Above: Student JROTC opposition through “spoken work”.

Groups like United Teacher Los Angeles Human Rights Committee strive to provide alternative life choices beyond military enlistment.

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…he wore his medals proud. He was recruited and he joined the army because he needed money for college. After graduation he went straight into boot camp and boot camp at times is a place where people realize this is not what I want to do…one day after training my friend, they were training with rifles M16s, my friend is standing their…he makes eye contact with his bunk mate and his bunk mate is standing there with his M16 to his chin…

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Students organizations --- allies in the struggle for military free public education