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Moscow Activist Detained, Taken to Military Enlistment Office During Police Raid

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Anti-military action against the Spanish armed forces stand at Educ@emplea (Alicante)

Submitted by hannah on Fri, 25/04/2014 - 15:48

At half past 11 in the morning of Wednesday 12 May, a dozen people gained access to the place hosting the Youth Employment Fair “Educ@emplea”, that as with every year has a place in the enclosure of the Alicantan Exhibition Institution (IFA) of Torrellano.

Facing the astonished looks of the thousands of young people and teachers present, and dressed in white coats and masks, they proceeded to encircle the stand at which the Spanish army propagandizes and offers a sinister working exit for young people who finish their studies.

The stand remained surrounded like that and “the disinfection of the military virus” began, at the same time distributing leaflets to those present about the great risks they were running in moving toward the said source of “contamination”.

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Atoms for Peace? The Atomic Weapons Establishment and UK universities

Submitted by hannah on Thu, 24/04/2014 - 16:08

Videoblog about research links between the Atomic Weapons Establishment, where the UK's nuclear weapons are designed and made, and universities. Features Jonathon Porritt (Forum for the Future), Andrew Blowers (Open University), Christopher Watson (British Pugwash Group), and David McCoy (Medact).

Atoms for Peace? The Atomic Weapons Establishment and UK universities

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Arab youth take to Nazareth streets in anti-IDF draft rally

Submitted by hannah on Mon, 14/04/2014 - 11:23

Protestors say inducting Christians into the Israeli military would split Arab society.

Groups opposed to the drafting of Christian Arab youth into the Israel Defense Forces, including the youth wing of the Hadash party, staged a protest rally in Nazareth on Saturday in which male and female teens marched into Spring Square in the center of town dressed in military attire and carrying toy rifles.

New Tactics Online Conversation: Tactics for Combating Militarisation

Submitted by hannah on Wed, 09/04/2014 - 17:45

Between June 10 to 14, 2013, War Resisters International and the New Tactics community joined together to hold an online conversation on tactics for combating the militarisation of education, public spaces, vulnerable communities, entertainment and culture.

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The German Federal Armed Forces Recruit Child Soldiers

Submitted by hannah on Fri, 04/04/2014 - 11:27

DFG-VK: https://www.dfg-vk.de/thematisches/kindersoldaten/2014/925

The municipalities and youth welfare offices as willing helpers of the military
By Joachim Schramm

The problem has been known for a long time now – but the scandal found its way into the media thanks to an answer given by the German Federal Government when questioned by the political Left party: “Minors in the German Federal Armed Forces” made the headlines in various newspapers and the new Minister of Military von der Leyen appeared on TV to attempt to play down the matter. The year before last, 1,216 under 18 year olds pursued to join the army and they were, amongst other things, trained to handle weapons, according to the reply given by the Federal Government.

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Pot-banging protests set the background music to a military parade

Submitted by Gary on Wed, 19/03/2014 - 18:24

El Ciudadano

Despite the widespread police forces deployed during the military parade in the Parque O’Higgins, hundreds of people protested by banging pots near the traditional military exhibition. That same morning a counter military parade took place. Students have announced a protest for this Thursday and call for flags to be hoisted in support of their requests.

The event was chaired by Sebastián Piñera and, despite the distance separating him from the protesters and their inability to reach the Elipse esplanade, they still made themselves heard by the authorities and the foreign delegations present at the event. Piñera described the military exhibition, with over 8,000 troops taking part, as “prefect”.

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War College says Courage to Resist impedes recruiting

Submitted by hannah on Wed, 19/03/2014 - 11:36

Source: http://couragetoresist.org/news/1018-war-college.html

By Mike Mckee, Courage to Resist. March 17, 2014

A recently circulated academic paper from a U.S. Army War College research fellow demonstrates that organizations like Courage to Resist are having a substantive effect on the military’s ability to recruit and retain soldiers.

The paper, titled “Civilian Organizational Inhibitors to US Army Recruiting and the Road Ahead (PDF),” singles out Courage to Resist as a key example of its most formidable opponents that “aim to hinder, deter, or prevent United States Army Recruiters from presenting information and providing opportunities to their target market.”

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Countering Military Recruitment

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