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Sunday September 5th 2010

RSS Afghanistan Alert

  • "Happy Talk" on the Afghanistan War?
    The Seminal: But By All Means, Continue the Happy Talk on the Afghanistan War: "By a variety of measures, U.S. military policies in the Afghanistan war are failing." "You probably haven’t heard much about this, in part because of the justified media focus on Haiti, but a confluence of very bad indicators point to failure even by the military […]
  • Obama's War (PBS Frontline)
    Obama's War (PBS Frontline) Tens of thousands of fresh American troops are now on the move in Afghanistan. FRONTLINE producers Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria, through interviews with the top U.S. commanders on the ground, embeds with U.S. forces, and fresh reporting from Washington, they examine U.S. counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan and […]
  • The Risks Of A Remote-Controlled War
    Jane Mayer: The Risks Of A Remote-Controlled War : NPRJane Mayer, a political journalist based in Washington, D.C., is a staff writer for The New Yorker, where she covers politics for the weekly magazine. In the October 26 issue, Mayer examines the ethics and controversies surrounding the CIA's covert drone program, in which remotely controlled, unmanne […]

Counterrecruitment

You Can't Be All You Can Be... If You're Dead

You Can't Be All You Can Be... If You're Dead

Counter Recruitment Packet

 

 The Westchester Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence and No War Westchester have prepared a packet of materials for parents and students concerned about military recruiting issues in their schools and communities. 

You can help by “adopting a school” and distributing these materials to people and organizations in your community.  Download the packet of materials here.

*New!*   Adopt A School leaflet

1.  The Truth About Military Recruitment in Our Schools

2.  Internet Resources for Students, Parents & Teachers

3.  Know the Facts!

4.  Protect Your Privacy from Military Recruiters: Know Your Right to “Opt Out” (Opt Out Form – Parents & Students make sure to download this one!)

5.  Proteje Tu Privacidad De Los Reclutadores Militares:  Conoce Tus Derechos Para Actuar  (Opt Out form in Spanish)

6.   The Military is Not Just a Job… It’s Eight Years of Your Life (English – requires Adobe Acrobat reader)

7.  ¿Sólo un empleo? No. . . ¡Son ocho años de tu vida! (Spanish – requires Adobe Acrobat reader)

8.  Signed Up for the Military?  If You Change Your Mind, You May Not Have to Go  (English – requires Adobe Acrobat reader)

9.  COMO SALIR DEL DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM (DEP) [PROGRAMA DE ENTRADA POSTERGADA]  (Spanish – requires Adobe Acrobat reader)

10.  ¿Tienes suficiente información para registrarte en las fuerzas armadas?  (Spanish – requires Adobe Acrobat reader)

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Links to Counterrecruitment Resources�

War Resisters League – Youth and Countermilitarism Program

Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools (CAMS)

Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (COMD)

National Network Opposing the Militarism of Youth (NNOMY)

Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors

Courage to Resist

 

Alternatives to the Military

The Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (YANO)

Youth Activists Youth Allies Network (YAYA)

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For more information, contact the Counter Recruitment Committee at:

Westchester Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence
250 Bryant Avenue
White Plains, New York 10605

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RSS iCasualties News

  • Reuters- 4 Police, 3 Civilians Killed in Suicide Attack in N. Afghanistan September 5, 2010
    A bomb blast, caused by explosives planted in a motorbike, killed four Afghan policemen and three civilians in northern Kunduz province on Saturday, provincial governor Mohammad Omar said. Several others were wounded, Omar said. […]
  • dawn- Six insurgents killed in Afghanistan clash September 5, 2010
    A Taliban commander was captured and six insurgents killed in a raid on a militant hideout in northern Afghanistan, Nato said Saturday. […]
  • WaPo- U.S. to temper stance on Afghan corruption September 5, 2010
    U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan are developing a strategy that would tolerate some corruption in the country but target the most corrosive abuses by more tightly regulating U.S. contracting procedures, according to senior defense officials. […]
  • DoD- Marine Casualty Identified September 5, 2010
    Lance Cpl. Joshua T. Twigg, 21, of Indiana, Pa., died Sept. 2 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. […]
  • VOA- US Doctors Work With Afghans to Improve Country's Medical Care September 5, 2010
    Nine years after the war in Afghanistan began, the government and its coalition allies are preparing for the day it will end. Part of that preparation is ensuring that Afghanistan's medical community will be able to care for the population. U.S. Air Force personnel are working at the Kandahar Regional Military ... […]