By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Mike Baker From The New York Times | Original Article Lawmakers criticized oversight by the military, which reported dozens of additional cases of abuse of high school students by J.R.O.T.C. instructors. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon received documented reports of at least 58 instances in the last five years in which high […]
By Jim Lobe From Responsible Statecraft | Original Article A new report finds that DOD uses ‘security cooperation’ programs for ‘secret wars,’ recommends that Congress rein them in. Read the full report here. U.S. military forces have been engaged in unauthorized hostilities in many more countries than the Pentagon has disclosed to Congress, let alone […]
By Roberto Comacho From Prism | Original Article As the military falls short of its recruitment goals, it is engaging in manipulative tactics that anti-militarism groups are educating and organizing against With a record low number of potential recruits and few of those willing to enlist, the U.S. military is trying to boost its numbers […]
No fee charged to your school: We Are Not Your Soldiers is set to come to your class this semester, still remotely as the term starts, with an anti-war veteran who will dialogue with your students and is ready to answer any of their questions. Educators and students: please contact us now to set up […]
From Refuser Solidarity Network | Original Article Conscientious objector Einat Gerlitz, 19, is currently serving a 7-day prison sentence for her refusal to enlist in the Israeli army and take part in the Israeli occupation over the Palestinian Teritorries. In addition to Einat, two other conscientious objectors, Nave Shabtay Levin (18) and Evyatar Moshe Rubin […]
By Jordan Uhl From Jacobin | Original Article The US military has a long history of recruiting poor people by offering benefits like free college. With Joe Biden’s partial student debt forgiveness, GOP war hawks are fretting that the military won’t be able to prey on desperate young Americans anymore. Amid a brutal year for […]
By Mike Baker From The New York Times | Original Article | 8/15/22 The House oversight committee wants the Pentagon to report on sexual misconduct in the high school programs and how it holds instructors accountable. Congressional investigators have opened a review of sexual misconduct in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program of the […]
From Refuser Solidarity Network | Original Article My name is Shahar Schwartz. I am 18 years old. Today is my enlistment day to the Israeli military. I am going to refuse enlistment and will be sent to jail. When I was 10 years old, during the Gaza war in 2014, I was home alone when […]
From Democracy Now | Original Article The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to expand healthcare and disability benefits to some 3.5 million former U.S. service members poisoned by toxic substances from waste burning pits on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. The PACT Act, which now heads to President Biden’s desk to be […]
Watch Joy Damiani, an Army veteran who had been stationed in Iraq as a “journalist,” as she shares her story and answers questions from students at a NYC middle school in the spring. This is one of only a very few instances of a presentation to this age group. These students had done a lot […]
Thanks to you, our supporters, we have had another productive year, without charging any fee to any school! Seven veterans engaged in discussion with some 1000 students, presenting their stories filled with information about the U.S. military and wars of aggression most students had never been exposed to before. Thank you for helping make it […]
Below are a transcript and video of a very interesting speech, “Living Without NATO, Ideas for Peace,” given by long-time German peace activist Dr. Eugen Drewermann at Humboldt University in Berlin on May 21, 2022. From Initiative from the Peace Movement | Original Article How can we regain peace and how can we keep it? […]
