Tag: Militarization

Protect Our Communities: Dismantle the 1033 Program in MA

July 9, 2025 Edward Mukalazi

By Eddie Mukalazi In June of 2020, I was an 8th grader who had just graduated from middle school. However, rather than accepting my diploma on the big stage, I received it from the window of my mom’s Honda Pilot in the first and only […]

Signs of militarism at East Boston High School: sign at school entrance advertising the JROTC Military Ball; cadets distributing literature at commencement, June 16, 2023; Mayor Michelle Wu greeting students wearing the schools' F-15 insignia during her visit, 2022.

Demilitarizing Civilian Life: Counter Recruitment at East Boston High School

June 24, 2023 Nancy Goldner

By Nancy Goldner and Rosemary Kean Thousands of public high schools students are enrolled without their consent in Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp (JROTC) classes taught by military veterans, according to a recent New York Times investigation. JROTC enrollment data from more than 200 public […]

Photo: Senior Airman John Ennis/Wikimedia Commons

Here Come the Militarized Robots (But There Go Our Civil Liberties)

April 14, 2023 Tom Valovic

By Tom Valovic Many decades ago, when science fiction was still whimsical and fun rather than dark and dystopian, we saw robots appear in popular culture that were benign and friendly. Some may recall Robbie the Robot from the movie “Forbidden Planet” and, of course, […]