By Mike Hastie, Army Medic Vietnam It is Sunday night, around 9:00 PM on March 14, 2021 in Portland, Oregon. In two days, it will be the 53rd Anniversary of the My Lai Massacre. Since I was a soldier in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam, I have made three trips back to Viet Nam, […]
We continue to make remote visits to classes. At the end of February, we went to a large NYC high school with Miles Megaciph, Marines veteran, and spent the day with students in six classes. One student sent a note thanking him “for sharing with us your experience and journey from a former Marine to […]
From National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth | Original Article Change Your mind and want to get out? If you signed up for the DEP (or the Army’s “Future Soldiers Training Program”) and then changed your mind, watch out for recruiters who say you can’t get out of it, or that you must report […]
A dramatic recording of the full famous speech by Gen. Smedley Butler is available here free for your use. Credit for this dramatized recording goes to Richard Gross, Ioan Ardelean and Christopher Hirschmann Brandt. There are two versions, an MP3 and a wav.
Friday March 12, 2021, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST – A Virtual Event Amid concern about the role of military veterans in the January 6 siege of the Capitol and the recruitment of service members by white supremacist groups, this program will feature soldiers who have followed a different path in speaking out against […]
On February 22, 2021 we filmed an evening panel discussion with the presenters who go into classrooms and dialogue with students. Here’s a chance to meet the whole crew: John Burns, Will Griffin, Miles Megaciph, Lyle Rubin and Joe Urgo. The need to stop the United States’ aggressive militarism and wars against peoples around the […]
From the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee The first half of 1971 is seen by many as the peak of the mass antiwar movement. The Peoples Peace Treaty echoed the Moratorium as a vehicle for local antiwar education and organizing. Veterans took a leadership role with the Winter Soldier hearings on US war crimes on March […]
By Eleanor J. Bader From The Indypendent | Original Article From the Revolutionary War onward, dissident U.S. soldiers have defied the brass and fought for peace. Almost 250 years ago, in 1777, Jacob Ritter, a member of the Pennsylvania militia, assessed the carnage surrounding him on the battlefield and decided, right then and there, that […]
You are invited to an on-line panel discussion with the presenters who go into classrooms and dialogue with students. Here’s a chance to meet the whole crew. Monday night, February 22, 2021 8:00 – 9:30 pm EST Participating will be John Burns, Will Griffin, Miles Megaciph, Lyle Rubin and Joe Urgo. The need to stop […]
We Are Not Your Soldiers is gearing up for the spring semester to remotely visit high school and college classrooms across the country. We already have several set for a couple of high schools and colleges in the NY metropolitan area. And, we have something new planned. In one high school, with the same group […]
From The Washington Post | Original Article In this clip from Dec. 28, 1935, General Smedley Butler describes a “fascist plot” to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and seize the government. (Universal Studios)
From Refuser Solidarity Network Hello, my name is Daniel. I’m 18 years old from Tel Aviv and I’m part of a new group of teens, school seniors and youth refusers. We’re called the Shministim Letter – 60 teens and youth aged 16-21 signed the statement we sent to Israeli Prime Minister, calling for refusal to enlist […]
