Army of None

Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War and Build a Better World

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ISBN-10 1-58322-755-5
ISBN-13 978-1-58322-755-8
Publication Date Mar 2007
Nb of pages 128
Illustration type Illustrations, black & white

Description

Alternet's Best Progressive Books of 2007

An activist's guide to combating military recruitment.

Uniformed U.S. Army Officers lunch with students in elementary school cafeterias. Army training programs including rifle and pistol instruction replace physical education in middle schools. Like never before, military recruiters are entering the halls of U.S. schools with unchecked access in an attempt to bolster a military in crisis.

However, even as these destructive efforts to militarize youth accelerate, so do the creative and powerful efforts of students, community members, and veterans to challenge them. Today, the counter recruitment movement—from counseling to poetry slams to citywide lobbying efforts—has become one of the most practical ways to tangibly resist U.S. policy that cuts funding for education and social programs while promoting war and occupation. Without enough soldiers, the U.S. cannot sustain its empire.

Army of None exposes the real story behind the military-recruitment complex, and offers guides, tools, and resources for education and action, and people power strategies to win.

Army veteran Aimee Allison has led school and community counter-recruitment activities over the last decade. She is a contributor to 10 Excellent Reasons Not to Join the Military. Global justice and antiwar organizer David Solnit is the editor of Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World.

ARMY OF NONE PROJECT COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU!

Army vet Aimee Allison and global justice organizer and puppeteer David Solnit will travel on 40-city tour to offer training and presentations in support of local counter recruitment and antiwar efforts during 2007-2008.

To see where they will be when and to get updates and read reviews go to: http://myspace.com/armyofnonebook

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Press Reviews

Counterpunch
Army Of None is a direct challenge to the militarization of American youth. It's a toolkit, a practical how-to manual, for the emerging politics of non-cooperation and direct action. Army Of None is pulished at a pivotal moment in the peace movement.
- Paul Rockwell

Truthout
Army of None is a manual for opponents of the Iraq war who want to cut off its supply of cannon fodder.
- Jeremy Brecher

Third Estate Sunday Review
...this book, in what ever order you read it in, is just a joy to read.