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Would America fight for me? What does organizing against militarism mean for youth of color? Not simply protesting a distant war in another country, but challenging a war industry firmly rooted within their own communities.(report)
It's hard to imagine that Roberto Harris had once been a proud member of the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) program at Thomas Jefferson High School, or that his bedroom had been adorned with a huge American flag and Marine Corps stickers.
Nowadays when asked about his thoughts on war, the young Brooklyn native replies, "I'm never gonna fight for oil that's never gonna heat up my house."
His moment of doubt came during JROTC training, when he was shown the John Wayne classic, The Sands of Iwo Jima. it was the film's depictions of World War II "Operation Firezone" combat missions in Japan, where U.S. soldiers gunned down anyone who was ...
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