Articles
-
The Games Industry as 21st Century Imperialism & Its Cultivation of Fascism
Emil Lundedal Hammar / UiT-The Arctic University of Norway - The videogame industry is emblematic of what John Smith (2016) terms 21st century imperialism, where rich countries and multinational companies profit from ‘super-exploitation’ (Smith 2018) of the so-called Global South via global production chains. These relations of production result in repeated crises that in turn exacerbate ...
Read more...
-
How Counter-Recruiters Take on the U.S. Military
Military recruiters count on economic hardship to lure young people of color to sign up. Counter-recruiters are working hard to thwart their efforts. Sep 6, 2022 / Aina Marzia / YES! Media - Year ...
Read more... -
Will Student Debt Relief Really Undermine Military Recruitment?
Military recruiters often target low-income youth. Will Biden’s student loan relief plan mean vulnerable youth no longer have to choose between debt and military service? September 28, 2022 / ...
Read more... -
Pentagon Admits Lack of Oversight to Stop Junior ROTC Sexual Abuse
Sept. 21, 2022 / Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Mike Baker / New York Times - Pentagon officials acknowledged Wednesday that they had inadequately supervised the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training ...
Read more... -
What I Discovered in the JROTC Curriculum
Read more...
July-September 2022 / Lauren Reyna Morales / Draft NOtices - In the summer of 2020, I was recruited by the non-profit Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (Project YANO) to review core ...
-
GOP congressman says student loan forgiveness will hurt military recruitment
August 25, 2022 / Christopher Wilson / Yahoo News - Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., said Thursday that President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan will hurt the U.S. military's ability to recruit. ...
Read more... -
The US Military’s JROTC Program Is Even Worse Than You Thought
August 23 2022 / Steve Early / Suzanne Gordon / Jacobin - We’ve long known that the US armed forces target poor and working-class students to meet their enlistment goals. But according to a recent ...
Read more... -
Navy desertions have more than doubled amid suicide concerns, as sailors feel trapped by contracts
The number of sailors who deserted the Navy more than doubled from 2019 to 2021, highlighting the lack of options contract-bound sailors face when they’re desperate to leave. May 18, 2022 / Melissa ...
Read more... -
Young America's Dilemma: The Predatory Choice Between Student Loan Debt and Military Enlistment
May 16, 2022 / Liz Walters / Common Dreams -This past January, student loan company Navient was made to cancel $1.7 billion in federal student debt in a federal settlement judged by Attorney General ...
Read more... -
Marginalized students pay the price of military recruitment efforts
With pandemic restrictions easing, military recruiters are returning to high school campuses while anti-recruitment efforts struggle April 18th, 2022 / Roberto Camacho / Prism - The U.S. military ...
Read more...