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4/04/2025 / Scott Harding & Seth Kershner / Jacobin - For the past three years, the US military has suffered through its worst recruiting crisis since the end of the draft in 1973. The Army Reserve has not met its annual quota of new recruits for nearly ten years. In fiscal year 2023, the Navy and Air Force failed to meet their recruiting goals — the first time this happened in twenty-four years for the Air Force, despite being traditionally viewed as the most desirable branch of service. And since 2013, male enlistments in the Navy have dropped more than one-third. With a shared sense of alarm, current and former military officials, members of Congress, think tanks, and others warn that these personnel shortages undermine US military readiness and its ability to fight future wars across the globe.
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The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY)
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2024 Update from Resistance News #20, 1 March 1986 / Edward Hasbrouck / Resisters Info - With almost 2,000 local draft boards with almost 6,000 members now set up across the country, there’s a good chance that one is near you.
List of All Draft Board Members in the U.S.
In the event of a draft, members of draft boards would function as, in effect, administrative law judges, making both factual and legal determinations with potentially life-or-death consequences in response to draftees’ claims for classification (including classification as conscientious objectors), exemption (including on medical and other grounds), or deferment.
The application form (SSS Form 404) gives some clues as to who is recruited or volunteers for these positions.
Reseña del libro: Vinieron por las escuelas: La lucha de una ciudad por la raza y la identidad, y la nueva guerra por las aulas de Estados Unidos | English Version
Enero-marzo de 2025 / Dr. Isidro Ortiz / Draft NOTICES - Escrito por el aclamado periodista de investigación Mike Hixenbaugh, este libro merece una lectura atenta por su enfoque, actualidad y documentación. Será de interés para un público diverso, especialmente para quienes se interesan por las escuelas públicas, su papel e impacto en el desarrollo de la juventud en la sociedad, y cómo la derecha ha logrado alcanzar el poder político.
El COMD, el Proyecto YANO y otras organizaciones dedicadas a la lucha contra el reclutamiento y el antimilitarismo reconocen desde hace tiempo que las escuelas públicas son focos de controversia ideológica y política. Impulsadas por esta comprensión, han luchado por influir en políticas y prácticas como la internación involuntaria de estudiantes en el JROTC. Lamentablemente, como se aclara en este libro, no han sido las únicas en reconocer el papel de las escuelas en la configuración del clima político del país.
En una exposición clara, basada en entrevistas y fuentes secundarias como registros de distritos escolares, Hixenbaugh relata el reciente auge de una campaña conservadora cristiana que ataca la política educativa. Explica cómo este movimiento no es solo un intento de convertir las escuelas públicas en instituciones privadas, sino que abarca una poderosa iniciativa que implica la imposición de valores bíblicos en las escuelas, la prohibición de libros, el rediseño de los planes de estudio y la limitación de los derechos del alumnado racializado y LGBTQ+. Cabe destacar que lo hace con un claro compromiso con los resultados de esta campaña, buscando atisbos de esperanza de que la resistencia al movimiento se extienda y triunfe.
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