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The Pentagon Looks to Videogames for the Future of War
Nicholas Thomson - The first real computer, the ENIAC, was built in 1946. The first computer war game appeared two years later. It was built by the Army Operations Research Office, and it was as ...
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Difficulties Limiting Recruiters in Santa Barbara Schools—Even with a policy!
The military has an enormous budget for recruiting and pressuring school districts that limit recruiter visits….Vigilance is necessary. During the school year 2017-18 Truth in Recruitment (TIR) ...
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First-person Shooter Games, the US Military, and Serial Killers
Pat Elder - May 23, 2018 - Both Nik Cruz, the Parkland shooter, and Dimitri Dimitrios Pagourtzis, the Santa Fe shooter, were emotionally distraught because of girls who rejected their advances. They ...
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The Missing Link in the Gun Debate
Greta Zarro - America is up in arms about guns. If last month’s “March for Our Lives,” which attracted over one million marchers nationwide, is any indication, we’ve got a serious problem with gun ...
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From "Gung-ho" to "Woke"
Isidro Ortiz | Draft NOtices | October - December 2017 Editor’s Note: For this article, Isidro Ortiz interviewed Juan Perez, a Marine veteran majoring in sociology at San Diego State University. ...
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Connecticut Peace Group Engages Students with a Peace Wheel
Peter G. Anderheggen | Originally published in Draft NOtices - August/September, 2017 Winsted Area Peace Action has been visiting high schools in northwestern Connecticut for at least ten years. The ...
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NNOMY at the 2017 VFP Education Not Militarization Convention in Chicago
The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth will be participating in the 2017 Veterans For Peace National Convention in Chicago August 11th, 2017. Located at the beautiful and historic ...
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Recruiting Is PSY OPS at Home
Pat Elder | Counter-Recruit Press | July 2017 Leading health organization calls for ending school recruiting In 2012 the American Public Health Association, (APHA), one of the country’s foremost ...
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Trump's Austerity Budget Increases Military Recruiters' Power to Prey on Youth
Sarah Jaffe | Originally published in Truthout - March 24, 2017 Donald Trump's budget slashes social programs while inflating an already massive military budget, meaning that for many people in ...
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Rebuttal to Groups Supporting Female Draft Registration
Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft | Originally Published in Draft NOtices, January-March 2017 In July 2016, a letter in support of draft registration for women, signed by 16 ...