Sammamish-Issaquah|Local Event ASVAB (for seniors only at this time) Press Release Desk, NeighborOCT13 Event Details Issaquah High School, Issaquah, WA, 98027 Event listing from Issaquah High School: Wednesday, October 13 (all day) ASVAB (for seniors only at this time) October…
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ASVAB is Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. It is actually a test for placement in the military, and the recruiter will be given your contact info if your school does not opt out.
Posted in militarism, Recruiting, Washington state Tagged with: ASVAB, High School, military recruiting
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
Youth Groups in Russia and the USA- militarism, patriotism, nationalism
An article in the March 22, 2018 New York Times, “Patriotic Youth Army Takes Russians Back to the Future,” describes the Youth Army as a “militarized throwback to the Young Pioneers of the Soviet Era.” They are a “hybrid version of…
Posted in guns, JROTC, militarism, Recruiting Tagged with: JROTC, recruiting, Russia, USA, youth, youth groups
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…
Make Art Not war- Or Both? From the UK
Different continents, same problem with militarism and recruiting the young. Make Art Not War… or both? Poppy Kohner The Fringe festival has always been eclectic. Not an inch of Edinburgh is wasted as the whole city becomes a stage and…
Posted in militarism, Recruiting Tagged with: art, Edinburgh, Fringe Festival, militarism, Poppy Kohner
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
Which towns around Seattle recruit the most? No surprises……
Seattle Battalion Newsletter June/July 2016