The new documentary film, What I Want You To Know, is an intimate journey alongside post-9/11 veterans as they share deeply personal stories from their deployments, exploring truth and justice in the context of their wars. Their depictions of moral injury provide a unique and critical perspective on the cost and consequences of war. Find out where to see it, how to screen it and further details here.
Quite comprehensive, it includes a section on how the military goes after youth at video game conventions.. It details that no movie that requests military equipment can get made without editorial control over the script. Has a scrolling list of films that were never made because military was denied script control.
Website dedicated to information on how to end compulsory military education in schools. Visit site for information and materials.
VARIOUS MATERIALS (DOWNLOADABLE, VIDEOS, BOOKS, ETC.) FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
Survey for the We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour: Student Survey
This tool helps teachers and presenters know students’ opinions about the military, Army, soldiers, war, etc. before any discussion with our speakers. We do think it is important to be aware about the audience with whom we’ll be speaking.
Evaluating a We Are Not Your Soldiers class visit: Evaluation Form (printable version); On-line Evaluation Form
This tool evaluates the presentation and helps plan for follow-up and future work.
Quiz for the We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour: Quiz. Want to know the truth and what the recruiters will never tell you? With this quiz we guarantee you will learn the reality about wars, Iraq, Afghanistan, the military, soldiers, etc.
Short Videos of Veterans Speaking Out: Teachers, if you’d like to have some short statements from veterans about various aspects of time in the US military, here are some short videos to show and then discuss with your students.
Afghanistan and the U.S. Learning Resource: A two-page PDF produced in 2021. Very useful. Download here.
Resources for college students for further research with hyperlinks.
Facilitating Conversations on Military Recruitment & Resistance: Films, articles and discussion prompts. Download here.
Usable Quotes from Smedley Butler, Dwight Eisenhower and Muhammad Ali – download here.
Fact Sheet on Overseas Bases: Two-page printable PDF.
We Are Not Your Soldiers stickers.
Very clear article connecting the climate crisis and militarism enumerated point by point.
Excellent film on YouTube on female Iraq veteran Robynn Murray: “Poster Girl.” Have to be of approved age in order to access the video.
Excellent film on sexual assault in the military: Trailer and full film both available on youtube.
Memoirs written by We Are Not Your Soldiers presenters, three excellent resources:
- Breaking Cadence: One Woman’s War Against the War by Rosa del Duca
- If You Ain’t Cheatin’, You Ain’t Tryin’ and Other Lessons I Learned in the Army by Joy Damiani
- Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body: A Marine’s Unbecoming by Lyle Rubin
Mapping Militarism 2022: Excellent resource with maps and figures that chart and follow U.S. militarism and empire.
USA’s Military Empire: A Visual Database 2024: Related resource to the Mapping Militarism link above but brought further up-to-date and additional information.
Comic book presentation on “The True Legacy of 9/11 – What We Forget.”
F*ck The Army!: How Soldiers and Civilians Staged the GI Movement to End the Vietnam War, reveals the theatrical dimensions of civilian support for the revolutionary GI Movement of the 1960s-70s. The first, fully narrated history booknof the FTA, an antiwar variety show featuring Jane Fonda that played to tens of thousands of active-duty troops over the course of nine months in 1971. As soldiers and civilian actors, activists, and celebrities worked together to end the Vietnam War, their theatrical acts of solidarity and resistance connected liberation struggles across the lines of race, gender, enlisted status, and nationality.
ANTI MILITARY/ RECRUITING ARTICLES and LETTERS
Afghanistan is NOT the good war, combat the lies with the truth! WCW_Afghan_Facts_10-15_a
Letter From Ethan McCord about Recruiters and the We Are Not Your Soldiers tour: Ethan McCord Letter
Frequently asked questions about Iraq: FAQ Iraq