By Robert Scheer From Truthdig | Original Article American soldiers born decades apart in the state of New York, Ron Kovic and Maj. Danny Sjursen, are two crucial dissenting voices that have experienced firsthand the futility and brutality of America’s interventionist wars. Kovic, a Marine veteran who was paralyzed in the Vietnam War, has spent […]
By Stephanie Rugoff From Common Dreams | Original Article We Are Not Your Soldiers brings exposure of imperial wars to a generation of youth largely unaware of the crimes being carried out throughout the world in their names. On this Veterans Day, 2019, for the United States, making war is less about amassing human air, […]
By Nick Turse From The Nation | Original Article They called it Castle Black, an obvious homage to the famed, frozen citadel from the HBO series Game of Thrones. In the fantasy world of GoT, it’s the stronghold of the Night’s Watch, the French Foreign Legion–esque guardians of the northern border of the Seven Kingdoms. […]
By Debra Sweet While the evidence piles up that Trump worked to bring down Joe Biden via U.S. foreign policy and obstructed the Congressional investigation, the Democrats say they intend to keep the impeachment inquiry limited to these narrow grounds of “endangering national security” and possibly obstruction as well as bribery. They are not investigating […]
By Lyle Jeremy Rubin, Donald White, Arti Walker-Peddakotla, Danny Sjursen and Daniel L. Davis From The New York Times | Original Article Video by Mark Hannah and Eric Felipe-Barkin Their harrowing stories from the battlefield shed light on what they see as an unwinnable conflict in a foreign land. There is, these veterans say, no point in continuing an 18-year war […]
Starting on Veterans Day November 11 and continuing through November 15, 2019, come to this series of events in Washington DC. Find full information here.
By Carol Dudek From The World Cant Wait | Original Article I had the privilege of talking with two Veterans For Peace who are being detained in Ireland because of their antiwar actions there. Tarak Kauff and Ken Mayers are U.S. military veterans who went to Ireland with a delegation to join Veterans For Peace […]
Political rapper Megaciph drops his new music video, “Attention,” directed by Chris Smiley of The Peace Report. Check out more of Megaciph, a We Are Not Your Soldiers Speaker. h
From Refuser Solidarity Network| Original Article A quick update to let you know that conscientious objector Yasmin Ricci-Yahav arrived last Monday at Israeli Army’s Tel Hashomer induction center and announced for the third time her refusal to enlist. Upon her imprisonment, she said: “My name is Yasmin Ricci Yahav, I am 18 years old, and […]
We are now scheduling visits for our We Are Not Your Soldiers tour to high schools and colleges for the Fall 2019 semester. Invite us to your school or educational program. If you are not a student, parent or educator, pass this information on to someone who is. Call us at 646-807-3259 or email wearenotyoursoldiers@worldcantwait.net. […]
By Alex N. Press From Jacobin | Original Article I n a high school classroom on the South Side of Chicago, Rory Fanning is telling students about the time he and his fellow Army Rangers occupied a school in Afghanistan. “We walked in and said, ‘School’s canceled, we’re going to use this as a military […]
By Roy Eidelson From Counterpunch | Original Article It has now been four years since the “Hoffman Report” presented extensive evidence of secret collaboration between leaders of the American Psychological Association (APA) and psychologists working for the Department of Defense (DOD). According to that independent review, the goal of collaboration was to ensure that APA […]
