The Real Deal on Enlistment - fulltext as PDF or DOC

Throughout the U.S. public school system military recruiters are targeting you and your friends. They have different strategies depending on the school: taking over gym classes to “guest teach,” setting up recruitment tables outside the cafeteria or guidance office, and even buying your teachers doughnuts and offering to help them with jobs duties in order to get easier access to YOU.  You might be seeing the military’s ads on TV or hearing a recruiter brought in as a “guest” speaker in your class. They’re doing everything they can to convince you that the military is a good life choice.

We are an organization with another take on things.  You might be sitting there thinking, but don’t these kids have their own agenda? Of course we do. Basically, we don’t support the war in Iraq, we don’t want to see any more of our friends coerced or tricked into killing and being killed. On a larger scale we disagree with a lot of the government’s current actions, and we try to work towards a world based on mutual-aid, peace, voluntary association, and human solidarity. We’re trying to be upfront about where we’re coming from.  High school is a community and military recruitment at school is something that affects everyone.  Part 1 addresses some of the distortions recruiters are making and provides info about the reality of military life, while Part 2 talks about larger themes we hope you’ll think about.

You can do this:

Imagine that the world is the best that it can be: that all live at peace with one another, with the environment, with other countries. How can you make a difference in helping to create a more peaceful world? What are you going to do?

Links:

• Cybergrace Christian Network - Bulletin board where you can discuss wide variety of topics.