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  1. No cannon fodder for war plans of the German ruling class!

    “No to conscription!”: Protest against conscription outside the Ministry of Defence in Berlin, August 27, 2025 [Photo by…
    #Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Anti-warmovement #Conscription #militarism #worldwarii
    europesays.com/germany/11300/

  2. theguardian.com/world/2026/may. "The #protest reflects unrest felt in #homes & #classrooms across #Germany... since Friedrich Merz’s government brought in hotly contested changes to #military #service #policy, arguing the country needed to boost its #defences amid growing #threats from #Russia after its full-scale #invasion of #Ukraine... #mandatory #questionnaires are being sent to all 18-year-olds to assess their willingness & suitability for military service." In other words - #conscription!

  3. theguardian.com/world/2026/may. "The #protest reflects unrest felt in #homes & #classrooms across #Germany... since Friedrich Merz’s government brought in hotly contested changes to #military #service #policy, arguing the country needed to boost its #defences amid growing #threats from #Russia after its full-scale #invasion of #Ukraine... #mandatory #questionnaires are being sent to all 18-year-olds to assess their willingness & suitability for military service." In other words - #conscription!

  4. theguardian.com/world/2026/may. "The #protest reflects unrest felt in #homes & #classrooms across #Germany... since Friedrich Merz’s government brought in hotly contested changes to #military #service #policy, arguing the country needed to boost its #defences amid growing #threats from #Russia after its full-scale #invasion of #Ukraine... #mandatory #questionnaires are being sent to all 18-year-olds to assess their willingness & suitability for military service." In other words - #conscription!

  5. theguardian.com/world/2026/may. "The #protest reflects unrest felt in #homes & #classrooms across #Germany... since Friedrich Merz’s government brought in hotly contested changes to #military #service #policy, arguing the country needed to boost its #defences amid growing #threats from #Russia after its full-scale #invasion of #Ukraine... #mandatory #questionnaires are being sent to all 18-year-olds to assess their willingness & suitability for military service." In other words - #conscription!

  6. theguardian.com/world/2026/may. "The #protest reflects unrest felt in #homes & #classrooms across #Germany... since Friedrich Merz’s government brought in hotly contested changes to #military #service #policy, arguing the country needed to boost its #defences amid growing #threats from #Russia after its full-scale #invasion of #Ukraine... #mandatory #questionnaires are being sent to all 18-year-olds to assess their willingness & suitability for military service." In other words - #conscription!

  7. Good for the youth of #Germany to be agitating now in opposition to #Militarism and a return to military #conscription (aka a #Draft)

    #Deutchland #Peace

    More than 50,000 pupils expected to strike over German rearmament policy | Germany | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/world/2026/may

  8. Good for the youth of #Germany to be agitating now in opposition to #Militarism and a return to military #conscription (aka a #Draft)

    #Deutchland #Peace

    More than 50,000 pupils expected to strike over German rearmament policy | Germany | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/world/2026/may

  9. Good for the youth of #Germany to be agitating now in opposition to #Militarism and a return to military #conscription (aka a #Draft)

    #Deutchland #Peace

    More than 50,000 pupils expected to strike over German rearmament policy | Germany | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/world/2026/may

  10. Good for the youth of #Germany to be agitating now in opposition to #Militarism and a return to military #conscription (aka a #Draft)

    #Deutchland #Peace

    More than 50,000 pupils expected to strike over German rearmament policy | Germany | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/world/2026/may

  11. Good for the youth of #Germany to be agitating now in opposition to #Militarism and a return to military #conscription (aka a #Draft)

    #Deutchland #Peace

    More than 50,000 pupils expected to strike over German rearmament policy | Germany | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/world/2026/may

  12. So what's that #conscription good for? Well, one retiring FDF officer apparently called up for a refresher exercise a platoon of people [about 30] with the surname "Korhonen." (I wasn't involved, sadly.) My sources say the platoon performed admirably, but had some communication issues.

  13. 2026-05-04 A snippet from the history of Finnish special forces, *Erikoisjoukot* ("Special Forces," Porvali & Larkkonen 2025). #Conscription can work fairly well - but I believe it needs special circumstances. bsky.app/profile/jmko...

