Undoubtedly, the Army is looking at cities such as Seattle because they want more technically-trained youth for the science and cyber skills needed to fight modern endless wars. Seattle has since 2007 had in place school board policies that restrict…
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THE ARMY, IN NEED OF RECRUITS, TURNS FOCUS TO LIBERAL-LEANING CITIES.
Posted in antiwar, counter military recruiting, Seattle, Veterans for Peace, Washington, Washington state Tagged with: K-12, militarism, military recruiting, recruiting, Seattle, Veterans for Peace, VFP, youth
War- from “Autopsy, the Democratic Party in Crisis”
War and the Democratic Party The most audible dissent inside the 2016 Democratic National Convention came during the two speeches that most forcefully touted policies of perpetual war. Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was taken aback when delegates repeatedly interrupted…
Posted in antiwar, Democrats, militarism, war Tagged with: corporations, democrats, militarism, military industrial complex, war
Counter military recruiting workshops at FOR’s Annual Northwest Regional Conference
June 30-July 3, at the Seabeck Conference Center in Seabeck WA; FOR’s 60th Annual Northwest Regional Conference, theme “Complicating Narratives.” Complicating Narratives involves us looking at the systematic ways in which toxic narratives permeate our world, as well as the…
Washington Senators vote to pass $716 million dollar defense bill
Washington Senators Maria Cantrell and Patty Murray joined with an almost full house of Republicans to pass a $716 billion dollar defense bill. Shame on them. But love of war, at the expense of high school students, is a non-partisan…
Posted in antiwar, counter military recruiting, militarism, Recruiting, Washington Tagged with: budget, Maria Cantwell, neoliberal, Patty Murray, students, Trump
“Toward What Ends? A Critical Analysis of Militarism, Equity, and STEM Education”
“Toward What Ends? A Critical Analysis of Militarism, Equity, and STEM Education”, authored by Shirin Vossoughi and Sepehr Vakil, describes the parallel tracks of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) as a way to find technologically- adept recruits for the military,…
Posted in antiwar, counter military recruiting, militarism, Recruiting, students of color Tagged with: counter military recruiting, counter recruiting, Sepehr Vakil, Shirin Vossoughi
Did John Kelly tell the Truth?
The New York Times editorial board today published “Honor the Truth, John Kelly.” After Trump told Myeshia Johnson that her husband Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in Niger, knew what he was signing up for when he joined…
Draft? For all the wrong reasons….
Karl Marlantes, a Former Marine who fought in the war on Viet-Nam, has an article in today’s New York Times, “The War That Killed Trust.” Marlantes has several books out on Viet Nam, and is very invested in that war, and…
In combat, you will kill civilians.
“Combat Rules To Protect Civilians are Revised,” an article in today’s New York Times, describes the Pentagon’s parsing of the rules for killing civilians. Potential recruits should understand that they will be put in the position of killing civilians, including…
Military Recruiting in the United States and Planning its Decline and Fall- New Book by Pat Elder!
Military Recruiting in the United States and Planning its Decline and Fall Chapters 1. Military Enlistment Ruins Lives 2. The Military Enlistment Document Is Fraudulent 3. Recruiting Is Psy Ops at Home 4. Should Recruiters “Own” Our Schools? 5. Love Our enemies? Or…
Posted in antiwar, book, counter military recruiting, Recruiting, sports, war Tagged with: ASVAB, book, counter military recruiting, military recruiting, NCLB, resource