Militarisation in everyday life
Caroline Humphries reports on the recent 'Militarisation in Everyday Life in the UK' event
Newcastle doesn’t have a lot of job opportunities. What incentive is there for a government to put in more job opportunities if the way they are going to recruit their army is out of kids with nowhere else to go? – Saskia Neibig, member of the Woodcraft Folk and instigator of their Military Out Of Schools campaign There is no evidence to show that military training results in improved life chances for young people with few qualifications, claims Victoria Basham, senior lecturer in politics at the University of Exeter. She made the claim at a one-day conference on Militarisation in Everyday Life in the UK held at Friends House in London on Saturday 19 October, which brought together academics, activists and NGO workers in the field.
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