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"The workshop was just great, exactly right for our students and I think highly motivating! We will probably want to bring them back in the spring." -Pat, coordinator from Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA)

"Thank you for coming through La Crosse, Wisconsin to talk about your book and counter-recruiting... I just wanted to let you know that some of the seeds you sowed during your book tour have started sprouting. - Cathy in La Crosse, WI

"Everyone loved [Aimee]. I am so very thankful for the work she is doing." -Sandra, event organizer from El Cerrito, CA

"The excellent effect of the tour here is that there are dates and times being set up to do events at High Schools by the main group that David and Aimee talked with." -Sue, activist from Milwaukee, WI

"If someone is considering hosting your event, they should really do it. It was one of the best things I've dedicated my time to in my life!" - Yvette, organizer from Kent, Ohio

"The event was fantastic - it was represented by five high schools who were absolutely thrilled by Aimee and David... the ability of David and Aimee to engage the crowd is something that I haven't seen in any speaker as yet!"
-- Aamir, organizer for South Bay Mobilization in San Jose

MusicSelected Articles by Aimee Allison and David Solnit:

An Army of None
Peacework Magazine

Selected Articles by Aimee Allison:

Recruiter Sexual Abuse: Friendly Fire at Home?
Alternet

An Excellent Reason Not to Join the Military
Alternet

Selected Articles by David Solnit:

Chiapas, Seattle, Hong Kong? Questions for the Global Justice Movement
Left Turn

The New Radicalism
Truthout

Shelter Under the Anti-war Umbrella: People Power Can Stop the War
Alternet

Will Blockades and Puppets Topple the WTO?
Eat the State

Previous Interviews with the Authors:

Aimee Allison: Interview with a Gulf War Resister
CCCO - The Objector

People Power: An Interview with David Solnit
Mother Jones

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Order a copy of ARMY OF NONE and get promotional materials: www.couragetoresist.org/armyofnone
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Tour schedule here and Aimee's tour blog here


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.

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

Anti-war, global justice and arts organizer DAVID SOLNIT was a main organizer in the WTO protests in Seattle in 1999 and in San Francisco the day after Iraq was invaded in 2003. He is the editor of Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World. 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. She was recruited out of high school and became a Conscientious Objector to the Gulf War. She actively supports veterans that are healing from their war experiences.

Army of None: Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War, and Build a Better World is now available from Seven Stories Press. Individual books are available for a $20 donation to Courage to Resist—that's $5 more than the cover price, but that includes all shipping, handling, and tax.

Authors Aimee Allison and David Solnit will be touring extensively this fall and winter to support counter-recruitment organizing efforts around the United States, and educating students, parents, and young people about the truth behind military recruitment. Please email if you would like them to come to your community. Contact Aimee and David by emailing armynone (at) gmail.com.

Photos by Jeff Paterson
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The Army of None Project is reaching out to young people and community activists around the country, exposing the truth of the military recruitment complex and supporting counter-recruitment efforts far and wide.

The Army of None Project often reaches out to communities that cannot afford to cover travel or other expenses for the project. To support this work, please donate now through Paypal:

To make a tax-deductible donation, please make checks out to "Courage to Resist/ IHCenter" with "Army of None" in the memo line and mail to: Courage to Resist 484 Lake Park Ave #41 Oakland, CA 94610

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Sgt. Stryder





Jul 18 2008 12:14 AM

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ACTIVATE--Grand Rapids Antiwar!





Jul 4 2008 7:53 PM

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Come to Wilcox Park on July 12th to learn different Skills and Tactics needed for any demonstration or protest

Schedule:

* 12:00 PM - Vegan potluck in the Park - Bring a dish to pass for a pre-workshop lunch

* 1:00 - Protest 101 - Learn the basics of how to organize a protest!

* 1:45 - Creative Protest - Radical Cheerleading, street theater, & more!

* 2:30 - Health And Safety - What to wear, bring, and how to stay safe at a demonstration

* 3:15 - Legal - How to deal with law enforcement

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* 4:45 - Lockdowns and Blockades - How to stop business as usual using different techniques


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philopatrios





Jun 27 2008 2:19 AM

Washington Transcripts (What is really being said in DC)

President Bush wants us to explain why this idiot Charlie Black, even though he works for John McCain, how he doesn’t speak for McCain or this Administration. He wants us to beat the drum extolling McCain’s patriotism in every press briefing. He wants messages that stress how old John can’t stand thinking about doing dirty tricks with terrorism just to get himself elected. It is time to spin up our propaganda propellers, make so much noise that all facts get lost in our prop wash. May the god of spin be with us and may the President convince McCain to fire this moron Black like yesterday!

From the blog all about political hacks betraying democracy!
http://philopatrios.pnn.com/5134-washington-transcripts-what-is-really-being-said-in-dc
Johnny Allen and the Heartical Symphony





Jun 11 2008 4:14 PM

Greetings Army of None,
Respect To You !!!!!!!
I Give Thanks
For Reaching Out,
Making The Connection
And The Friendship !!!!!!!
Blessed Love
philopatrios





Jun 10 2008 2:31 AM

Washington Transcripts (What is really being said in DC)

John McCain supports my Iraq War all the way. He is even planning to restore the Draft as soon as we get him elected. That way he will have the troops needed to salvage my accomplished mission. John plans to build in a lot of deferments so the right kind don’t get sucked in, better than those that kept me and the Vice President out of Vietnam.

