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.
Various
Arms companies and immorality in education
08/09/2017
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Make Art Not War… or both?
30/08/2017
Poppy Kohner
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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
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Stripping the Civilian – how army training isolates, disorientates and dominates recruits
04/07/2017
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The First Ambush: Effects of army training and employment
04/07/2017
Veterans For Peace UK
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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
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