Why We Must Take Children Out Of Military Environments
22/09/2017
With former 17 former Army Foundation College Harrogate instructors facing court martial for mistreating recruits- including actual bodily harm and battery, we look at the evidence that military environment facilitate threats to child welfare. This article was first published on Huffington Post
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Academics: Armed forces are no place for 16-year-olds
13/09/2017
A letter to the Guardian (12/09/17) from more than 50 academics has called for the age of recruitment ot the UK armed forces to be raised to 18. It backs a conference motion from SNP Youth in support of this.
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Arms companies and immorality in education
08/09/2017
As the largest arms fair in the world takes place in London, we explore how arms companies have become part of the education system in the UK, despite the concerns for human rights and corruption that surround the defence and security industry.
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Make Art Not War… or both?
30/08/2017
Poppy Kohner examines the Army@theFringe season at the Edinburgh Festival and asks what becomes censored when elite institutions take on the programming and hosting of the arts.
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British Army targets working class kids
13/07/2017
The Army's latest recruitment campaign focuses on low income families from cities with high deprivation levels.
The Guardian and The Independent
Army recruitment practices exploit and widen class divisions
10/07/2017
New evidence confirms that the British Army recruitment marketing deliberately targets working-class young people.
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Stripping the Civilian – how army training isolates, disorientates and dominates recruits
04/07/2017
New findings highlight need to protect young people from harsh military training environments and inadequate safeguards in cadet forces.
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The First Ambush: Effects of army training and employment
04/07/2017
A new report out today from Veterans For Peace UK details how the Army's training process has a 'forceful impact' on attitudes, health, and behaviour even before recruits are sent to war.
Veterans For Peace UK
Hidden in full sight: sex abuse covered up by cadet forces
04/07/2017
BBC Panorama has uncovered evidence of repeated cover-ups of historical sex abuse in Britain's cadet forces.
BBC News
Protesting Armed Forces Day in Liverpool
26/06/2017ForcesWatch comment
A tale of two cities: a personal reflection on the display of the UK's potential for armed violence on the streets of Liverpool alongside its more radical history. This article was originally published by Souciant Magazine.