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Rick Jahnkow

Rick JahnkowRick Jahnkow works for two San Diego-based anti-militarist organizations, the Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities and the Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft. He can be reached at: RJahnkow@aol.com

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  • School violence: a result of bad parenting or militarism?

    School violence: a result of bad parenting or militarism?

    High profile school shootings in the US have been the inspiration for much popular discussion about the causes of youth violence in recent years, with everyone—from bad parents and corrupt teachers, to rock stars—being blamed. Rick Jahnkow argues that while the motivation for such shootings may be complex, one causal factor in particular is being ignored—militarism. Rick Jahnkow - (Reposted from ...

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    JROTC | JROTC Shooting Ranges | militarization of youth | racism | Santana High School | school shootings
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  • Signs of a Coming Push to Further Militarize Schools

    Rick Jahnkow - In May 2013 the Military Times newspapers carried an article titled, “Services Prepare for Scant Recruiting Year.” It began with the following sentence: Finding recruits to join the mi...

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    JROTC | Military Times | No Child Left Behind | recruiter access | Rick Jahnkow | unemployment
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  • The Military Enlistment Opportunity Act: a New Kind of Draft?

    The Military Enlistment Opportunity Act: a New Kind of Draft?

    Rick Jahnkow - It’s well established that many people who join the U.S. military do so because of their economic status. It could be that they do not see options for a civilian job that pays a livabl...

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    Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee | Barak Obama | DACA | deferred action draft | Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) | Dream Act | House Resolution 435 | Judiciary Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee | legal permanent residency (LPR) | Militarizing citizenship | poverty draft | Representative Mike Coffman | Rick Jahnkow
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  • The Gun Problem No One Talks About: Shooting Ranges in Schools

    The Gun Problem No One Talks About: Shooting Ranges in Schools

    Rick Jahnkow - Just about everyone views the National Rifle Association as the leading champion of gun culture in the United States. When there is a mass shooting — even one as outrageous as the atta...

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    Education Not Militarization | JROTC | JROTC Shooting Ranges | NRA | Pentagon | Rick Jahnkow | San Diego Unified School District
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  • Ninth Circuit Court Ruling: Confronting Militarism by Using Equal Access to High Schools

    Rick Jahnkow - When the military comes to your local high school, you have a legal right to give students an opposing view. This has been the position taken by federal district courts in Florida, Pen...

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    COMD | Equal Access | Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals | Pentagon | Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities | Project YANO | Rick Jahnkow
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  • San Diego Students Give Pink Slip to High School Military Program

    San Diego Students Give Pink Slip to High School Military Program

    Rick Jahnkow - Students at Mission Bay High School in San Diego are now celebrating what amounts to a very rare organizing victory: the expulsion of a Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps unit from...

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    JROTC | JROTC Shooting Ranges | Militarism | militarism in K-12 schools | Mission Bay High School | Rick Jahnkow
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  • Counter-recruitment and School Demilitarization Activism: From Past Victories to the Challenges Ahead

    Counter-recruitment and School Demilitarization Activism: From Past Victories to the Challenges Ahead

    Rick Jahnkow - Counter-recruitment and school demilitarization work in the U.S. has gone through several cycles of expansion and contraction during the last few decades. The first expansion was durin...

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    ASVAB | Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors | COMD | demilitarization | JROTC | JROTC Shooting Ranges | National Lawyers Guild | NNOMY | Project YANO | Rick Jahnkow
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  • The Counter-Recruitment Movement - Beyond Opt-Out

    Rick Jahnkow - It is encouraging to observe the contemporary anti-war movement’s recent shift toward giving greater attention to military recruiting. This means that a growing number of individuals a...

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