[saymaListserv] Unscrupulous military recruiting info & links

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Friends,  I just received this from someone outside Friends' but  noticed 
AFSC is listed as a sponsor for at least the one action.  I  recognize its 
probably too late to start anything for today but I thought some  of you would be 
interested in knowing about the organizations and info links  included.
 
Bill  Reynolds


May 18, 2005 
Dear Cornelia,  
Busted! This Friday, May 20th, every military  recruiting center across the 
country will be closed for what the U.S. Army  Recruiting Command calls an 
"Army Values Stand Down Day." The "stand  down" will be a retraining in ethics for 
the military's 7,500 recruiters,  following a rash of complaints that 
recruiters are resorting to unscrupulous  tactics to enlist new soldiers. Recruiters' 
lies can be cruel and ridiculous; a  Houston army recruiter threatened to 
arrest a local young man if he didn't  report that day to the army recruiting 
station. Rae, our CODEPINK student coordinator met an army recruiter in  Oakland 
during our action last week. He promised her a college education and  world 
travel. The recruiter squelched her fears about being sent to war  by assuring 
her that she would not serve in Iraq, and added that women are not  engaged in 
combat, and that if they return home wounded, it is probably because  they 
went out for a "joyride in a Hummer."  
While the  Army stands down, WE STAND UP! On May  20th, we are joined with 
UFPJ, AFSC and US Campus Anti-War Network in asking you  to stand up for the 
demilitarization of youth. Stand up for  students' rights to privacy from the 
military. Go to _www.Militaryfreezone.org_ 
(http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=15938181&url_num=1&url=http://www.Militaryfreezone.org)  to call 
 your local representative and tell them to support Congressman Mike Honda's  
"Student Privacy Protection Act" H.R. 551 and sign the petition.  

We cannot allow these deceptive and predatory recruiters to infect our  
neighborhoods and schools. In addition to recruiting centers, recruiters are  
roaming the halls of high schools, stalking teenagers by repeatedly calling  their 
homes, and enlisting cheap sales tactics to draw more young people into  the 
military. Currently, each student's contact information is available to the  
Army recruiters, unless a parent signs an "Opt Out" form. Go to 
_www.leavemychildalone.org_ 
(http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=15938181&url_num=2&url=http://www.leavemychildalone.org)  to opt  out your child, to adopt a 
school board or to host a house party.  
Check out our  counter-recruitment page 
(_http://www.codepinkalert.org/article.php?list=type&type=48_ 
(http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=15938181&url_num=3&url=http://www.codepinkalert.org/article.php?list=type&type=4
8) )  for local CODEPINK actions planned for May 20th  around the country, 
especially Washington D.C. and New York City or for ideas to  create actions in 
your own communities. 
With  determination for a military-free world,

Dana,  Farida, Gael, Jodie, Medea, Nancy, Rae, and Tiffany  
P.S. Watch this 4 minute video: 
_http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2005/05/17/VI2005051700710.html_ 
(http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=15938181&url_num=4&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte
nt/video/2005/05/17/VI2005051700710.html)   of MP George Galloway in a Senate 
hearing yesterday and see if you are not  totally moved to say "NO" to the 
continued US  occupation of Iraq, which was recently condoned by Democratic 
National Committee  Chairman Howard Dean. Join CODEPINK activists and the  
Progressive Democrats of America in taking action to stop the war by signing the  
Iraq Withdrawal Petition (_http://pdamerica.org/petition/iraq-exit-petition.php_ 
(http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=15938181&url_num=5&url=http
://pdamerica.org/petition/iraq-exit-petition.php) )  to tell Dean and the 
Democrats that we are calling for an end to the U.S.  occupation of Iraq. 
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