1.18.02 militarization of youth

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We cannot hurt in the name of defense or imprison in the name of freedom; therefore we cannot be moral and serve the occupation.

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Students have the right to speak out whether peace activists' right to equal access has been recognized yet or not.

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How does the military affect your life?

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Anyone who discourages military service can face prosecution. Birgul Ozbaris could face 21 years in jail.

Summary:Chávez says he plans to emulate repressive regimes around the world.

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I told her about chanting "Kill the people, burn the village," and how that chant still runs through my veins to this day.

Counter-recruitment organizing is the most practical way to tangibly resist United States policy that, while cutting funding for education, employment, and social programs, promotes war and empire. It exposes the relationship between, and acts to correct, both local and global injustices.

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The Women of Color Resource Center (WCRC) isn't what most experts think of as a site of research on militarization and demilitarization. But that oversight may be due to many militarization experts' narrow views of ''expertise.'' The WCRC is an energetic organization located in downtown Oakland, California, that develops programs for Asian- American, African-American, Native American, and Latina women in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Archbishop Odama of Gulu has offered himself to the International Criminal Court in place of the indicted Lords Resistance Army leaders -- if they agree to end the war.

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The ASVAB is a Trojan Horse, as it includes the entire content of the Armed Forces Qualifying Test.

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Thirty-nine years ago, on January 20, 1968, I was shot and paralyzed from my mid-chest down during my second tour of duty in Vietnam. It is a date that I can never forget, a day that was to change my life forever.
As I now contemplate another January 20th I cannot help but think of the young men and women who have been wounded in the war in Iraq. They have been coming home now for almost three years, flooding Walter Reed, Bethesda, Brooke Army Medical Center and veterans hospitals all across the country.