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How the War Machine ‘Recruits’ Poor, Oppressed Youth

January 4, 2023 UNAC Editor Militarism, Recruitment, War on the Poor

by Richie Merino, published on International Action Center, December 20, 2022 A Dec. 11 New York Times report highlighted how thousands of public high school students in majority poor, Black and Brown districts are funneled into the U.S. military’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. Students are automatically enrolled and forced to participate as an explicit requirement without parental consent.[…]

Marginalized Students Pay the Price of Military Recruitment Efforts

May 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Recruitment, War on the Poor

by Roberto Camacho, published on Prism, April 18, 2022 With pandemic restrictions easing, military recruiters are returning to high school campuses while anti-recruitment efforts struggle This is a good reminder that recruitment among young people is becoming increasingly aggressive. counter-recruitment is not only increasingly necessary but increasingly challenging. Here in upstate NY we used to be able to get into[…]

The School Firing Range

March 29, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Gun Violence

Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida practice in the school’s firing range. Originally published on the National Coalition to Protect Student Privacy (NCPSP) 1,600 high schools have marksmanship programs affiliated with the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Program and the congressionally-chartered Civilian Marksmanship Program, (CMP). Children are regularly taught to fire air rifles that are classified as[…]