{"article":{"id":103049,"heading":"Part 1 - JROTC - GATEWAY TO MILITARISM","author":"builder123","created":"2004-02-16 22:13:17","modified":"2005-08-15 02:50:16","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:50:16","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>United Teacher Los Angeles Human Rights Committee presented its inaugural forum on militarism in our schools.  Student organizers, activists and long time counter militarism group took part in a panel discussions and workshops.    <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.killradio.org\/stream.php\/stream.m3u?sf=http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/uploads\/arlene.mp3\">stream Arlene Inouye - Audio<\/a> <br><br> Order event video from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justicevision.org\">JucticeVision<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"February 7th 2004 Manual Arts High Los Angeles\r\nGroups like United Teacher Los Angeles Human Rights Committee strive to provide alternative life choices beyond military enlistment.  \r\n","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2004\/02\/image1403.jpgvf2ymb.jpg","filesize":"29.8 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2004\/02\/103049.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2004\/02\/image1403.jpgvf2ymb.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2004\/02\/image1403.jpgvf2ymb.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":103050,"heading":"Arlene Inouye - Audio","article":"Duration:  0:6:13\r\nPanel and workshop introduction by Arlene Inouye.  \r\naginouye@aol.com\r\n","author":"builder123","parent_id":103049,"mime_type":"audio\/mpeg","created":"2004-02-16 22:13:17","modified":"2005-08-15 02:50:16","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/02\/arlene.mp3"},{"id":103051,"heading":"Food for Thought: Junior Reserves Officer Training Corp","article":"-Los Angeles School District spends over two million on JROTC yet can\u2019t provide basic classroom needs.\r\n-Student\u2019 privacy and equal access requirements are being violated.\r\n-2.5 billion a year spent on military recruiting.\r\n-UC and Cal State system cut by 53 million dollars, neediest students lose 13% of their financial aid.\r\n-California K-12 funding slashed by 1.5 billion dollars yet academic performance mandates increase.\r\n\r\nInformation courtesy of UTLA Human Right Committee.\r\n\u201cFood for Thought\u201d Photos taken at Year of the Monkey Chinese New Years Parade in downtown Los Angeles\r\n","author":"builder123","parent_id":103049,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2004-02-16 22:13:17","modified":"2013-11-11 00:28:48","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/02\/image4901.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/02\/image4901.jpg"}},{"id":103052,"heading":"Food for Thought: Junior Reserves Officer Training Corp","article":"-79% of 12th graders at Roosevelt High had seen a military recruiter, 28.8% had seen a college recruiter. \r\n-Over 40% of cadets who complete JROTC join the military, the vast majority as enlisted personnel.\r\n-As of 2003 5,521 LAUSD students in 29 high schools were enrolled in JROTC.\r\n-Since 1992 JROTC enrollment has doubled nation wide with 3500 programs.\r\n- JROTC courses are of no academic value providing no college prep requirements.\r\n\r\nInformation courtesy of UTLA Human Right Committee.\r\n\u201cFood for Thought\u201d Photos taken at Year of the Monkey Chinese New Years Parade in downtown Los Angeles\r\n","author":"builder123","parent_id":103049,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2004-02-16 22:13:17","modified":"2013-11-11 00:28:48","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/02\/image3803k.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/02\/image3803k.jpg"}},{"id":103053,"heading":"Food for Thought: Junior Reserves Officer Training Corp","article":"-Nearly a fifth of US military fatalities in Iraq are black.\r\n-57% of GI\u2019s signing up for educational programs don\u2019t get them, 23% receive only half. \r\n-Latinos represents 13% of the US population and 25% of army combat units.\r\n-JROTC targets the poor in Central and East Los Angeles; no programs are west of Fairfax High.\r\n-JROTC classes are more expensive to run than regular classes.\r\n\r\nInformation courtesy of UTLA Human Right Committee.\r\n\u201cFood for Thought\u201d Photos taken at Year of the Monkey Chinese New Years Parade in downtown Los Angeles\r\n","author":"builder123","parent_id":103049,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2004-02-16 22:13:17","modified":"2013-11-11 00:28:48","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/02\/image4101k.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/02\/image4101k.jpg"}}],"comments":[{"id":111184,"heading":"Kick out recruiters if draft passes","article":"Dear High School Principals:    (Monday May 24,2004 Spring 2004)\r\n Representative Charles Rangle (D-NY) has introduced a thorough\r\nmilitary draft bill that will totally demolish higher education\r\nin the United States if passed. It has a 50 per cent chance of\r\npassing within the next four years. Charles Rangles military draft will\r\nnot have any educational exemptions at all. There are lower standards\r\nfor civilian slave labor alternative service than for military service\r\nso even disabled boys in wheelchairs will be drafted for two years just\r\nlike everyone else. The bill is H.R. 163 of 108th congress.\r\n Even though military leaders oppose the draft because troops who are\r\nnot there voluntarily will not pay attention to detail and avoid killing\r\ncivilians, there are a minority of recruiters who secretly favor a draft\r\nbecause they are below their quota and do not care about collateral\r\ndamge. Those recruiters who favor a draft are a minority that is well\r\nhidden because they will not all admit that they favor a draft.\r\n The biggest collateral damage from a military draft will be the postponement\r\nof higher education at least until age 26 including closing all\r\nuniversities and community colleges for at least 8 years.\r\n At least 25 per cent of draftees will begin their service at age 24.\r\nThose who enlist volunarily at age 18 for two or four or six years have an\r\n 8 year obligation if they start under age 26. The remainder of the 8 years\r\nis spent in reserve status where they may be re-drafted.\r\n High school clases such as geometry or advanced algebra and science\r\nclasses that are electives for college bound students will suffer very\r\nlow enrollment under a draft and college prep High school classes may\r\nbe canceled during the entire U.S. military draft.\r\n  High school boys are not going to like the draft because Islamic\r\nextremists have developed  a  torture  primarily for draftees in which\r\nall of a draftees skin is removed and the draftee is left to suffer\r\nand die a terrible draftee death.\r\n  All high school principals should warn recruiters that they will be banned\r\nfrom high school campuses for a time period of three times longer than\r\nthe time the U.S. military draft lasts. If there is a 20 year draft\r\nmilitary recuiters will be banned from all high school campuses for 60\r\nyears as punishment. U.S. military recruiters who want continued access\r\nto high schools have a duty to lobby Congress to vote against all military\r\ndraft bills including Charles Rangles H.R. 163.  Recruiting on high\r\nschool property is a privelege that will be revoked if the draft is\r\nreinstated in any form.\r\n  High school boys in student government are going to vote to punish\r\nmilitary recruiters if a draft passes anyway so they certainly will\r\nnot benifit from recuiting at high schools when there is a draft.\r\nAll college prep classes will be boycotted if there is a draft.\r\nAll JROTC classes will be boycotted if there is a draft.\r\nericmatteson2003november@hotmail.com\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n","author":"Eric Matteson","parent_id":103049,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-05-25 20:32:49","modified":"2004-05-25 20:32:49","fileurl":""}]}