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From Militant to Military Labour

With the UK in the midst of wide spread industrial action we took a look at the historic use of the armed forces to break strikes and quell workers rights.


A critical response to ‘The British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014’

March 2015

The report is published in conjunction with the video The British Armed Forces: Propaganda in the classroom? produced by Quaker Peace & Social Witness. This report explains why the British Armed Forces Learning Resource (published in September 2014 by the Prime Minister's Office) is a poor quality educational resource, and exposes the resource as a politically-driven attempt to promote recruitment into the armed forces and “military values” in schools.


The British Armed Forces: Propaganda in the classroom?

March 2015
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Produced by Quaker Peace & Social Witness. To accompany the ForcesWatch report A critical response to 'The British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014'


Government accused of military propaganda in the classroom

27/02/2015

ForcesWatch / Quakers in Britain press release

The Government's material for schools about the armed forces has been criticised today by the human rights group ForcesWatch and Quakers in Britain.


Army launches ‘rebranding’ and recruitment campaigns

21/01/2015

BBC

The Army is launching a publicity campaign to keep its work in the public eye, following the end of combat operations in Afghanistan.


YouGov poll finds that Britons tend to think less of the Army’s importance the younger they are

02/12/2014

YouGov

As the British Army struggles to recruit new soldiers, YouGov polling finds that Britons tend to think less of the army's importance the younger they are.


Multicultural Britain rejecting foreign conflict, MoD admits

24/01/2014

Guardian

Repeat of Afghanistan-or-Iraq-style invasion ruled out for war-weary UK, according to senior officials


Fighting the ‘Battle of the Narrative’: Communicating Army 2020

28/11/2013

RUSI

A recent course organised for influencers was designed to convey the British Army’s response to a changing strategic landscape. Despite redeployment from  Afghanistan and Reserve reorganisation, this exercise emphasised that the British Army is still very much in the war-fighting business.


MoD study sets out how to sell wars to the public

07/10/2013

Guardian

Families angry at proposal to lower profile of repatriation ceremonies


On Army’s importance, differing views among young and old

03/10/2013

YouGov

As the British Army struggles to recruit new soldiers, YouGov polling finds that Britons tend to think less of the army's importance the younger they are


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