ForcesWatch materials
Is Anti-Militarism Unpatriotic?
June 2024
On Armed Forces Day 2024, we examine the incentives behind these events. Where did Armed Forces Day come from and what is it trying to achieve? Armed Forces Day is a display of militarism. Branded as 'family fun' days, it fails to address the grim realities of war, and acts as a soft recruitment tool, allowing children to handle weapons and play on military vehicles.
Armed Forces Day 2024
June 2024
What's happening on Armed Forces Day this year. Download and/or order resources to use in your local community to challenge militarism.
Warrior Nation: International anti-militarism – Demilitarising Education
8 Feb 2024, SEASON 5 EPISODE 1
The Troubles, so called: Britain’s war in Ireland (EP1)
September 2023
The Troubles, so called, Episode 1
September 13, 2023
Warrior Nation: The War Racket: reflections & predictions
March 2023
March 30, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 10
Warrior Nation: War & police: linking the cops & the military
March 2023
March 15, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 9
Warrior Nation: A material world: think-tank funding and defending the status quo
March 2023
March 02, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 8
The War Racket: Reflections & Predictions (video)
March 2023
This video version of Warrior Nation SE4 EP10 - with Prof. Paul Rogers - is also available as an audio podcast.
Warrior Nation: Anti-establishment ethos: critiquing the military and foreign policy
January 2023
January 05, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 5
Our host, Joe Glenton, talks to journalist Mark Curtis, founder and editor of Declassified UK, on the issue of reporting critically about British foreign policy and why think-tanks and the mainstream press help perpetuate a myth of Britain's role in the world.
Warrior Nation: Very murky: the arms trade and Parliament
December 2022
December 15, 2022 SEASON 4 EPISODE 4
In this episode we speak with Katie Fallon, Parliamentary Coordinator for Campaign Against Arms Trade, to discuss the difficulties of working in spaces where militarism and war are seen as inevitabilities. Our discussion is wide-ranging: from the revolving door to the multi-faceted opportunities for lobbying in a broke political system.