Category: Military Recruitment

by Kevin Gosztola  Vets Throw Medals Away As author, columnist and war correspondent Chris Hedges wrote, war “gives [Americans] purpose, meaning, a reason for living. Only when we are in the midst of…

Through Memorial Day weekend, director David Zeiger is making three powerful films about the antiwar GI movement  – Sir! No Sir!;   Unfinished Symphony; and This is Where We Take Our Stand –…

I can personally attest to how widespread the practice of soliciting prostitution was and certainly still is for U.S. Servicemembers. by Matthis Chiroux As the Secret Service sex scandal continues to unfold,…

Video from the Occupy Military Recruiters protest in Manhattan on February 15, 2012, featuring Matthis Chiroux and Elaine Brower.  

By Tom Engelhardt  Make no mistake: we’re entering a new world of military planning.  Admittedly, the latest proposed Pentagon budget manages to preserve just about every costly toy-cum-boondoggle from the good old…

from Michael Zweig: The Center for Study of Working Class Life at the State University of New York at Stony Brook released its report "American Military Deaths in Afghanistan, and the Communities…

Anthony Wagner pictured with high school youth while on the We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour Chicago World Can’t Wait | November 2, 2011 It is heart breaking when we lose someone…

Dissent from the Ranks part 1 – Veterans speak out – June 10, 2011 from Maverick Media. Part 1 of a panel presentation of veterans about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan…

"If they ask you why we died, tell them because our fathers lied." By Ray McGovern Many of those preaching at American church services Sunday extolled as "heroes" the 30 American and…

By Elaine Brower It’s been over 10 years now that my son joined the U.S. Marine Corps.   From birth, at least it felt that way, he wanted to be a marine….