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Truth in Recruitment

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Counter-Recruitment Packets Now Available for Students, Parents and Teachers.

Peace Action now has available counter-recruitment packets for students, teachers and parents.  These feature things like information on limiting recruiter access to your school, information on misinformation given by recruiters, information on combating ASVAB testing in your school, examples of careers in peacemaking, informational cartoons, how to get out of the delayed entry program, questions to ask recruiters and more.  We also have 2 sets of curriculum teachers can use.  In addition, we have 4 counter-recruitment DVDs in varying lengths that can be borrowed.  All of these items are available free of charge at the Peace Action Center, 1001 E Keefe Ave.  For more information e-mail Liz at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 414-964-5158.  We also have a Truth In Recruitment Committee that all are welcome to join.Worried about Military Recruitment in High Schools?

Are you worried about:

  • Military recruiters not being honest with students?
  • Schools being required to hand over student contact information to military recruiters?
  • JROTC programs replacing physical education classes?
  • "Career Tests" where students' results are used as a recruitment tool?
  • Limited opportunities to "opt-out" of being targeted by recruiters?

The goals of this committee will be to work with local high schools, the school board and the city council to prevent military recruiters from having easy access to high school students in Milwaukee, make sure recruiters are honest with students, and to educate students about some of the negative consequences of joining the army and present them with different options.

 

 

Bring The Guard Home

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Tell Your Wisconsin Legislators: Bring the Guard Home!

Tell your state legislators to support Assembly Bill 203. This is a bill that would require the Governor to review any Federal order for the deployment of our National Guard overseas to ensure that the order was lawful - and to take action to resist any Federal order that is deemed unlawful. Nearly eight years ago, Congress passed an Authorization for Use of Military Force in Iraq (AUMF) based on a limited, two-part mission for our military in Iraq: 1) to eliminate the alleged threat posed by Iraqi WMDs; and 2) to remove Saddam Hussein from power. However, the WMD's did not exist and Saddam Hussein is no longer in power. The mission authorized by Congress is over, and Congress has never voted to reauthorize the mission to Iraq on any other basis. Therefore, the 2002 AUMF -- which is the only legal basis by which the President can demand National Guard troops for Iraq -- has expired. Any continued deployment of Guard units to Iraq is now unlawful.  We can fight this at the state level if this is passed. 

To get this bill passed, the legislators need to hear from their constituents.  Please take some time to call or write your legislator and ask them to support Assembly Bill 203.  You can make a difference!

 

Peace for Afghanistan House Parties

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Rethink Afghanistan DVD Now Available, Sign Up To Host a House Party Today!

There are now two copies of the film Rethink Afghanistan available at Peace Action.  This great DVD is 75 minutes long and separated into 7 segments.  This film is a great way to get a conversation started on Afghanistan.  Please consider hosting an Afghanistan house party in which you invite friends, family and/or neighbors, provide snacks and refreshments, and watch the film together.  We have packets with discussion questions and other helpful materials to assist you in putting on a house party.  Please e-mail Liz at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information, or call 414-964-5158.

This October 7th marked the eighth year of the NATO and US-led war and occupation in Afghanistan. Military operations, carried out in the name of the United States, continue to bombard the Afghan people with daily attacks that kill innocent civilians and establish another generation of Afghans who know only war and occupation.

Earlier this year, President Obama announced his 10 year plan for Afghanistan. It includes an additional 21,000 U.S. military forces deployed in Iraq and diplomatic engagement of Pakistan. He is still trying to force political and social change through the Pentagon, insisting that this is a "war of necessity."

We have a better plan: focus on diplomatic cooperation and humanitarian aid, emphasize job creation, and mitigate civilian casualities by scaling back military force.As we go to press Afghanistan is holding elections. It has been clear throughout the campaign that the majority of Afghans are sick and tired of war. "There is broad agreement the war must end," writes Carlotta Gall in the New York Times, 8/18/09. And Americans, too, are getting tired of this war. A recent CNN poll showed that 54% of the people in the U.S. now oppose the war in Afghanistan. A Washington Post-ABC News poll in August showed 51% of the people thought the Afghan war is not worth fighting. However, Congress and the new administration will only end the war in Afghanistan when the public demands it.

The peace movement is challenged to organize this public sentiment into an effective movement. Now is the time to tap into the political momentum for peace and to educate the American public about the need to remove foreign forces from Afghanistan and increase international support of Afghan-led aid and development.

Now is the time for grassroots action

Hosting an Out-of-Afghanistan House Party is an excellent way to answer questions and educate our friends, family and community about

  • The military, political, economic, cultural, and humanitarian realities of war in Afghanistan
  • Better solutions to secure Afghanistan and consequently the United States and our allies
  • Specific actions we can take to motivate the American public and move our government to support peaceful solutions for Afghanistan
 



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Seven Years Into the War in Iraq, MIlitary Families Say: 'Bring Our Troops Home Now' - With the war in Iraq entering its 8th year, members of Military Families Speak Out, the largest organization of military families to speak out against a war in this country's history, are calling on Senators and Representatives to take immediate action to cut off funding for the war and bring our troops home now.

Israeli Raids Target Children - Three thousand heavily armed Israeli security service forces locked down large parts of the Old City of Jerusalem on Tuesday, as battalions of police fired rounds of tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters in the occupied eastern part of the city. ... Protests were aimed at the Netanyahu administration's announcement of expanded illegal settlement construction in East Jerusalem and the five-day closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and Palestinian institutions within the Old City. ... Since January, at least 33 children from the area have been arrested, detained and interrogated by Israeli forces as home demolitions and settler takeovers continue apace.

The Heartbeat of America's Democratic Reform Movement - It read like just another obituary written about someone who'd lived a very long time: "Doris Haddock died peacefully in her family home," it began. "Born in 1910, she lived through two world wars and the Great Depression. She is survived by her son, eight grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren." Oh, and one other thing: "She walked across the United States at age 90 to rally public support for campaign finance reform." Doris Haddock - better known as "Granny D" - was not your usual elderly lady, living her last years in quiet repose. She had always been that finest of the American species: a "Citizen" - with a capital C - one who stayed engaged in the public issues of her time.