Articles
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2005 Could Be a Turning Point for the Antiwar Movement
Read more...Rick Jahnkow - Despite 2005 being the start of a second presidential term for George W. Bush, this year may bring together a number of factors that will offer the antiwar movement an important ...
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In Need of a Proactive Peace Movement
Read more...Rick Jahnkow - Some important stories have appeared recently about disagreements between military commanders and the Bush administration over whether to begin a significant withdrawal of U.S. forces ...
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Counter-Recruiting the "Hispanic Market"
Read more...Jorge Mariscal - The 2000 census teaches us two interesting facts about the way in which Latinos are contributing to the changing face of the United States. First, more legal immigrants arrived in ...
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National Counter-recruitment Movement Enters New Stage
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Rick Jahnkow - Over 100 activists were present in Philadelphia the weekend of June 25-27 to officially christen the new National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY). Born from a ...
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Illegal Immigrants: Uncle Sam Wants You
Read more...Deborah Davis - Latino teenagers, including illegal immigrants are being recruited into the military with false promises. In 1996, Jesus Alberto Suarez del Solar was a 13-year-old boy, up from ...
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Military Enlistment: or When a Contract Isn't Contract
Read more...Jorge Mariscal - Santiago v. Rumsfeld It is an axiom among activists working in the area of counter-recruitment that the enlistment contract isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. What this means in ...
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Jorge Mariscal habla sobre el reclutamiento de latinoamericanos en el ejército de Estados Unidos
Read more...Erasmo Magoulas/Rebelión - Entrevista a Jorge Mariscal, activista anti-reclutamiento de la organización YANO (Oportunidades No-militares para los Jóvenes) Los hispanos que optan por alistarse en el ...
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How Military Recruiters Pitch to Latinos
Read more...Jorge Mariscal - PowerPoint Racism In a 1958 CIA information report on revolutionary activities in Cuba, the agent in charge wrote "Che is fairly intellectual for a Latin." A racist assertion such ...
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What Veterans See
Read more...Jorge Mariscal - A Country in a Bubble In August of 1945, Ralph Mariscal, Jr., a 23 year-old son of Mexican immigrants and a U.S. Marine, sat waiting off the coast of Japan with thousands of other ...
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Growing the Military
Read more...Jorge Mariscal - In late December 2006, the Bush administration reversed its previous position and agreed to a permanent expansion of the Army and Marine Corps. In reality, the size of the two ...
