Before Enlisting & Courage to Resist’s ‘Truth In Recruiting’ efforts
Military veterans speaking in classrooms across Oakland providing unvarnished views of war and military life.
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Category: Military Recruiting
Military Recruiting & Counter-Recruiting
#NoDraft Video/Essay Challenge
A media contest open to young adults and teenagers about their opposition to the Draft and Selective Service.
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Where do I start? Providing counter-recruiting or “Truth in Recruiting” services in your community.
Counter-recruiting, Truth in Recruiting, Militarism in Schools, JROTC
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Falling Short of Targets and Undermining Recruiting Goals: Optimistic Reading
The military is trying harder than ever to recruit young people, Courage to Resist wants to disrupt that.
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NY Times reports kids in schools across US forced into military indoctrination
In schools nationwide, kids are being placed in military classes without electing them. “The only word I can think of is ‘indoctrination,’” one parent said.
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More resources:
- Truth in Recruiting (Iraq Veterans Against the War)
- The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY)
- Counter Recruitment (War Resisters League)
- Counter Recruitment (American Friends Service Committee)
- Top 10 Lies (Some) Recruiters Tell
- Images above from the Stop Recruiting Kids campaign
