Revisiting Our Outrage

The Revisiting Our Outrage category is a visit back to 2005 when the Iraq war motivated a confluence of activists extending from Boomers to Millennials into the streets in protest but also drove counter-recruitment in its "movement" moment. As we experience an international pandemic in 2020 we can be reminded that the Iraq War was an extended pandemic of perpetual war from 2003 to 2014 and led us into a time where our wars have gone silent and are now normalized with our citizenry.

"Revisiting Our Outrage," is a look back to activist reports in reaction to the Bush era Iraq war mobilizations, and the resultant school demilitarization activism and resistance that took place before we descended into the fog of protracted cultural militarization in the following years. The reports listed below also measure the distance that we have traveled that transformed a counter-recruitment movement into a proactive peace practice.

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  • ‘Counter-Recruiter’ Seeks to Block Students’ Data From the Military

    ‘Counter-Recruiter’ Seeks to Block Students’ Data From the Military

    23/10/2008 / Javier C. Hernandez / New York Times - Barbara G. Harris, 72, looked her troops in the eye. Staring out at mohawks on one side of the room, salt-white bobs on the other, she said in her delicately firm way: "Hold your ground. You have every right to stand there, and if anyone tells you differently, tell them your rights." A retired teacher and longtime peace advocate, Ms. Harris was ...

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