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Recruitment & militarism: a discussion with the founders of ForcesWatch, David Gee and Emma Sangster.

Recruitment & militarism: a discussion with the founders of ForcesWatch, David Gee and Emma Sangster.

Update: 2019-08-04
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We talk to ForcesWatch’s founders David Gee and Emma Sangster, about recruitment and militarism in the UK and some of ForcesWatch’s key outputs over the years. Join us as we discuss: 


  • How and why ForcesWatch began
  • The lack of ‘informed choice’ in the military’s enlistment of minors
  • How we define militarism
  • How militaristic the UK is compared to other countries, and why
  • Turning war into spectacle
  • The long-term risks and harms of the military’s recruitment of minors
  • Military training - turning young civilians into soldiers
  • The international context of the UK’s recruitment of minors
  • Military (and wider defence industry) influence in education
  • The ‘Take Action on Militarism’ resource


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Recruitment & militarism: a discussion with the founders of ForcesWatch, David Gee and Emma Sangster.

Recruitment & militarism: a discussion with the founders of ForcesWatch, David Gee and Emma Sangster.

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