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Conscription by poverty? Deprivation and army recruitment in the UK
17/09/2019
This report from the Child Rights International Network, Conscription by poverty? Deprivation and army recruitment in the UK, states that the UK is the only country in Europe to recruit from age 16 and more soldiers are recruited at 16 than any other age.
Facts or Anecdotes? The battle for the truth over the outcomes of military service
13/09/2019
We look at recent reports on the levels of abuse in the armed forces and growing ackowledgement of the systemic failures in how complaints are handled.
Scottish Government ignores child rights concerns around armed forces activities in schools
06/09/2019
Quakers in Scotland and ForcesWatch are disappointed that the Public Petitions Committee of the Scottish Parliament have decided to close further investigation of how to implement their own recommendations around oversight of armed forces activities in schools.
British army targets youngest and poorest for riskiest roles
22/08/2019
A new report from the Child Rights International Network shows that the British army is intentionally targeting young people from deprived backgrounds for the roles carrying the greatest risks in war.
Countering the Militarisation of Youth
20/07/2019
An international network of organisations working to ‘break the cycle of teaching violence to young people’. Run by War Resisters International.
National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth
A network of organisations opposing the militarization of schools and young people in the USA.
Armed Forces Day is a propaganda tool for arms firms and the military – and the public are footing the bill
29/06/2019
Joe Glenton in The Independent about the 10th year of Armed Forces Day, an annual day of ‘family-fun’ and celebration of militarism, with heavy costs to local councils and the involvement of some of the world’s largest arms companies.
Kids with guns
Should the armed forces encourage young people to interact with weapons and military vehicles?
Our new web resource looks at why is this happening and asks if it is right and how can it be challenged?
Kids with guns
25/06/2019
Displaying weapons and military vehicles to attract young people is of course not new. However, the context in which these activities occur has shifted under what has been called ‘a new tide of militarisation’. The relationship between the military and civil society has a number of new aspects that have recently been put into place … Read more
The Warrior Nation podcast
21/06/2019
The Warrior Nation podcast is a deep dive into military affairs and the relationship between defence, the armed forces and civil society in modern Britain, produced and edited by ForcesWatch.
The death and inquest of Geoff Gray
The third re-inquest in relation to the four Deepcut deaths of young soldiers has returned a verdict of suicide despite lack of proof and illustrates again the imbalance of power between the institutions of the military and the individual.
The case for unionising the army
19/06/2019
With the military’s complaints system being called ‘fundamentally dysfunctional’ and its justice system ‘second rate’, we look at calls for expanding the rights of military personnel and allowing self-organisation through unionisation.
Issues relating to Service Complaints system and the youngest armed forces personnel
23/05/2019
In this written submission to the Defence Committee’s inquiry into the work of the Service Complaints Ombudsman, we focus on how issues with the complaints system may affect the youngest serving personnel in the armed forces, particularly those under 18 years old, and recommend that the youngest members of the armed forces are considered as a distinct group in relation to the functioning of the service complaints system.
Interrogating British armed forces recruiting in contemporary times
30/04/2019
In this lecture Professor Paul Higate from the University of Bath looks at the ways in which ‘British values’ have helped to obscure the militarised character of the nation, which is evident in its long history of the use of military violence abroad.
Paul draws upon his service in the RAF to discuss the British Army’s recruitment campaign ‘This is Belonging’, the Home Office instigated ‘hostile environment’ and the racialised character of social policy more broadly. Read the lecture transcript.
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