[Peace-discuss] Fwd: "College Not Combat" - Recruiters OUT of our schools

Fri Jul 15 13:15:46 CDT 2005

Of interest to all, but specifically to the working group to counter  
recruitment. The cartoon is priceless.

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> From: "No Draft No Way!" <actioncenter at action-mail.org>
> Date: July 14, 2005 1:27:35 PM CDT
> To: brussel at uiuc.edu
> Cc: action.news at organizerweb.com
> Subject: "College Not Combat" - Recruiters OUT of our schools
>
>
> Recruiters OUT of our schools!
>
> Donate to help build a national movement against military  
> recruiting and the draft.
>
> Across the country, parents, teachers, and activists are taking  
> action to protect students from the lies, manipulation, and abusive  
> tactics of military recruiters.
>
> In School Board meetings, Parent Teacher Associations, Student  
> Governments, and other meetings across the U.S., parents and  
> students are taking action--concerned parents have become such an  
> obstacle that recruiters have identified them as the biggest  
> obstacle to meeting their quotas. We need to continue to build on  
> our success and drive military recruiters out of our schools.
>
> Recruiters have no place in public schools--they are predators, who  
> lie to young people and manipulate their economic situation in  
> order to drag them away to fight wars of occupation. We have a  
> right and an obligation to demand that they not be allowed to use  
> schools to recruit cannon fodder for their illegal wars.
>
>
> San Francisco - "College Not Combat!"
>
> In San Franciso, parents and antiwar activists submitted a local  
> ballot measure on Monday, July 11, that will, if passed, put the  
> city on record opposing the presence of military recruiters in  
> public high schools and colleges.
>
> Organizers are working to gather enough signatures to place the  
> initiative, called "College Not Combat," on the November ballot. It  
> would encourage school officials to deny access to recruiters, even  
> if that means the loss of Federal money. The initiative also  
> encourages the creation of scholarships and training programs to  
> challenge the military's appeal to disadvantaged youth.
>
> One of the organizers, Ragina Johnson said, "We do not see George  
> Bush's daughters signing up. It is poor and working-class people  
> who need a job and education at the same time billions are being  
> spent on this war."
>
>
> Seattle - "School is no place for recruiters!"
>
> The Parent Teacher Student Association of Garfield High School took  
> a decisive step in May, voting 25 to 5 to adopt a resolution that  
> says "public schools are not a place for military recruiters."
>
> "The mission of the PTA is to protect and defend kids," said Amy  
> Hagopian, a mother of three whose son is a Garfield senior. "It's  
> not just limited to education issues - which explains why the PTA  
> takes positions on kids' health, violence, and other serious issues."
>
> She added, ""They're spending $4 billion a month in Iraq, but we  
> have to cut our race relations class, which costs $12,500. That's  
> an important class for our kids."
>
> Steve Ludwig, whose son is a senior at Garfield, made a point  
> shared by many in the PTSA: Garfield does not allow organizations  
> that promote illegal activities to recruit students to perform  
> those activities, nor does it allow organizations that discriminate  
> on the basis of race, gender, national origin, or sexual  
> orientation to recruit on campus.
>
> Ludwig told the Christian Science Monitor, "Planned Parenthood, as  
> far as I know, does not advocate or perform illegal acts. The US  
> military does. He said he would not object if Army representatives  
> came to Garfield to debate their ideas on torture or aggressive  
> war. "What I object to is their coming here to recruit students to  
> perform those acts," he said. "It's not about free speech."
>
>
> Help Remove Military Recruiters from your schools!
>
> The Army Recruiting Handbook for High Schools (available on the No  
> Draft, No Way website) says that their goal is "school ownership."  
> Our goal is to deny them that ownership. The schools belong to the  
> people, not to the Pentagon.
>
> Join the national movement against military recruiting. No Draft No  
> Way is calling on parents, students, and local activists to work  
> with your PTA, union, school board, city council, or student  
> government to pass a resolution barring recruiters from your local  
> schools.  We are currently compiling a list of all such local  
> initiatives -- if you are organizing a local initiative, you can  
> list it here.  Or contact us for information and help to organize a  
> local campaign.
>
>
> Help Equip Local Counter-Recruiting Activists!
>
> Activists across the country are joining the struggle to shut down  
> military recruiting.  No Draft No Way now has hundreds of local  
> activists in all 50 states mobilizing to challenge recruiters and  
> organize against the draft.  It is imperative that we provide  
> information and tools to these local organizers.
>
> We Won’t Go - A Guide to Counter-Recruiting and Draft Resistance  
> will be an important contribution to this effort.  This pocket- 
> sized, 120-page book will be full of useful information and  
> organizing tools for local activists.
>
> This bood will include chapters on:
>
> Military Recruiters' Lies - the truth behind the promises of easy  
> college money and high-tech job training.
> Invasion of the Body Snatchers - the No Child Left Behind Act,  
> JROTC, and the new Pentagon Database
> Challenging Recruiters on Campus - including a section on students  
> rights on campus, leaflets, petitions
> Opting Out - how to organize a Opt Out campaign in your school so  
> that students' personal information is not released to military  
> recruiters
> Information about organizing a local resolution opposing military  
> recruiting.
> and much more
>
> The book will be released with an accompanying CD which will contain:
>
> Recrutiers Lies - leaflets and posters exposing the recruiting  
> sales pitch point by point with space for local contact information.
> Petitions against ROTC and JROTC
> Opt Out forms with an explanation of the No Child Left Behind Act
>
> We are rushing to get We Won’t Go - A Guide to Counter-Recruiting  
> and Draft Resistance to publication so that thousands of activists  
> can use this material a part of a national campaign to educate and  
> mobilize youth against militarism and the war. This book must be at  
> the printers by July 31 in order for us to have it ready for the  
> start of the new school year.
>
> Can you help us with this urgent effort to publish We Won’t Go - A  
> Guide to Counter-Recruiting and Draft Resistance? We will include a  
> special acknowledgement section in the book, showing appreciation  
> for those who make a contribution to this effort. Your name can be  
> listed there, or you can donate anonymously. (You can donate online  
> at http://nodraftnoway.org/donate-new.shtml )
>
> Please join us in this national campaign by helping to organize, do  
> outreach, distribute educational materials, and donate to help with  
> all aspects of organizing, especially the immediate publication of  
> this book, which will be an invaluable resource for young people  
> all over the country who want to oppose the very real dangers of  
> militarization and war.
>
>
> Donate to help build a national movement against military  
> recruiting and the draft.
>
> Organize a local No Draft No Way chapter.
>
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