The fall semester is about to begin — we already received requests from professors at four NYC metropolitan area colleges and one in the south for We Are Not Your Soldiers speakers to address their classes. We are reaching out now to additional professors and student activists in the next days to schedule our visits, […]
From Democracy Now | Original Article As more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed seeking aid at militarized aid distribution sites run by the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a former GHF security contractor tells Democracy Now! he saw U.S. mercenaries and Israeli forces commit war crimes by indiscriminately shooting at starving Palestinians waiting […]
From About Face | Original post An About Face member breaks down why the military invasion at MacArthur Park represents a dangerous escalation of using the military as an occupying force in cities here in the US. This is not the first time the military has been oppressors on our streets with the US, clearly […]
A special note from We Are Not Your Soldiers: If you know any military member who has questions as to what they can do with moral quandaries, such as applying for conscientious objector status, suggest they call the GI Rights Hotline at 877-447-4487 or contact About Face on their secure military support page. By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg From Truthout […]
By Liza Featherstone From The New Republic | Original Article On the Fourth of July, members of the military are calling on Congress to protect service members who disobey the president’s immoral or unlawful orders. Kim, an aircraft mechanic, joined the military in 2019, at age 18. She and her mother had struggled to survive, […]
By Stephen Prager From Common Dreams | Original Article The commands are: everyone that comes inside needs to die,” the soldier said. “If they’re inside, they’re dangerous, you need to kill them. No matter who it is.” Another Israel Defense Forces soldier has spoken out publicly against the IDF’s brutalization of civilians in Gaza. In […]
Miguel Gabriel Vazquez speaking remotely to NYC high school students in May. We Are Not Your Soldiers presentations concluded for the spring semester of 2025 with visits to four schools, all in NYC, all public institutions of education: In this video clip from Lyle’s presentation, he speaks about how dehumanization is drilled during Marine boot […]
Excerpts from a Zoom presentation by Miguel Gabriel Vazquez to high school students in NYC in May 2025. The students had recently read The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. I’m a Vietnam veteran, survivor of that war and of the post-traumatic stress that I brought home with me. I came back very confused and […]
By Kedeshia Cassanova A term project inspired by a We Are Not Your Soldiers visit to the author’s class. The Recruiting Process The first thing I see are the combat boots,Tucked under the table they use to recruit.Why do they make it all look so inviting?Can I picture myself on the battlefield fighting? Right now, […]
From Revolution | Original Article June 14—Trump’s 79th birthday—will be marked by a massive military parade. 1 Nearly 7,000 U.S. soldiers will march in Washington, DC. Twenty-eight huge Abrams tanks and more than 100 other military vehicles will roll down the streets. At least 50 military aircraft, including Vietnam-era helicopters and aircraft from each U.S. war, […]
From Refuser Solidarity Network From Israel: Last week, for the first time in many years, a reserve soldier was jailed for refusing to serve in protest of the ongoing genocide. His name is Daniel Yahalom, and he is refusing over the barbaric genocide in Gaza and the ongoing settler-military takeover of the West Bank. From […]
Henri Henrikson addresses NYC college students The month of April started out with kind of a double bill. Joe Urgo and Henri Henrikson presented together to give a historical chronological focus to an on-line class based at a NYC college studying the history of empires. The professor wrote to us, “It was incredibly moving and […]
