By Mike Baker, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Ilana Marcus From The New York Times | Original Article DETROIT — On her first day of high school, Andreya Thomas looked over her schedule and found that she was enrolled in a class with an unfamiliar name: J.R.O.T.C. She and other freshmen at Pershing High School in Detroit soon […]
By Pat Elder From MilitaryPoisons.org | Original Article Who knew? Who cares? Army report says eight hangars had suppression systems like these. There was an accidental discharge of foam from the fire suppression system in one hangar which resulted in more than five feet of foam covering the floor of the hangar. In early November, […]
By Alex Skopic From Current Affairs | Original Article Federal legislation enforces the militarization of schools, giving recruiters easy access to teenagers vulnerable to persuasion. An outlier among other nations for this method of recruitment, the U.S. should end this harmful practice. Today’s conservatives, to hear them tell it, are deeply concerned with the safety […]
By Kelly Denton-Borhaug From TomDispatch | Original Article Dear Veterans, I’m a civilian who, like many Americans, has strong ties to the U.S. Armed Forces. I never considered enlisting, but my father, uncles, cousins, and nephews did. As a child I baked cookies to send with letters to my cousin Steven who was serving in […]
World Beyond War has launched a new online tool that allows the user to view a globe pock-marked with 867 U.S. military bases in countries other than the United States, and to zoom in for a satellite view of and detailed information on each base. The tool also allows filtering the map or list of […]
By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Mike Baker From The New York Times | Original Article Lawmakers criticized oversight by the military, which reported dozens of additional cases of abuse of high school students by J.R.O.T.C. instructors. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon received documented reports of at least 58 instances in the last five years in which high […]
By Jim Lobe From Responsible Statecraft | Original Article A new report finds that DOD uses ‘security cooperation’ programs for ‘secret wars,’ recommends that Congress rein them in. Read the full report here. U.S. military forces have been engaged in unauthorized hostilities in many more countries than the Pentagon has disclosed to Congress, let alone […]
By Roberto Comacho From Prism | Original Article As the military falls short of its recruitment goals, it is engaging in manipulative tactics that anti-militarism groups are educating and organizing against With a record low number of potential recruits and few of those willing to enlist, the U.S. military is trying to boost its numbers […]
No fee charged to your school: We Are Not Your Soldiers is set to come to your class this semester, still remotely as the term starts, with an anti-war veteran who will dialogue with your students and is ready to answer any of their questions. Educators and students: please contact us now to set up […]
From Refuser Solidarity Network | Original Article Conscientious objector Einat Gerlitz, 19, is currently serving a 7-day prison sentence for her refusal to enlist in the Israeli army and take part in the Israeli occupation over the Palestinian Teritorries. In addition to Einat, two other conscientious objectors, Nave Shabtay Levin (18) and Evyatar Moshe Rubin […]
By Jordan Uhl From Jacobin | Original Article The US military has a long history of recruiting poor people by offering benefits like free college. With Joe Biden’s partial student debt forgiveness, GOP war hawks are fretting that the military won’t be able to prey on desperate young Americans anymore. Amid a brutal year for […]
By Mike Baker From The New York Times | Original Article | 8/15/22 The House oversight committee wants the Pentagon to report on sexual misconduct in the high school programs and how it holds instructors accountable. Congressional investigators have opened a review of sexual misconduct in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program of the […]
