From The Guardian | Original Article For many Israelis, military service is a rite of passage that lasts two to three years. Being such a formative part of the social contract in Israel, it is unusual for eligible young people to refuse their draft orders. Every year some ask for exemptions, but only a handful […]
This Bar Crawl Radio Podcast is available here and on major podcast platforms. From Bar Crawl Radio | Original Posting A conversation with two veterans of American wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan – about their work with “We Are Not Your Soldiers” – informing high school and college students about the morally unpleasant truths of […]
From Refuser.org Mattan Helman is Executive Director of Refuser Solidarity Network. He was imprisoned in 2018 for refusing to serve in the Israeli military. Last week was Holocaust Remembrance Day so he republished this piece that he wrote for +972 Magazine during his imprisonment seven years ago. When I was in grade 11, I traveled […]
Greetings for 2025! We are scheduling visits by our panel of veterans to classes for this Spring semester — in person or via remote technology, in English or Spanish! Contact We Are Not Your Soldiers now to start planning the presentation to your students. Email us at wearenotyoursoldiers@worldcantwait.org, call us at 646-807-3259 or direct message […]
By Sam Mednick and Julia Frankel From AP | Original Article Go to original article to see two videos. JERUSALEM (AP) — Yotam Vilk says the image of Israeli soldiers killing an unarmed Palestinian teenager in the Gaza Strip is seared in his mind. An officer in the armored corps, Vilk said the instructions were to shoot […]
By Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon From LA Progressive | Original Article Fifty years after the official end of U.S. intervention in southeast Asia, “Vietnam vets are still the single largest population of war veterans in prison. Review of Prisoners After War: Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Jason Higgins (University of Massachusetts […]
From Democracy Now | Original Article We look at what we know about two deadly incidents that unfolded in the United States on New Year’s Day: a truck attack in New Orleans in which a driver killed at least 14 people before being shot dead by police, and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside […]
By Seymour Hersh From Seymour Hersh Substack | Original Article Note: Seymour Hersh reran this piece he wrote and published originally in 2015 due to its relevance today. There is a long ditch in the village of My Lai. On the morning of March 16, 1968, it was crowded with the bodies of the dead—dozens […]
By Yoel Elizur From Haaretz | Original Article As a psychologist dealing with brutality in the military, I see how the Israeli government’s rhetoric of hatred is worsening the problem Concern for the safety of family members serving in the army is part of family life in Israel. Like my contemporaries, I was a worried […]
From CodePink | Original Article WASHINGTON – The morning of Dec. 18, 2024, 17-year veteran and intelligence officer Josephine Guilbeau disrupted the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs to call out the billions of dollars Congress sends to fund genocide in Gaza while neglecting veterans at home. Here is what she had to say: “US Congress […]
Brian Teucke speaking with students A thought from Debra Sweet: In the fall of 1969, I crammed into a room with other students to hear an anti-war journalist speak about Vietnam. I had already protested to stop that war, and I “knew” it was bad. But hearing someone who had been in Vietnam covering the […]
We are pleased to re-post this article which contains interviews with two We Are Not Your Soldiers presenters: Lyle Rubin and Brittany Ramos DeBarros. By Rory Fanning From Truthout | Original Article Trump plans to use the military to enact the mass deportation of immigrants. As a veteran, I know orders can be refused. Grab […]