From the blog all about political hacks betraying democracy!
http://philopatrios.pnn.com/5134-washington-transcripts-what-is-really-being-said-in-dc
PINK ARMY Berlin





Jun 3 2008 6:17 AM

Thanx for the Add...!
cammmo.org





Jun 1 2008 4:59 PM

strength through unity.

youth united to restore america’s credibility.
Wall Street Traitors





Jun 1 2008 8:10 AM

Thanks fro accepting! You got the right idea!!!
Peter Reckell Fans





May 31 2008 10:46 PM

Much Thanks 4 D Add !
→live life one day at a time←





May 31 2008 5:35 PM

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May 29 2008 3:27 AM

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May 26 2008 4:56 PM

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May 23 2008 8:46 PM

Washington Transcripts (What is really being said in DC)

I and John McCain adamantly oppose this new GI bill floating around Congress, the one that gives people who have served only three years in the military full educational benefits. John and I believe it is too costly and will only encourage troops to get out of the service after only one or two combat tours. Get out after being trained to be the world’s best warriors. This country can’t wage my war on terrorism and can’t preserve my Presidential legacy with incentives to back slide like this bill allows.

From the blog, all about political hacks betraying democracy!
http://philopatrios.pnn.com/5134-washington-transcripts-what-is-really-being-said-in-dc
DisOrientalist





May 21 2008 9:19 AM

This is an excellent initiative! Keep up the good work. It's no coincidence that hardly any policy makers (read war-mongers) in Washington have actually managed to convince their own kids to go fight on the front lines in Iraq.
zAcHaRy...™





May 21 2008 6:59 AM

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May 20 2008 12:59 AM

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May 17 2008 8:22 PM

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May 14 2008 11:09 AM

Thanks for the ADD!
BE SUBVERSIVE: LOVE!
Simone Caputo Atzori





May 14 2008 9:25 AM

HEY!

THANK YOU!!

'M GLAD TO BE HERE!!

CIAO!!

SYMO
F.





May 14 2008 6:28 AM

hello.
thanx.
democracy, anyone?





May 11 2008 6:52 AM

:: Blue Dog Democratic Caucus ::

Recognize these Democratic members of Congress, and
vote in a PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC Candidate
when their term is up!!

In the last decade the Blue Dog Caucus has systematically
voted along Neo-Con ideology; bankrupting our economy
through deregulation and outsourcing, bringing us into an
occupation that has cost over a million innocent lives,
and now is making sure that our VETS don't get the
proper increases in benefits through the new GI bill !!!

If there's anyone who hasn't been redistricted yet,
WAKE UP, and vote these people OUT !!!

AR, 4th - Mike Ross
AR, 1st - Marion Berry
AZ, 8th - Gabrielle Giffords
AL, 5th - Bud Cramer
CA, 47th - Loretta Sanchez
CA, 29th - Adam Schiff
CA, 43rd - Joe Baca
CA, 20th - Jim Costa
CA, 18th - Dennis Cardoza
CA, 1st - Mike Thompson
CO, 3rd - John Salazar
CA, 36th - Jane Harman
FL, 2nd - Allen Boyd
FL, 16th - Tim Mahoney
GA, 12th - John Barrow
GA, 3rd - Jim Marshall
GA, 2nd - Sanford Bishop
GA, 13th - David Scott
IN, 2nd - Joe Donnelly
IL, 8th - Melissa Bean
IN, 8th - Brad Ellsworth
IN, 9th - Baron Hill
IA, 3rd - Leonard Boswell
KS, 3rd - Dennis Moore
KY, 6th - Ben Chandler
LA, 3rd - Charlie Melancon
MS, 4th - Gene Taylor
MA, 2nd - Mike Michaud
MN, 7th - Collin Peterson
NY, 24th - Mike Arcuri
NY, 20th - Kirsten Gillibrand
NY, 2nd - Steve Israel
NC, 7th - Mike McIntyre
NC, 11th - Heath Shuler
ND - Earl Pomeroy
OH, 18th - Zack Space
OH, 6th - Charlie Wilson
OK, 2nd - Dan Boren
SD - Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
PA, 10th - Chris Carney
PA, 17th Tim Holden
PA, 8th - Patrick Murphy
TN, 5th - Jim Cooper
TN, 4th - Lincoln Davis
TN, 6th - Bart Gordon
TN, 8th - John Tanner
TX, 22nd - Nick Lampson
UT, 2nd - Jim Matheson
Sunshinee!





May 10 2008 7:11 AM

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May 8 2008 5:48 PM

Dear Friend,
this comment is an invitation to you and yours to come check out our brand new home page, its our new center of operations and it wouldn't be much of a World Unification Network without YOU
WorldUnificationNetwork.org
P.S. Its going to take at least a month to contact everyone through Myspace so i won't be doing that as much or at all once i've gotten the word out, so if you want to know whats going on, join us
Mark G.





May 6 2008 5:23 AM

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