site. We are pleased to announce that We Are Not Your […]
By W.D. Ehrhart From LA Progressive | Original Article Daniel Ellsberg, who risked life in prison to make those documents public, became a hero of mine, a man whose courage and decency have inspired me ever since. I enlisted in the US Marines when I was 17 years old. When the Marine Corps sent me […]
From Refuser Solidarity Network | Original Article My name is Shimri Zameret and I am RSN’s board chairman. These are crucial times in Israel/Palestine and the Israeli refuser movement needs your help as thousands of soldiers have announced their refusal to serve in the Israeli army over the last two weeks. During the Second Intifada, […]
From Refuser Solidarity Network | Original Article In the past few days, hundreds (!!) of Israeli soldiers have expressed their refusal to serve in the army under the new ultra-nationalist and far-right government unless its anti-democratic policies are stopped. Press reported that almost every army unit, including the “elite” commando unit and the air force, […]
By Andrea Mazzarino From TomDispatch | Original Article During a Veterans Day celebration in my small Maryland community, a teacher clicked through a slideshow of smiling men and women in military uniforms. “Girls and boys, can anyone tell me what courage is?” she asked the crowd, mostly children from local elementary schools, including my two […]
