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
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
Military recruitment activist from the UK seeking collaborations!
July 11, 2017 Greetings from the UK. I’m reaching out to let you know about some of our research into military recruitment, the effects of military training, and the mental health of veterans, which I hope might be of some…
Posted in counter military recruiting, militarism Tagged with: militarism, military recruiting, UK, youth
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
How to Counter Military Recruitment- Thanks to Pat Elder!
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…
Posted in action, conference, counter military recruiting, curriculum, JROTC, militarism, Recruiting, war Tagged with: ASVAB, counter recruitment, cr, how to, JROTC
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…
Posted in antiwar, counter military recruiting, JROTC, militarism, war Tagged with: Bellingham, book, counter military recruiting, David Swanson, Seattle, war
Washington Truth in Recruiting – NW Conference on Teaching for Social Justice
Washington Truth in Recruiting and Veterans for Peace will be tabling at the Resource Fair at the Northwest Conference on Teaching for Social Justice. Registration and the program are available at the Northwest Teachers for Social Justice website. Teachers are…
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…
Posted in counter military recruiting, militarism Tagged with: counter military recruiting, NNOMY, webinar