Philadelphia High School Teacher on the We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour

Philadelphia high-school teacher shares why she brought the We Are Not Your Soldiers tour to her classroom and the impact it had.

The We Are Not Your Soldiers tour is not your typical classroom counter-recruiting presentation. The World Can't Wait movement has teamed up with military veterans and military family members to bring the truth to high school & college students about military recruiters and what they are really recruiting for. This tour exposes the realities of the war, including vets talking about their own on-the-ground experience in rounding up people, rape and the consistent use of torture on innocent people. This tour exposes the lies of recruiters and stirs up debate & critical thinking amongst a whole new generation of young people. World Can't Wait organizers open up discussion on why the War on Terror is really a brutal war for empire. Although this tour has the potential to convince a lot of young people to not join up, it is attempting to go further than that. It is setting out to unleash a whole culture of resistance to military recruiting as a key part of stopping these wars.

Want to get involved with We Are Not Your Soldiers?
Contact us: wearenotyoursoldiers@worldcantwait.net
Call us: 347 385 2195

World Can't Wait continues to mobilize resistance to the crimes of our government. Check us out at http://www.worldcantwait.net/ and see some of our more recent videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldCantWaitVideos

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[LaFouineFARCEP]

in iraq..still ppl die...in iraq...american soldiers die for???for levis...for hummer...for bomb's factories..YOUR life, Your family is enough for them?

[Halo4Lyf]

In the opinion of this Marine... you can all go eat a dick.

[RogersRangeUH]

“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. A man who has nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance at being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.”

― John Stuart Mill

[supertacticalbacon]

Because recruiters pretty much just kidnap kids and drag them to bootcamp without any prior preparation or testing, right?

L-O-Fucking L

[farstriker11]

She's a teacher? Yet another reason to homeschool!

[ccraigd89]

@AsILayDyingOWNS77 uh no my dad was a recruiter, he always went to high schools..and he hated it.

[AsILayDyingOWNS77]

Want recruiters to stay away from your kids? All your kids have to do is say no. It's simple as that. If children say no then they go away. Recruiters aren't going to waste their time on kids who do not have interest in the armed services; they are very busy people. They'd rather spend their time on potential applicants that are considering enlisting or go looking for them like me.