Excerpts from We Are Not Your Soldiers (http://wearenotyoursoldiers.org), a project of The World Can’t Wait (http://worldcantwait.net), brought a recent veteran, John, to speak to some NYC high school classes to tell them the truth of his experience in the United States military.

By World Can’t Wait                     On Thursday May 14th Lina Thorne and Jill McLaughlin of the Chicago Chapter of World Can’t Wait went to the University of Chicago to speak on the topic of torture carried out by the U.S. They had been invited by the […]

Last month, a recent veteran visited public and alternative high schools in and one  university class in NYC speaking about his experience in the US Army, deployed during the “war on terror.”  John is an artist, costumer and actor.  When he can make a connection with students, and especially when he can make them stop […]

https://youtu.be/L3-0LC-yCL8   A new report based on testimonies of Israeli soldiers concludes the massive civilian death toll from last summer’s Israeli assault on Gaza resulted from a policy of indiscriminate fire. The Israeli veterans group Breaking the Silence released testimonies of more than 60 Israeli officers and soldiers which it says illustrate a “broad ethical […]

Ryan Henowitz says he was 20 years old and a medic with the 2nd Battalion of the 7th Infantry Regiment when he saw his friends “torn apart and Iraqi children screaming for their parents as indiscriminate shrapnel scarred them and us in ways that we will never know,” he told Karl Rove Tuesday at the […]

By Jill Reilly From DailyMail.com A book of songs used by the U.S. Air Force contains horrifying lyrics about rape, pedophilia and homosexuality. The unofficial 2012 paperback book was revealed by a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by four sexual-assault victims who want to stop the practice of sexual assault allegations within the military being […]

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From World Can’t Wait | Original Article Some of us remember what it was like to mobilize protest against the Bush regime right after 9/11. It’s important to remember that even relatively small groups of dedicated people can have a disproportionate impact at times — and that things can change quickly for the better, and […]

              By Debra Sweet Last week, the Army charged Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, which could mean life in military prison. The military admits Bergdahl was held in captivity, under threat of death, for 5 years, after reportedly leaving the base in Afghanistan where […]

A New Form of War May Be Producing a New Form of Mental Disturbance  By Pratap Chatterjee From TomDisPatch | Original Article The U.S. drone war across much of the Greater Middle East and parts of Africa is in crisis and not because civilians are dying or the target list for that war or the right […]

TV ad airing in Las Vegas asks drone pilots to refuse to fly By davidswanson – Posted on 04 March 2015 This advertisement does a number of things in 15 seconds that U.S. television has not done before. It presents a moral case against drone murders (the U.S. government’s terminology, and strictly accurate). It opposes […]