This website and video are made for high school students to discourage them from enlisting in the military. All of the production staff who created the 10-minute video are students, ranging from middle school to college. The Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice and Veterans for Peace co-created the video with professional photographer and CCPJ Board member Richard Lord. Please feel free to share this with young people and their families.  It is hard to know what the coming years will hold in terms of war and peace; if we can save even one young person from being traumatized emotionally, physically, sexually or socially, then we are doing our job correctly.

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A short trailer that chronicles the history of the book 'Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism. Introduces the author, publisher and other key persons who've brought Addicted to War back from obscurity.

Visit Arlington West Santa Monica for more information. Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't kick Militarism. An illustrated expose by Joel Andreas. Also of interest Arlington West

America is recruiting teenagers from schools to reinforce its army (Full Documentary)

Every year the US Army, operating in 146 countries around the world, has to convince 80,000 young people to join its ranks. In order to recruit, in the absence of military service, it has set up a very sophisticated program in schools to enroll thousands of teenagers: the JROTC or junior military reserves. This program concerns more than 3000 public schools, and nearly 500,000 children aged between 14 and 18.

Chapters

▷ 0:00 - Introduction

▷ 02:19 - In Chicago, the US Army recruits in public schools

▷ 05:32 - The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program, a militarization of education

▷ 08:16 - Inside the daily life of a high school where the army is implanted

▷ 15:50 - The financial dilemma for state schools regarding the army presence

▷ 17:30 - A war veteran against this program ▷ 20:19 - How the parents saw the influence of the program on their children

▷ 22:30 - Shooting practice at school and learning the army values

▷ 25:40 - School teenagers dreaming of fighting for their country

▷ 30:50 - Get enlisted in exchange for paying for your studies

▷ 33:50 - The traumas of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the fear of being judged unpatriotic

▷ 40:00 - In a training camp

▷ 50:00 - Conclusion

▷ 01:00:00 - Credits

Antes de Alistarte! es un conoce el contrapunto racional a las practicas de reclutamiento atractivas y enganosas que a menudo son usadas por reclutadores militares de EEUU. - 2016 revision

ARLINGTON WEST is a 74-minute Art Film presenting "temporary cemeteries"in the sand, erected every Sunday by the Veterans For Peace in Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Oceanside, and Huntington Beach.  Flag draped coffins and over 5,500 wooden crosses, affectionately placed, invites the public to honor the unacknowledged fallen U.S. soldiers from Iraq & Afghanistan, for us to lament the cost of the war.

Watch the ARLINGTON WEST Trailer 3:16 minutes

Before Enlisting is a Truth in Recruitment group based in the Bay Area. We typically go into classrooms and offer presentations to high schoolers and youth groups. In 2020 we also developed an online presentation, briefly explained in this video. The program includes the short documentary, "Before You Enlist," videos of Bay Area veterans telling their stories, experts giving advice, materials to test your knowledge, and information about job alternatives and funding higher education. Before Enlisting seeks to balance the information and impact of military recruitment campaigns. Our mission is to support and empower all of our youth and their families to make informed decisions about the variety of options available for creating bright and self-determined futures.

Straight talk from soldiers, veterans and their family members tells what is missing from the sales pitches presented by recruiters and the military's marketing efforts. - 2016 revision