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l5qgtdxd462q6cz5hbt25edk/post/3mkzfkrqyr22n

  14. Thursday, April 30, 2026

    Ukraine may have solved its Russian Kinzhal missile problem -- Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian explosives plant in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast -- Russian oil facilities in Perm and Orsk struck as Ukraine's drones follow up Tuapse attacks -- Russia’s offensive tactics on full display in fight for Sloviansk ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  15. Thursday, April 30, 2026

    Ukraine may have solved its Russian Kinzhal missile problem -- Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian explosives plant in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast -- Russian oil facilities in Perm and Orsk struck as Ukraine's drones follow up Tuapse attacks -- Russia’s offensive tactics on full display in fight for Sloviansk ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  16. Thursday, April 30, 2026

    Ukraine may have solved its Russian Kinzhal missile problem -- Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian explosives plant in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast -- Russian oil facilities in Perm and Orsk struck as Ukraine's drones follow up Tuapse attacks -- Russia’s offensive tactics on full display in fight for Sloviansk ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  17. Thursday, April 30, 2026

    Ukraine may have solved its Russian Kinzhal missile problem -- Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian explosives plant in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast -- Russian oil facilities in Perm and Orsk struck as Ukraine's drones follow up Tuapse attacks -- Russia’s offensive tactics on full display in fight for Sloviansk ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  18. 2026-02-05 A thread about my observations regarding the quality of Finnish reservists & one advantage amateurs possess: they are lovers of the art. Relevant to debates about #conscription - although Finland's system is a path-dependent result of our special circumstances. bsky.app/profile/jmko...

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l5qgtdxd462q6cz5hbt25edk/post/3me3w3uriss2h

  19. That is indeed funny :D. Despite everything, the most common complaint about #conscription one hears in #Finland is "I want to go to refresher exercises, why I haven't been called? >:("

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xsrx3wrabk4ie3plgvqzim3a/post/3mjy6e3iz322l

  20. 🚀🤡 Oh, look at #Palantir, the tech company with delusions of grandeur, now yearning for the good ol’ days of mandatory #conscription. Because, obviously, nothing says "innovative" like dragging unwilling recruits into the 21st-century #battlefield. 👨‍💻🔫
    reason.com/2026/04/20/this-big #TechInnovation #MandatoryDraft #HackerNews #ngated

  21. Interview about (December?) military draft.
    democracynow.org/2026/4/13/aut

    Anti-Draft Coalition opposes plan for automatic draft registration; calls for repeal of the Military Selective Service Act.
    hasbrouck.org/draft/

    Even if team Trump wanted it, a military draft would be a fiasco
    responsiblestatecraft.org/mili

    #Conscription #Draft #Iran #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #Surveillance #Trumpland

  22. L'enregistrement automatique des hommes américains soumis à la conscription débutera en décembre

    Automatic registration for US military draft-eligible men to begin in December

    lemmygrad.ml/post/11272883

    #us_news #conscription #MilitaryDraft #usa #war #IranWar #Vietnam #VietnamBis #Vietnam_Bis
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  23. L'enregistrement automatique des hommes américains soumis à la conscription débutera en décembre

    Automatic registration for US military draft-eligible men to begin in December

    lemmygrad.ml/post/11272883

    #us_news #conscription #MilitaryDraft #usa #war #IranWar #Vietnam #VietnamBis #Vietnam_Bis
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  24. @artemis

    I used to worry about the draft a lot when I was young. Active conscription ended when I was eight, but there was still talk about bringing it back. As a young civil-liberties activist, it outraged me that the Supreme Court had sleazed it's way into handwaving the obvious antiConstitutional nature of the draft; that was probably the start of my disenchantment with the Constitution as well as the whole political establishment of the USA.

    I was a worrier, and I worried about the draft •enormously•.

    So when my high school social studies class was set up as a mini "Senate", my very first bill outlawed the draft.

    Needless to say, my position wasn't exactly popular. In fact, I had virtually no support. But as an outraged political junkie, I knew what to do: FILIBUSTER!

    And I did! I filibustered the whole damned class until the school jocks grabbed me, dragged me outside, and threw me into a deep snowbank.

    Later the teacher told me that based on my filibuster I deserved an "A". I think he gave me a "B" instead, though. And I don't remember where he was when I was dumped into the snow, but he certainly didn't stop them from doing it!

    #Conscription #Draft

  25. ‼️🇺🇦😂 #Ukraine is rebranding the #TCC. ▪️Now it will be called "#Conscription Office" or "Recruitment Office." ➖ "The word 'office' will definitely be used," says Deputy Kostenko.

  26. World War Two was the archetypal good war. And ask any liberal, FDR was the archetypal good president. But don't ask Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie -- The Almanac Singers.[1] They released Songs for John Doe[2] in 1941 and it's full of anti-draft, anti-war, anti-FDR songs, inspired by the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, the first peacetime conscription law ever enacted in the US.[3]

    And are you afraid to fight, Billy boy, Billy boy?
    Are you afraid to fight, charming Billy?
    You can comе around to me when England's a democracy...

