We started off in early March with a NYC high school visit by Vietnam veteran, Joe Urgo. Then between March 22-29,  we completed a full week of We Are Not Your Soldiers visits to NYC educational institutions as well as a trip to an upstate church youth social action program. In addition to the youth program, we […]

By Elizabeth Vos From ConsortiumNews | Original Article WikiLeaks was founded in 2006, but it was the April 5, 2010, publication of “Collateral Murder” that made the whistleblower-publisher a world-wide phenomenon, attracting admirers and enemies. WikiLeaks wrote of the film: “The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-sight, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and […]

A group of seven U.S. Veterans for Peace took part in a protest against the US Military Base at Shannon Airport on Sunday March 17. Why? Shannon is used for refueling U.S. troop planes bound for Middle East wars. Two US veterans were arrested at Shannon Airport on 17 March for entering the airfield to […]

By Rory Fanning From TomDispatch | Original Article Hilel Garmi’s phone is going straight to voicemail and all I’m hoping is that he’s not back in prison. I’ll soon learn that he is. Prison 6 is a military prison. It’s situated in the Israeli coastal town of Atlit, a short walk from the Mediterranean Sea […]

The American Friends Service Committee, National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY), About Face: Veterans Against the War, Veterans For Peace (VFP), Military Families Speak Out, the Coalition for Peace Action and other groups worked with the producers to develop the program. This film is being continuously updated, so contact info@beforeyouenlist.org for the latest […]

“The real deal on joining the military, as told by veterans … and what the military recruiters won’t tell you.” “Before You Enlist!” (2018) provides a rational voice to counter the seductive and often deceptive recruiting practices of the U.S. military. The message is not “don’t enlist” but rather to provide young people and their […]

  A Special Preview of the BOYS! Film in Production with Welcoming Music by Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary) Saturday Mar. 30, 3:00-6:00 pm Quaker Meeting House, 15 Rutherford Place (btw. E. 15th & E. 16th near 2nd & 3rd Aves.) Six years in the making, “The Boys Who Said NO!” documents the […]

Don’t be fooled by Trump’s pronouncements that he’s pulling the military back from killing around the world for the U.S. empire.  There may be some re-configuring going on but: Trump’s implementation of the Space Force; breaking the nuke treaty with Russia; nuclear threats to Iran & Korea, and amping up U.S. nuclear arsenal are very […]

We are thrilled to share the news that Miles Megaciph, the Marine veteran who speaks to classrooms with We Are Not Your Soldiers, is doing a national tour in April. Visit his website. If you can help arrange an appearance in your locality, please contact Miles via his site. And, of course, if he’s performing […]

Introduction by Nick Turse From TomDispatch | Original Article “Training.” It sounds so innocuous. It also sounds like something expected of a military. All professional soldiers undergo some sort of basic training. Think: calisthenics, negotiating obstacle courses, and marksmanship. Soldiers require instruction, otherwise they’re little more than rabble. Sometimes soldiers from one country even train […]

Uniformed soldiers and police have blocked off the streets. People are fleeing the city center, and gunfire sounds. The now-infamous coup is underway. While jets come screeching down and bombs drop, rebel soldiers take control of what remains of the presidential palace. The coup has succeeded. The president is dead. A general has taken power […]

By Rebecca Gordon From TomDispatch| Original Article Where Will the National Guard Be Sent in 2019? A young friend is seriously considering joining her state’s National Guard. She’s a world-class athlete, but also a working-class woman from a rural background competing in a rich person’s sport. Between seasons, she works for a local farm and […]