Friday March 12, 2021, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST – A Virtual Event Amid concern about the role of military veterans in the January 6 siege of the Capitol and the recruitment of service members by white supremacist groups, this program will feature soldiers who have followed a different path in speaking out against […]

On February 22, 2021 we filmed an evening panel discussion with the presenters who go into classrooms and dialogue with students. Here’s a chance to meet the whole crew: John Burns, Will Griffin, Miles Megaciph, Lyle Rubin and Joe Urgo. The need to stop the United States’ aggressive militarism and wars against peoples around the […]

From the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee The first half of 1971 is seen by many as the peak of the mass antiwar movement. The Peoples Peace Treaty echoed the Moratorium as a vehicle for local antiwar education and organizing. Veterans took a leadership role with the Winter Soldier hearings on US war crimes on March […]

By Eleanor J. Bader From The Indypendent | Original Article From the Revolutionary War onward, dissident U.S. soldiers have defied the brass and fought for peace. Almost 250 years ago, in 1777, Jacob Ritter, a member of the Pennsylvania militia, assessed the carnage surrounding him on the battlefield and decided, right then and there, that […]

You are invited to an on-line panel discussion with the presenters who go into classrooms and dialogue with students. Here’s a chance to meet the whole crew. Monday night, February 22, 2021 8:00 – 9:30 pm EST Participating will be John Burns, Will Griffin, Miles Megaciph, Lyle Rubin and Joe Urgo. The need to stop […]

We Are Not Your Soldiers is gearing up for the spring semester to remotely visit high school and college classrooms across the country. We already have several set for a couple of high schools and colleges in the NY metropolitan area. And, we have something new planned. In one high school, with the same group […]

From The Washington Post | Original Article In this clip from Dec. 28, 1935, General Smedley Butler describes a “fascist plot” to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt and seize the government. (Universal Studios)

From Refuser Solidarity Network Hello, my name is Daniel. I’m 18 years old from Tel Aviv and I’m part of a new group of teens, school seniors and youth refusers. We’re called the Shministim Letter – 60 teens and youth aged 16-21 signed the statement we sent to Israeli Prime Minister, calling for refusal to enlist […]

“22” is written and composed by Joe DeFilippo and performed by the R.J. Phillips Band, a group of Baltimore musicians. Joe DeFilippo: vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar. Patrick McAvinue: fiddle. Bill Phelan: electric guitar. Leslie Darr: background vocals. Bill Pratt: drums, keyboards, background vocals. Produced & recorded by: Bill Pratt @ the Bratt Studio, Baltimore,MD. […]

Listen in as We Are Not Your Soldiers spends an hour with a Peace Studies class at Nassau Community College in NY. Professor Susan Cushman introduces her class, followed by Stephanie Rugoff who coordinates We Are Not Your Soldiers. Miles Megaciph, a U.S. Marines veteran and hip hop artist, then starts off with his song […]

Help investigate what the Pentagon is teaching to 500,000+ students in high school Jr. ROTC “Fortunately for the Army, the government policy of pushing the Indians farther west and then wiping them out was carried out successfully.” (Army JROTC textbook, 2000) Statements like the above were uncovered in the U.S. military’s JROTC textbooks when they […]

Formed in 2008, We Are Not Your Soldiers is a grassroots effort bringing veterans into classrooms to share their experiences in the U.S. military while engaging in dialogue with high school and college students. We Are Not Your Soldiers helps expose imperial wars to a generation largely unaware of the crimes being carried out throughout […]