By Joy Damiani There isn’t much that’ll get me out of bed before dawn these days, but talking to teenagers about the realities of the military is always worth an early morning. The questions they ask are always reminders of how little information they have access to about a job that they are being heavily […]
By Gerry Condon From LA Progressive | Original Article he US/NATO showdown with Russia over Ukraine is a stark reminder of how close the world is to a possible nuclear war. The one-sided reporting in the U.S. media, with little historical context, is what we see whenever the U.S. is getting ready to go to […]
From Democracy Now | Original Article We speak to award-winning journalist Jonathan Katz about his new book “Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire.” The book follows the life of the Marines officer Smedley Butler and the trail of U.S. imperialism from Cuba and the Philippines to […]
By Scott Janssen From HuffPost | Original Article “’What’s it like having people thanking you for your service everywhere you go, James?’ I asked. ‘You might think this is an exaggeration but you asked,’ he said. ‘It’s an act of violence.’” James shifts nervously from one foot to the other, sweat glistening on his forehead […]
We Are Not Your Soldiers is prepared for remote visits to your class this January through June 2022 without charging any fee to your school. Our wonderful presenters, all veterans, dialog with students, sharing their experiences and how they were affected by their time in the U.S. military as well as the effects on the […]
By Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon From Portside | Original Article In recent years, both Republicans and Democrats in Congress have backed privatization of services provided by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). As part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the VHA serves about nine million patients and operates the largest public healthcare system in the country. Since 2015, […]
Traducido del inglés por El Mundo no Puede Esperar El mundo sigue sin poder esperar a que Estados Unidos deje de ser el mayor peligro para la paz mundial. Por favor, apoya con una donación de fin de año, el mensaje de las personas que viven en este país de que la humanidad y el […]
By David Swanson From World Beyond War | Original Article Most U.S. states still have excuses when asked to make voter registration automatic, but in various states — including here in Virginia — draft registration is automatic even for 15-year-olds who want a learner’s permit to drive a car. (This is still only for males, as […]
Our first presentation of the 2021/2022 school year was a visit to a high school class in Oregon. The students were about to start reading The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien which deals with his personal conflict about whether or not to accept being drafted or to escape to Canada and his subsequent experiences […]
If you missed watching this panel discussion hosted by Cornell University live, it has been recorded so you can watch it when you are able. Click here to access the presentations. Speaking are Anand Gopal, Judith LeBlanc, Samar Al-Bulushi, Tejasvi Nagaraja and Lyle Jeremy Rubin, a We Are Not Your Soldiers presenter who tells about […]
We Are Not Your Soldiers had a remarkable 2021, reaching over a thousand students and engaging them in critical conversations. For example, remote visits were made to classes in a well-prepared New York City middle school; several NYC high schools including a special five-speaker series over one semester to the same five classes; high school […]
By Rich Jahnkow From COMDweb | Original Article The most immediate danger of expanding draft registration to women is not, as some people think, an increased likelihood of a draft. The chance of that happening anytime in the near future continues to be remote. It wasn’t even on the table for serious government consideration after […]
