This article reflects my full belief that continued work in the schools directly with youth makes the most difference.  Military recruiting should not occur in schools; young people need protection and options and space to develop their future. 

Wars Begin in High School Cafeterias

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/58847

David Swanson
April 17, 2008

Citizens in a number of school districts around the country have
dramatically reduced military recruitment through simple procedures
that anyone can do. No marching or civil disobedience is required.
You might, however, have to chat with a principal at a football game
or write a couple of letters. Why aren’t more of us doing more of this?

That’s the question I came away with after interviewing Pat Elder for
an hour (here’s the audio:
http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.net/audio/2008/#april ). Pat is a
member of the coordinating committee of the National Network Opposing
Militarization of Youth: http://www.nnomy.org

In Pat’s view, we shouldn’t stop marching in the streets or pulling
stunts for media attention or any of the other tactics employed by
the peace movement, but far and away the most useful thing we can be
doing is changing school policies to block military recruiting
efforts in high schools.

Full article here

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  1. Posted October 22, 2009 at 7:57 am | Permalink

    You folks contributing here are very sharp. ,

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