Thank you Sam Goldman for interviewing Brittany Ramos DeBarros on the Refuse Fascism weekly podcast. Brittany is Organizing Director at About Face, the anti-war veterans organization formerly called Iraq Veterans Against the War. Brittany is also a speaker for We Are Not Your Soldiers.
At this moment, when Trump and his “deportation czar” Homan say they will carry out deportations without family separation ― because they will also deport children who were born in the U.S. with their immigrant parents ― active duty military must resist orders to help. Take a listen to Brittany:
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Brittany Ramos DeBarros:
The law called Posse Comitatus indicates that the U.S. military is not supposed to be able to be used against the U.S. population on U.S. soil. Many people are shocked and alarmed to realize that they might be carrying out operations in their own communities. Trump is talking about culling the military leadership and removing any military leadership who might be loyal to the Constitution more than they’re loyal to him. We’re about to be in a situation where potentially thousands of U.S. service members are going to be facing a moral crisis. What we’re going to be relying on is individual members of the military being willing to take risks and stand up and say, ‘This isn’t right, and I’m not willing to participate in it.’
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Received this morning from a professor:
Several of my students said, in their course evaluations, that the most eye-opening moment of the semester was your visit with We Are Not Your Soldiers. One of them wrote: ‘Hearing veterans share their stories of disillusionment and psychological trauma opened my eyes to the raw realities of military service and its personal consequences. It was unexpected but incredibly powerful. It reminded me how important it is to question the narratives we’re given and to seek out voices that challenge us to think differently.‘