Green Party Of Brooklyn

Fighting Obama’s wars: recruiting youth in Brooklyn

More than seven years into the occupation of Iraq, the war effort has lost popularity, especially among young people. Back in 2005, America’s all volunteer military began regularly falling behind its enlistment goals. As recruiters struggled to meet their targets, revelations of misconduct grew, even spurring the Army to suspend recruiting for a day.

But recruitment numbers rebounded after the military increased its efforts inside school in low income neighborhoods. The Pentagon reported its best year ever for recruiting in 2009, with every branch of the military surpassing its goals.

To examine why youth are joining the military today, reporters Jaisal Noor and Kieran Meadows take us to one of the most heavily recruited counties in the nation; Kings County, also known as Brooklyn, New York City. Stay with us for this special Memorial Day documentary.

Designated candidates of the Green Party of NY State:

Governor of New York State: Howie Hawkins

Lieutenant Governor of New York State: Gloria Mattera

Comptroller of New York State: Julia Willebrand

U.S. Senate: Cecile Lawrence

U.S. Senate: Colia Clark

Other candidates petitioning to be on the Green Party Ballot.

US Congress from the 13th district: Hank Bardel

US Congress from the 7th district: Anthony Gronowicz
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State Senate from the 33rd district: John Reynolds

State Assembly from the 76th district: Walter Nestler

State Assembly from the 82nd district: Carl Lundgren

State Assembly from the 83rd district: Trevor Archer

State Assembly from the 85th district: Daniel Zuger

State Assembly from the 119th district: Mike Donelly

Thanks to everyone who turned out to our clothing swap in North Brooklyn! And special thanks to 5 Boroughs Clothing Swap, BedStuy Blog and Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn for spreading the swap buzz. Attendance was great, there were some fabulous finds, and we donated over 10 bags of clothes to Housing Works!