> "It's not a natural thing for people to either go half way across the > world and brutalize a country or even do it to your own fellow men and > women, it's something that has to be indoctrinated in your head from > the moment that you join the military. The first thing that they > destroy is your sense of being an individual. Being an individual is > actually looked down upon in the military. So basically taking your > own initiative and being your own person is discouraged and punished, > because it's not natural for people to brutalize other people, to > humiliate, to abuse. This is a very unnatural thing, and the military > has to work hard for us to do the things that we do." > > -from interview of Iraq Veteran Camilo Mejia by Damon Azali-Rojas on > his new book Road From ar Ramad > (click to listen) > <file://///Server/DATA/Web/LCSC%20web%20site/audio%20files/VFTFL/2007/VFTFL%207-30-07%20Camilo%20Mejia.mp3> > > >> >> >> Voices >From the Frontlines >> >> August 6th , 2007 Edition >> >> >> >> Check out past shows! >> >> "It's not a natural thing for people to either go half way across the >> world and brutalize a country or even do it to your own fellow men >> and women, it's something that has to be indoctrinated in your head >> from the moment that you join the military. The first thing that >> they destroy is your sense of being an individual. Being an >> individual is actually looked down upon in the military.So basically >> taking your own initiative and being your own person is discouraged >> and punished, because it's not natural for people to brutalize other >> people, to humiliate, to abuse. This is a very unnatural thing, and >> the military has to work hard for us to do the things that we do." >> >> -from interview of Iraq Veteran Camilo Mejia by Damon Azali-Rojas on >> his new book Road From ar Ramad >> (click to listen) >> <file://///Server/DATA/Web/LCSC%20web%20site/audio%20files/VFTFL/2007/VFTFL%207-30-07%20Camilo%20Mejia.mp3> >> >> >> >> Voices From the Frontlines is dedicated to helping reconstruct a U.S. >> and world Left. The guests on Voices are strategists, tacticians and >> leaders of on-the-ground social movements. Our goal is to develop a >> group of activist listeners who will pressure elected officials, >> attend movement events, march in the streets, join organizations, and >> help to build the movement against racism and empire. >> >> For comments or more information: >> (213) 387-2800 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Monday, join Tammy Bang Luu <#tammy> and Manuel Criollo <#manuel> as >> they interview: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Vijay Prashad, >> on his new book "Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World" >> >> >> >> >> Vijay Prashad is an Associate Professor of International Studies at >> Trinity College, his books include Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: >> Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity; Fat Cats and >> Running Dogs; The Karma of Brown Folk, War Against the Planet, >> Keeping Up with the Dow Joneses, and most recently, Darker Nations: A >> People's History of the Third World published by The New Press >> <http://simplesend.com/simple/t.asp?S=271&ID=12856&NL=3443&N=17683&SI=1817960&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ethenewpress%2ecom%2findex%2ephp%3foption%3dcom_title%26task%3dview_title%26metaproductid%3d1344>. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Monday, August 6th, 2007 >> 4:00pm PST >> Pacifica Stations KPFK >> 90.7 FM in Los Angeles, 98.7 FM in Santa Barbara >> Streaming live on the web at www.kpfk.org >> <http://simplesend.com/simple/t.asp?S=271&ID=12856&NL=3443&N=17683&SI=1817960&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ekpfk%2eorg> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> About the Hosts: >> (return to top) <#top> >> >> >> Tammy Bang Luu is an organizer with the Labor/Community Strategy >> Center >> <http://simplesend.com/simple/t.asp?S=271&ID=12856&NL=3443&N=17683&SI=1817960&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ethestrategycenter%2eorg>. >> >> She is on the recruitment and admissions committee of the Strategy >> Center's National School for Strategic Organizing >> <http://simplesend.com/simple/t.asp?S=271&ID=12856&NL=3443&N=17683&SI=1817960&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ethestrategycenter%2eorg%2fprojects-nationalschool%2ehtml>. >> >> Tammy was also on the national planning committee of the First U.S. >> Social Forum >> <http://simplesend.com/simple/t.asp?S=271&ID=12856&NL=3443&N=17683&SI=1817960&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww%2eussf2007%2eorg%2f>, >> >> which recently took place in Atlanta, Georgia from June 27th-July 1st. >> >> >> >> >> Manuel Criollo is an organizer with the Labor/Community Strategy >> Center >> <http://simplesend.com/simple/t.asp?S=271&ID=12856&NL=3443&N=17683&SI=1817960&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ethestrategycenter%2eorg> >> >> and the Strategy Center's main mass campaign, the Bus Riders Union >> <http://simplesend.com/simple/t.asp?S=271&ID=12856&NL=3443&N=17683&SI=1817960&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ebusridersunion%2eorg> >> >> "Fight Transit Racism, Billions for Buses." He is also on the >> recruitment and admissions committee for the Strategy Center's >> National School for Strategic Organizing >> <http://simplesend.com/simple/t.asp?S=271&ID=12856&NL=3443&N=17683&SI=1817960&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ethestrategycenter%2eorg%2fprojects-nationalschool%2ehtml>. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> This message was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by: >> The Strategy Center >> 3780 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1200 >> Los Angeles, CA 90010 >> Phone: 213-387-2800 >> >> <http://simplesend.com/simple/members.asp?Task=OO&SI=1817960&E=dorindamoreno%40comcast%2Enet&S=271> >> >> >> >> <http://www.simplesend.com/> >>
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