Stretched to supply the manpower to fight two wars, the US military has stepped up efforts to recruit teenagers and young adults.  Videogames, social networks, and the schools themselves are all fertile soil for Pentagon recruiters.  On this edition, guest host Anna Sussman hosts a roundtable discussion about the new face of military recruiting, and counter-recruiting efforts taking place.

Featuring:

Sandra Schwartz, American Friends Service Committee San Francisco Peace Education Coordinator; David Ledesma, One Voice Executive Director; Sokthy Mean, Bay-Peace counter recruiter

For More Information:

Bay-Peace -Oakland, CA

http://www.baypeace.org/

One Voice -San Jose, CA

http://www.one-voice.info/

National Network Opposing Militarism of Youth

http://www.nnomy.org/

American Friends Service Committee Youth and Militarism Program

http://afsc.org/program/youth-programs

United For Peace and Justice Counter Military Recruitment Campaign

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/section.php?id=76

Code Pink Counter Recruitment

http://www.codepink4peace.org/section.php?id=48

The War Comes Home

http://www.aaronglantz.com/

http://www.aclu.org/human-rights/soldiers-misfortune-abusive-us-military-recruitment-and-failure-protect-child-soldiers

JAMRS—Joint Advertising market Research and Studies

http://www.jamrs.org/

http://counter-recruitment.blogspot.com/

Anna Sussman

http://backpackjournalist.org

Iraq Veterans Against the War

http://www.ivaw.org/

Join the Military

http://www.military.com/Recruiting/Home/

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