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2015

Monuments and memory in Former Yugoslavia

New translation available

Submitted by Gary

Boro Kitanoski -

I was born in 1976. One of the first memories I have is the anniversary of the death of Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavia’s long serving marshal, World War II hero and life-long president. It was 4 May 1981. Every year after his...

Fri

Mar

Quotes from WRI's Countering the Militarisation of Youth conference: Recruitment, and The military in public and private space

Submitted by hannah on Fri, 07/03/2014 - 14:28

Recruitment

The way that I ended up joining the military was that when I was a senior in high school I intended to go to college but I didn't have any way to pay for it...I talked to an army recruiter [about an army scholarship] and he made it sound really good...Any time between signing the contract and going to basic training, you can change your mind and there won't be any consequences. Of course, the recruiters won't tell you that – they'll threaten legal consequences etc... - Kelly Dougherty, USA

Fri

Feb

Chris Rossdale, City University London: Raising awareness, taking action: video

Submitted by Gary on Fri, 14/02/2014 - 21:41

Forces Watch -

The Militarisation in Everyday Life in the UK conference was held in London in October 2013 and was organised by ForcesWatch. It brought together academics, writers, activists and campaigners who are researching, writing, campaigning on, or just concerned about the implications of the militarisation of everyday life in the UK.

Chris Rossdale, City University London: Raising awareness, taking action: video

Fri

Feb

Victoria Basham, Exeter University: The militarisation of childhood in the UK - some recent trends: video

Submitted by Gary on Fri, 14/02/2014 - 20:44

Forces Watch -

Victoria Basham, Exeter University: The militarisation of childhood in the UK - some recent trends: video

Fri

Feb

Kevin McSorley, University of Portsmouth: Militarism and the body: video

Submitted by Gary on Fri, 14/02/2014 - 20:37

Forces Watch -

Kevin McSorley, University of Portsmouth: Militarism and the body: video

Fri

Feb

Sarah Bulmer, Exeter University & David Jackson, Veteran to Veteran: Rethinking the Veteran : video

Submitted by Gary on Fri, 14/02/2014 - 20:27

Forces Watch -

Sarah Bulmer, Exeter University & David Jackson, Veteran to Veteran: Rethinking the Veteran : video

Fri

Feb

Bryan Mabee, Queen Mary University London: Militarism in context -- the policy framework: video

Submitted by Gary on Fri, 14/02/2014 - 19:37

Forces Watch -

Bryan Mabee, Queen Mary University London: Militarism in context -- the policy framework: video

Fri

Feb

2009 NNOMY Conference - Pauline Lipman: video

Submitted by Gary on Fri, 14/02/2014 - 19:14

National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth -

2009 NNOMY Conference - Pauline Lipman: video

Fri

Feb

Diana Francis, Looking at everyday militarisation

Submitted by Gary on Fri, 14/02/2014 - 18:49

Forces Watch -

Diana Francis, Looking at everyday militarisation

Fri

Feb

Camouflage Kids: How the military affects young people's lives: publication

Submitted by Gary on Fri, 14/02/2014 - 16:00

A ForcesWatch poster showing policy, cultural and other recent developments affecting the extent of military influence in young people's lives.

Thu

Feb

Voting with our feet: women (and children) in Israel making new move(ment)s: article

Submitted by Gary on Thu, 13/02/2014 - 15:53

Rela Mazali -

A new movement of women is emerging in Israel, in interaction with an existing but unacknowledged movement of young people. The women are challenging the risks their state is prepared to take with lives. Among them, mothers and spouses are questioning the state’s use of their sons, daughters and partners in the military. Protesting the pervasive militarization of their society, they’ve begun to work on retracting the standing loan of Jewish Israeli lives to the military. The young people are intentionally avoiding enlistment in the Israel Defense Force. This composite movement is everywhere, destabilising the public/private, emotional/rational, male/female divides.

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Countering Military Recruitment

WRI's new booklet, Countering Military Recruitment: Learning the lessons of counter-recruitment campaigns internationally, is out now. The booklet includes examples of campaigning against youth militarisation across different countries with the contribution of grassroot activists.

You can order a paperback version here.