Every US military recruit is trained to fight and to kill and obligated to eight years of enlistment.
Ongoing conflicts today prove that deployment can happen at any time. You owe it to yourself to consider the many alternatives that do not restrict your life options. - Learn more
Enlisting in the military has been sold for generations as a way to grow up, get a start in life, maybe learn a skill and be part of a noble cause.
If you have kids today, recruiters will tell that familiar story. But today, less and less of it is true. - Learn more
Based on years of experience in public schools, facilitating student organizations dealing with peace (i.e. peace clubs) in your area can have a transformative impact on student autonomy and school culture around pervasive militarism. Learn more
The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) is a network of organizations that organizes against the militarization of schools and young people in the United States.
NNOMY brings local, regional, and national peace and human rights groups together to connect youth to pathways towards meaningful lives, as alternatives to military enlistment.
"The U.S. military is deeply embedded in public schools, shaping children’s futures long before they’re old enough to understand the consequences — and parents were never meaningfully asked."
NNOMY was founded in the aftermath of the 2004 national counter-recruitment conference "Stopping War Where it Begins" in Philadelphia.[1] It is intended to be a decentralized and flexible structure that helps national, regional and local activists and organizations by promoting communication efforts and by stimulating collaboration between network members. NNOMY organizes actions and campaigns against militarism in order to raise awareness and to increase education on the topic.
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El Estado Carcelario como Frente de Reclutamiento
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The Carceral State as a Front Line for Enlistment Pressure
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No Conclusive Proof of Direct Intelligence Surveillance of Counter‑Recruitment Groups, though Related Movements Have Been Monitored Historically
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Schools’ responses to student protests must be viewpoint neutral
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Cómo las imágenes de género construyen una identidad militarizada, moldean la cultura y atacan las inseguridades de los jóvenes
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En 2001, los activistas de Portland obtuvieron una victoria simbólica y práctica al restringir el acceso militar a las escuelas. En 2026, la lucha es más compleja, pero también más urgente. Las herramientas han cambiado, el clima político ha cambiado y hay mucho más en juego. Pero la misión principal sigue siendo la misma.
