Europe

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Apr

2015

Art meets conscientious objection

New translation available

Submitted by hannah

“Suppose there’s a war and nobody turns up.”

Exhibition / Events / Talk / Memorial / Film in celebration of International Conscientious Objectors Day
At Neuwagenmühle in...

Wed

Jan

Cambridge Peace and Education Research Group

The Cambridge Peace and Education Research Group (CPERG) provides a hub for the sharing and exchange of ideas around conflict, peace, and education both within the UK and internationally.

Sun

Nov

Militarization of children in the Czech Republic

Submitted by Gary on Sun, 27/11/2016 - 15:14

In the Czech Republic soldiers have reportedly started touring elementary schools nationwide in an effort to introduce students to military life. Children from the age of 10 are being familiarized with and encouraged to play with machine guns. These terrifying images bring memories of totalitarian regimes, in which education about war and a militaristic vision of society and life were instilled into children from a young age.

All of this, moreover, is taking place right at a time when the United States has yet again witnessed a mass shooting that took place in a school and the President himself is impotent to act against the powerful arms industry. According to the Gun Violence Archive, in 2015 alone gun-related incidents in the US amounted to 33,293. 8,514 people lost their lives and 17,361 were injured. Among the dead there were 486 children under the age of 11 and 1,687 between 12 and 17. Is this the model we want to follow?

Wed

Oct

Webinar: Countering the Militarisation of Youth: Examples of Resistance

Submitted by antimili-youth on Wed, 26/10/2016 - 16:19

Young peoples' experiences of the military, and exposure to militarist values, differ around the world. In this webinar, we gathered examples of everyday militarism from two countries, Israel and Germany, and discussed with activists about their strategies and campaigns to counter it.

https://vimeo.com/188382465

Webinar: Countering the Militarisation of Youth: Examples of Resistance

Thu

Oct

Coalition School without Military - Bündnis Schule ohne Militär - Berlin

Sat

Oct

Webinar: Countering the militarisation of youth: examples of resistance

Fri

Sep

Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft. GEW Studis - Schule ohne Bundeswehr

Mon

Aug

Don't Join the Army

‘Don’t Join the Army’ is a project of Veterans For Peace UK. It is a response to the Army’s consistently misleading and exploitative recruitment campaigns aimed at young people.

Wed

Apr

Alternatives to military service in Russia

Submitted by hannah on Wed, 27/04/2016 - 15:57

This website takes you through the various steps to apply for a subsitute civilian service, instead of military service, in Russia.

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Alternatives to military service in Russia

Wed

Mar

Military propaganda on children's radio

Submitted by hannah on Wed, 23/03/2016 - 17:52

Last year, British children's radio station Fun Kids Radio broadcast a series called 'Life in the Armed Forces', which is little more than military propaganda. This is the first video in the series. They have 350,000 listeners in the UK.

Military propaganda on children's radio

Fri

Oct

Military Classrooms? Strategy wargames played out in German schools

Submitted by antimili-youth on Fri, 30/10/2015 - 07:08

Here is a short report by Peter Oliver from RT News about the recruitment operations of the German Armed Forces, Bundeswehr, and activists resisting against this increasing flow of war propaganda in Germany.

Military Classrooms? Strategy wargames played out in German schools

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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.