From the LA Chapter of World Can’t Wait We Are Not Your Soldiers was an undeniable presence at LA Rising. Hundreds of orange WANYS bandanas were visible on arms, around necks, hanging from belts, and worn as head covers. 10 Students from the LA area, whose teacher has had the speaking tour visit his classes, […]
This past weekend, World Can’t Wait organizers attended a conference of Free Mind, Free People in Providence, RI, which brought together progressive educators and students from around the country – many of whom had never heard of We Are Not Your Soldiers or World Can’t Wait before. People were very interested in the fact that […]
An Open Letter of Reconciliation and Responsibility to the Iraqi People by Ethan McCord and Josh Stieber Two former soldiers from the Army unit responsible for the Wikileaks “Collateral Murder” incident have written an open letter of “Reconciliation and Responsibility” to those injured in the July 2007 attack, in which US forces wounded two children […]
From: Karlee, an 11th grade student and organizer for the We Are Not Your Soldiers tour My name is Karlee, I am 15 years old, and I work as an organizer for the We Are Not Your Soldiers tour. I am writing to you with the tenth anniversaries of the war in Afghanistan and torture […]
Ethan McCord on tour in California speaking in the evening at Revolution Books in Los Angeles, after visiting several high schools in the Orange County area. Collateral Murder: Ethan McCord in LA from marshall blesofsky on Vimeo. Local news coverage at www.randomLengthsNews.com Peace and Redemption: One Soldier’s Story of an Uncovered War By Zamná Ávila, […]
On Monday, May 23rd, a new addition to the “We Are Not Your Soldiers” campaign spoke to a classroom of students, and teachers. Former USMC Staff Sgt. and scout sniper, James Brower from Brooklyn, NY, decided it was time that he spoke up and reached out to high school students who are in the most […]
An Iraq War Veteran’s Experience…“I served in the U.S. Armed Forces for several years, seeing combat in Iraq and therefore I can speak with a great deal of authority about what happens. I think students, as well as teachers, should invite the We Are Not Your Soldiers (WANYS) tour into their schools to find out […]
The We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour made its debut trip to Philadelphia this past week. In four presentations in two urban schools approximately 90 high-school students saw the “Collateral Murder” video with commentary from Ethan McCord. Anti-war veteran and war resister Matthis Chiroux and World Can’t Wait Steering Committee member Samantha Goldman discussed with […]
By: Joe Urgo, Viet Nam Veteran Another student… took off the national guard shirt he was wearing and gave it to Matthis saying he no longer would wear it. Matthis Chiroux, Iraq war resister and part of the “We Are Not Your Soldiers” tour, and I met with three groups of students at a Vermont […]
Prior to the premiere opening of the new film at the Tribeca Film Festival last weekend, “Incident in New Baghdad”, Ethan McCord and filmmaker James Spione spoke at Revolution Books on Thursday evening, April 21st. You can watch the video here. (Video by Kevin Gosztola) Ethan spoke at length how he joined the Navy at […]
by Lauren Martino, intern at the World Can’t Wait office in New York City Lauren Martino Everyone in my generation…knows what assault rifles, battle rifles, sniper rifles, etc. look like and what they can do now because of video games… this is an industry bent on planting [a] positive image of warfare in the minds […]
