Y&M Magazine - Past Issues

Past Issues

September 2001
The September issue includes:

Portland Schools’ Ban on Military Recruiters
Update: Oakland Military Institue Opens
¿Tienes suficiente información para registrarte en las fuerzas armadas?
Spanish-language version of our popular brochure, Do You Know Enough to Enlist?

Summer 2001
The summer issue includes:

Voices of Child Soldiers: The Road to Recovery
Working to End Draft Registration and its Penalties
Chart of State Penalties for Nonregistrants
Can a school force a student to enroll in JROTC?

May/June 2001
The May/June includes:

March/April 2001
The March/April includes:

Iraqi family February 2001
Our February 2001 issue includes:

The Gulf War: Ten Years Later
Do You Know Enough to Enlist?, a resource for young people
a review of Making Policy /Making Change: How Communities Are Taking Law into Their Own Hands
and why some soldiers say NO to fighting in wars

Dec 2000/ Jan 2001
The December/ January double issue includes: How the ASVAB test is being used as a military recruitment tool; How some students have been forced to take the test; JROTC: Sending the Wrong Message about Weapons and Violence; an update on a new federal law that aids military recruiters; and a review of the book Reading, Writing and Rising Up.

November 2000
November 2000 issue includes: an answer to the question: Does an only child have to go to war?; a Gulf War veteran's thoughts about Veterans Day; sexual harassment in the military; and a review of Chalmer Johnson's recent book, Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire.

October 2000
The October issue includes: an answer about countering recruiter access to schools, an overview of high school students' rights, US troops in Okinawa, and a review of the The CO/MOTION Guide to Youth-Led Social Change.

September 2000
The September issue includes: 10 points to consider before you sign a military enlistment agreement, news on Oakland's proposed military academy, a reconsideration of military academies, and questions to ask about academies in your community.

August 2000
The August issue includes: homophobia in the military, the myth of the "period of adjustment," and militarizing the war on drugs.

July 2000
The July issue includes: advice about registering with the Selective Service System; tips from the Albany activists who kept JROTC out of their schools; a new look at JROTC: where is it, who joins, and how is it tied to recruiting?; and an action alert about a House of Representatives resolution on child soldiers.

June 2000
The June issue focuses on current affairs. Harold Jordan exposes the Pentagon's attempt to force high schools to accept military recruiters. We look at the US military's treatment of Puerto Rico; review Making the News, a public-relations guide for activists; and answer a question about the delayed enlistment program.

May 2000
The Vietnam War - 25 Years Later
Includes: an investigation into what has happened to draft resisters and military absentees; a Vietnam War resource guide; a review of the film Another Brother; and reflections about "resurgent youth activism."

April 2000
Our April special issue focuses on JROTC - The Military in the Schools. Included is an article on the first national countermilitarism activist meeting since the mid-1990s; a review of the new Army JROTC textbook, download instructions for Making Soldiers in the Public Schools; information about JROTC instructors: are they certified teachers?; and a link to Leadership Training Programs for Young People. (April 3, 2000)
Photo by Kate Connell, Non-Military Options for Youth based in Austin, TX.

March 2000
The March issue cover story, Protecting Children from War: What the New Agreement Really Means, analyzes the new UN agreement regarding child soldiers. The issue also includes a review of the book Maneuvers :The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives, a JROTC update, a TV investigation of recruitment fraud, and we answer a question about military money for college. Photo courtesy of UNICEF

December 1999
Y&M Online Newsletter Special Edition: Women, the Military and War. Our December issue features an essay about how the Vietnam War affected American women, facts about women in the military and women casualties, a review of the documentary film Regret to Inform, and a military-recruiting update.

November 1999
The November issue includes an article on military recruiting and the civilian-military gap, the "hidden costs" of JROTC, an introduction to Y&M Online's activist toolbox, and a review of the book Aztlán and Viet Nam: Chicano and Chicana Experiences of the War. Also, how has the end of the Cold War affected the military budget?

February 1999
The February issue details the growing U.S. campaign against the use of child soldiers and aggressive tactics used to recruit Latino youths. We help you answer "Do You Know Enough to Enlist?" Also included, a review of the film Blood Makes the Grass Grow and casualty statistics for 20th century wars – civilian and military..