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.
April 20, 2026 / Sophie Hurwitz / Mother Jones MoJo Wire - On Sunday afternoon, Palantir, the defense-tech company that sells software to clients like ICE, the US military, and the Israeli military, decided to give us all a piece of their mind.
How counter‑recruitment is evolving to meet a new generation of youth facing economic precarity, digital militarism, and the search for meaningful, peaceful futures.
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La conciencia como resistencia: deteniendo por completo el proceso de reclutamiento
Conscience as Resistance: Grinding the Recruitment Machine to a Necessary Halt
Amid war build-up, Selective Service System sends the White House its plan to identify and locate potential draftees
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español - This segment aired on April 8, 2026 on Here & Now.
April 06, 2026 / NNOMY Staff / The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth - Each spring, workplaces across the United States participate in “Bring Your Child to Work Day,” a tradition meant to give young people a glimpse into the adult world of employment.
