How to Counter Military Recruitment By Pat Elder Remarks at #NoWar2016 Countering military recruitment in the nation’s high schools confronts an ugly mix of a distinctively American brand of institutionalized violence, racism, militarism, nationalism, classism, and sexism. It confronts the…
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How to Counter Military Recruitment- Thanks to Pat Elder!
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Veterans For Peace peace boat, Golden Rule, is visiting the Pacific Northwest.
Dear Friends and Supporters, The historic peace boat, Golden Rule, has been restored by Veterans For Peace and is sailing again for a sustainable, nuclear-free world. She will be sailing through the waterways of the Pacific Northwest this summer, making multiple…
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Silencing America as it prepares for war.
Silencing America as it Prepares for War By John Pilger Returning to the United States in an election year, I am struck by the silence. I have covered four presidential campaigns, starting with 1968; I was with Robert Kennedy when…
David Swanson reviews counter military recruiting book
How to Counter Recruitment and De-Militarize Schools By David Swanson (David Swanson will be in Bellingham on April 14, 2016 at 7:30 at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship and in Seattle on April 15, 2016 at 7:30 Town Hall U.S. military recruiters…
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War Games on Northwest Beaches
Navy To Conduct Large War Games On Northwest US Beaches By Dahr Jamail, www.truth-out.org January 12th, 2016 https://www.popularresistance.org/navy-to-conduct-large-war-games-on-northwest-us-beaches/ These exclusive Navy documents outline plans for combat training exercises along vast areas of Washington State coastline. Each shows the areas the…
Promoting military recruiting through the NFL
By Bruce Fenton, via Todd Boyle Did you know that the U.S. government took over $5.4 million of hard earned taxpayer wages to pay to the NFL to feature flag waving and “support our troops” / “hometown hero” slogans during…
Counter military recruiting webinars offered by NNOMY!
The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) is offering webinars at the end of August. If you are a student, teacher, career counselor, parent or activist, these webinars are a terrific opportunity to learn from other counter military…
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Our childish insistence on calling soldiers heroes
SUNDAY, NOV 9, 2014 03:59 AM PST You don’t protect my freedom: Our childish insistence on calling soldiers heroes deadens real democracy It’s been 70 years since we fought a war about freedom. Forced troop worship and compulsory patriotism must…
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Hidden militarism: Electromagnetic war games over Olympic National Park
Navy Plans Electromagnetic War Games Over National Park By Dahr Jamail, www.truth-out.orgNovember 11th, 2014 popularresistance.org https://www.popularresistance.org/navy-plans-electromagnetic-war-games-over-national-park/ Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest in Washington State are two of the most beautiful wilderness areas in the United States. Majestic glacier-clad peaks rise…