This episode of the Raising Peace podcast presents a talk from our 2023 festival, when we heard from educators in Australia and Italy who are standing against the increased militarisation of our schools and universities. ‘Minors and Missiles’ is a report by the Medical Association for the Prevention of War that describes the many ways in which defence companies are influencing school curricula. Like the tobacco industry and others before them, the defence industry is seeking to embed itself in the minds of our impressionable young people.

Today you will hear in depth presentations from Elise West and Cristina Pighini.

Elise West is from the Medical Association for the Prevention of War and also from Teachers for Peace. She is the lead author of MAPW’s report, Minors and Missiles.

Cristina Pighini is a secondary school teacher and member of the Italian Observatory Against The Militarization Of Schools And Universities.

An unedited version of this talk, along with many others, can be viewed on the Raising Peace website.

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