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Proposal for "automatic" draft registration removed from NDAA
An ill-considered and unworkable proposal by the Selective Service System to try to "automatically" register all men ages 18-26 for a possible future military draft has been removed from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025. The proposal for "automatic" draft registration was included in both the House and Senate versions of this year's NDAA -- without hearings, ...
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Project 2025 Wants All Public High School Students To Take Military Entrance Exam?
Aug. 14, 2024, Aleksandra Wrona, Snopes - Claim: Project 2025, a conservative coalition's plan for a future U.S. Republican presidency, proposes that all public high school students should be ...
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Marcy Winograd's Santa Barbara Report Goes to Job Fair
Marcy Winograd of Codepink interviews protesting UCSB students, Kate Connell of Truth in Recruitment , and Michael Cervantes of Ventura Veterans for Peace regarding protest on Thursday October 17, ...
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From Military Aspirations to Leadership Roles: The Impact of the Minuteman Scholarship
NOTE: NNOMY's posting of the article about the U.S. Army Reserve's "Minuteman Campaign," ironically featuring a young woman, is for informational purposes only to the counter-recruitment community ...
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Pacifist Organizations that Promoted Counter-recruitment
10/08/2024 / NNOMY.ORG - Internationally, pacifist groups have fostered activism through education or direct action against war and advocated for peace. Some of these groups have participated ...
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Researching Pop Culture and Militarism: If we oppose militarism and militarization, what should our relationship with pop culture be?
9/10/2024 / Copilot and NNOMY - Opposing militarism and militarization while engaging with pop culture can be a nuanced endeavor. Here are some considerations for navigating this relationship: 1. ...
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America isn’t ready for another war — because it doesn’t have the troops
The US military’s recruiting crisis, explained. Sep 1, 2024 / Gil Barndollar and Matthew C. Mai / Vox - Coverage of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza is mostly dominated by talk of weapons. Reporters and ...
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Which schools are being datamined for military recruitment?
9/06/2024 /Copilot & NNOMY - Many schools across the United States are involved in data collection for military recruitment purposes. For example, over 13,000 schools encourage students to take the ...
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Antimilitarism in American public life
Review of Breaking the War Habit: The Debate over Militarism in American Education, by Seth Kershner, Scott Harding and Charles Howlett (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2022) Rachel Waltner ...
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The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth Turns 20
The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) is a vital network that brings together national, regional, and local counter-recruitment and peace groups to resist the increasing ...