Articles
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Army recruitment today is less "Be all you can be" and more "Call of Duty"
Taylor Allen / Colorado Public Radio - The main source of light in this dim, warehouse-sized room in suburban Denver comes from rows of screens. Each panel shows fast-paced military action — ...
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Mission: Readiness at Year Ten
The 750 retired admirals, generals, and other top military leaders who are members of Mission: Readiness recognize that the strength of our country depends on a strong military. Since 2009, Mission: ...
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The Army Beat Its Recruitment Goals This Year by Targeting Students in Debt
“Debt is a form of social control. You can force people to do all kinds of things if you put them in debt first." Leila Ettachfini / VICE - The U.S. Army has already achieved its recruiting goal ...
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Local Efforts Towards Military Counter-recruitment in Boston
Bonnie J. Caracciolo, Chelsea Uniting Against the War (CUAW) - On September 9, 2019 members and supporters of Chelsea Uniting Against the War (CUAW) greeted students on their way to school. CUAW was ...
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U.S. Army Tries New Recruiting Tactics After Missing Targets
Largest branch of military struggles in a strong economy; a pilot program in Chicago Ben Kesling, Wall Street Journal - CHICAGO —The U.S. Army is experimenting with new recruiting tactics as it ...
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The Defector
How Rory Fanning went from Army Ranger to war resister (and counter-recruiter). August 19, 2019 / Alex N. Press / Jacobin - In a high school classroom on the South Side of Chicago, Rory Fanning is ...
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We Need to Get the US Army Out of High Schools
Jonah Walters, Jacobin - A smattering of information has been revealed about Connor Betts, the misogynist twenty-four-year-old who killed nine people and injured twenty-seven in Dayton earlier this ...
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Why We Still Need a Movement to Keep Youth From Joining the Military
Elizabeth King, In These Times - Eighteen is the youngest age at which someone can join the U.S. military without their parents’ permission, yet the military markets itself to—which is to say ...
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The Military Targets Youth for Recruitment, Especially at Poor Schools
“As students were coming out of classrooms, would be by the door waiting for them." Danielle Corcione - Teen Vogue Since its inception, the United States military has recruited teenagers to enlist. ...
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Report from the National Counter-recruitment and School Demilitarization Strategy Summit
Rick Jahnkow - The Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft During the weekend of June 23-24, 2018, a group of 28 activists gathered in Chicago to share the knowledge and lessons they have ...