By Ryan Harvey From The Nation | Original Article President Donald Trump has deployed 5,600 active-duty US troops to the border with Mexico as part of the mission formerly known as Operation Faithful Patriot. According to leaked documents received by The Nation, the Army will provide Customs and Border Protection officers with anti-riot weapons and […]
From Courage to Resist | Original Article Don’t turn them away The migrants in the Central American caravan are not our enemies Open letter to active duty soldiers Your Commander-in-chief is lying to you. You should refuse his orders to deploy to the southern U.S. border should you be called to do so. Despite what […]
MSNBC television host Rachel Maddow moderates a panel at the John F. Kennedy School of Government in October 2017. (Steven Senne/AP) Interview by Robert Scheer From Truthdig | Original Article Earlier this month, the United States celebrated a dubious anniversary. On Oct. 7, 2001, President George W. Bush invaded Afghanistan, marking the beginning of Operation […]
We believe that all military personnel have a moral and legal obligation to refuse to comply with any order that involves collaboration with these camps. By Courage to Resist Actual concentration camps are in the process of development at military bases across the southern United States. This isn’t the first time in US history that […]
From Emily Yates Music | Original Article A few months ago I wrote and recorded “You’re The Enemy,” a song about Military Sexual Trauma (MST), for the non-profit Warrior Songs‘ new compilation album Women At War. The album will be released in a couple months but in light of current events, we have decided to […]
By Lyle Jeremy Rubin From The Nation | Original Article Democrats, liberals, and progressives have become some of the biggest hawks in Washington. That needs to change. Coming home from the Forever War can be difficult. Not long after returning from Afghanistan as a Marine officer in early 2011, I found myself feeling betrayed by […]
From The Real News |Original Article Former Marine Lyle Jeremy Rubin talks about how he came to see US wars as a non-stop continuation of the war economy and how US politicians and mass media have numbed the population to the realities of war. GREG WILPERT: It’s The Real News Network and I’m Greg Wilpert […]
Click on collage to learn more about our speakers. World Can’t Wait’s We Are Not Your Soldiers project is starting its twelfth year of visits to high schools and college classes with recent veterans of U.S. wars of terror. We are now beginning to schedule our class visits for the fall semester. With the Trump/Pence Regime envisioning […]
John Burns, veteran, U.S. Army I do the We Are Not Your Soldiers visits because I feel it’s important for students and young adults to have information to make well-informed decisions. The fact that these kids are usually exposed to only one side of the story with countless movies and media glorifying war in […]
In late June, We Are Not Your Soldiers published a report describing in detail the accomplishments of We Are Not Your Soldiers during the 2017-18 school year as well as our goals for the coming year. Please take a look. When that report went out, Nick Mottern, […]
From Refuser Solidarity Network | Original Article Plainclothes military police officers arrived at conscientious objector Hillel Grami’s home on Sunday, 29 July, six days after he failed to report at the induction center and undergo enlistment. He was arrested at home — an exceptional action by the Israeli army that we have not seen in […]
From Courage to Resist| Original Article Courage to Resist believes that all military personnel have a moral and legal obligation to refuse to comply with any order that involves collaboration with these immigrant concentration camps. Actual concentration camps are in the process of development at military bases across the Southern United States. Potential locations have […]
