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Why We Must Take Children Out Of Military Environments

22/09/2017

With former 17 former Army Foundation College Harrogate instructors facing court martial for mistreating recruits- including actual bodily harm and battery, we look at the evidence that military environment facilitate threats to child welfare. This article was first published on Huffington Post


The First Ambush: Effects of army training and employment

20/09/2017

This report from Veterans For Peace UK details how the Army's training process has a forceful impact on attitudes, health, and behaviour even before recruits are sent to war. The findings show that military training and culture combine with pre-existing issues (such as a childhood history of anti-social behaviour) to increase the risk of violence and alcohol misuse. Traumatic war experiences further exacerbate the problem.


Academics: Armed forces are no place for 16-year-olds

13/09/2017

A letter to the Guardian (12/09/17) from more than 50 academics has called for the age of recruitment ot the UK armed forces to be raised to 18. It backs a conference motion from SNP Youth in support of this.


Arms companies and immorality in education

08/09/2017

As the largest arms fair in the world takes place in London, we explore how arms companies have become part of the education system in the UK, despite the concerns for human rights and corruption that surround the defence and security industry.


Make Art Not War… or both?

30/08/2017

Poppy Kohner examines the Army@theFringe season at the Edinburgh Festival and asks what becomes censored when elite institutions take on the programming and hosting of the arts.


Soldiers at 16 – The other side of the story

22/08/2017

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Should the military be promoted in schools?

17/08/2017

The armed forces have a growing involvement in secondary schools, colleges and even primary schools. While the Army, Navy and RAF have long run activities in schools as part of the Ministry of Defence’s Youth Engagement programme, the Department for Education promotes ‘military ethos’ within education, and parts of the armed forces, along with the arms industry, are developing their involvement with curriculum provision and sponsorship of education institutions. This A4 leaflet (updated 2017) outlines the issue and what the concerns are.

This A4 leaflet (updated 2017) outlines the issue and what the concerns are.


British Army targets working class kids

13/07/2017

The Army’s latest recruitment campaign focuses on low income families from cities with high deprivation levels.


Army recruitment practices exploit and widen class divisions

10/07/2017

New evidence confirms that the British Army recruitment marketing deliberately targets working-class young people.


Stripping the Civilian – how army training isolates, disorientates and dominates recruits

04/07/2017

New findings highlight need to protect young people from harsh military training environments and inadequate safeguards in cadet forces.


The First Ambush: Effects of army training and employment

A new report out today from Veterans For Peace UK details how the Army’s training process has a ‘forceful impact’ on attitudes, health, and behaviour even before recruits are sent to war.


Hidden in full sight: sex abuse covered up by cadet forces

BBC Panorama has uncovered evidence of repeated cover-ups of historical sex abuse in Britain’s cadet forces.


Protesting Armed Forces Day in Liverpool

26/06/2017

A tale of two cities: a personal reflection on the display of the UK’s potential for armed violence on the streets of Liverpool alongside its more radical history. This article was originally published by Souciant Magazine.


Militarism the whole family can enjoy

23/06/2017

Local authorities have become the military’s promotional agents and recruiting sergeants. This article was first published in The Morning Star.


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