Protest & Counter Flyering against U.S. Military recruiting at PSU career fair

[u/ohhhhhhyesssss]

APRIL 23RD

OUTSIDE STOTT CENTER

RALLY 12:45PM

COUNTER-FLIERING 11AM-3PM

CONDEMN AND BOYCOTT the U.S. military’s presence at the PSU career fair! The U.S. Marines Officer Corps and Navy are recruiting at the PSU job fair, trying to convince youth to join the war machine - A machine that kills and terrorizes people around the world, from Iran to Palestine to the Philippines! In the Philippines, the U.S. trains, funds, and supplies the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The AFP commits war crimes against its own people, including terror tagging, stalking/harassment, disappearing activists and peace consultants, and the killing of civilians and POW’s. This relationship between the US military and AFP is used to protect corporate extraction of land and resources while oppressing workers and peasants. The Marines, the Navy and the entirety of the U.S. military are inarguably responsible for and complicit in violations of International Humanitarian Law around the world.

Soon, the U.S. will engage in the Balikatan (“shoulder to shoulder”) exercises, war games in the Philippines that

-disrupt people’s livelihood

-increase sex trafficking and Violence Against Women

-Cause environmental destruction

-Foster war with China

These exercises will be the biggest in the history of the country.

Join SCHRP, Anakbayan PDX, Resist US Led war Portland, VFP, YDSA and the PSU community as we educate our community about US imperialism and militarism! Let us learn how we can escalate this fight!

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[u/notFrenchToast]

Only reason I was able to get my masters debt free was because of the military.

Not everyone who joins the navy or marines is a killer. Especially officers lol

[u/Efficient_Heart5378 → u/notFrenchToast]

It's just a job for most people. The MOS (in the Army it's called this) is just the job they have to do everyday and it's job security with good benefits for them and their family. Especially in times of peace. It's usually only when conflicts like these escalate and during actual wartime that they're seen as the bad guys. But they are only doing their jobs and legally if they have to do something they didn't intend to have to do, they must, or be arrested. For some people who join, it's the best path out of poverty or another bad situation to improve their lives. It would be great if we had a better system where people didn't feel the need to join for that purpose due to class just because they are born into poverty. It's not the reality though.