    [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alma

    [2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_fo

    [3] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selectiv

    #ProtestSongs #AlmanacSingers #BillyBoy #WorldWar2 #WW2 #Conscription #SelectiveService #WoodyGuthrie #PeteSeeger #FolkMusic

  27. World War Two was the archetypal good war. And ask any liberal, FDR was the archetypal good president. But don't ask Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie -- The Almanac Singers.[1] They released Songs for John Doe[2] in 1941 and it's full of anti-draft, anti-war, anti-FDR songs, inspired by the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, the first peacetime conscription law ever enacted in the US.[3]

    And are you afraid to fight, Billy boy, Billy boy?
    Are you afraid to fight, charming Billy?
    You can comе around to me when England's a democracy...

    [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alma

    [2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_fo

    [3] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selectiv

    #ProtestSongs #AlmanacSingers #BillyBoy #WorldWar2 #WW2 #Conscription #SelectiveService #WoodyGuthrie #PeteSeeger #FolkMusic

  28. World War Two was the archetypal good war. And ask any liberal, FDR was the archetypal good president. But don't ask Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie -- The Almanac Singers.[1] They released Songs for John Doe[2] in 1941 and it's full of anti-draft, anti-war, anti-FDR songs, inspired by the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, the first peacetime conscription law ever enacted in the US.[3]

    And are you afraid to fight, Billy boy, Billy boy?
    Are you afraid to fight, charming Billy?
    You can comе around to me when England's a democracy...

    [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alma

    [2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_fo

    [3] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selectiv

    #ProtestSongs #AlmanacSingers #BillyBoy #WorldWar2 #WW2 #Conscription #SelectiveService #WoodyGuthrie #PeteSeeger #FolkMusic

  29. World War Two was the archetypal good war. And ask any liberal, FDR was the archetypal good president. But don't ask Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie -- The Almanac Singers.[1] They released Songs for John Doe[2] in 1941 and it's full of anti-draft, anti-war, anti-FDR songs, inspired by the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, the first peacetime conscription law ever enacted in the US.[3]

    And are you afraid to fight, Billy boy, Billy boy?
    Are you afraid to fight, charming Billy?
    You can comе around to me when England's a democracy...

    [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alma

    [2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_fo

    [3] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selectiv

    #ProtestSongs #AlmanacSingers #BillyBoy #WorldWar2 #WW2 #Conscription #SelectiveService #WoodyGuthrie #PeteSeeger #FolkMusic

  30. Constitutional law experts have raised concerns regarding a potential requirement for young men to obtain permission before traveling abroad.Alexander Thiele, a... news.osna.fm/?p=40864 | #news #based #challenge #concerns #conscription

  31. Constitutional law experts have raised concerns regarding a potential requirement for young men to obtain permission before traveling abroad.Alexander Thiele, a... news.osna.fm/?p=40864 | #news #based #challenge #concerns #conscription

  32. Constitutional law experts have raised concerns regarding a potential requirement for young men to obtain permission before traveling abroad.Alexander Thiele, a... news.osna.fm/?p=40864 | #news #based #challenge #concerns #conscription

  33. Constitutional law experts have raised concerns regarding a potential requirement for young men to obtain permission before traveling abroad.Alexander Thiele, a... news.osna.fm/?p=40864 | #news #based #challenge #concerns #conscription

  34. German conscription law: men need a permit for stays abroad.

    Men aged 17 to 45 may now need approval from the Bundeswehr for trips abroad lasting more than three months.

    What is behind the new military service law?

    mediafaro.org/article/20260404

    #Germany #MilitaryService #Army #Conscription

  35. Germany’s New Peacetime Registry is Raising Eyebrows

    For the last 48 hours, social media has been buzzing with headlines suggesting that Germany has effectively “locked…
    #Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Conscription #MilitaryDraft #SocialMediaTrends
    europesays.com/germany/2121/

  36. #Germany reintroduced #conscription this year. A less well known part of this is that all military-aged men (18-45) leaving the country for more than 3 months must now seek #Bundeswehr approval (a requirement previously only applied in times of crisis/war). #wehrpflicht www.fr.de/politik/dras...

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qi3uhneb2cz77ibwnzailb22/post/3m7cynyfgns2y


    Drastische Wehrpflicht-Änderun...

  37. The IDF Claims It May ‘Collapse in on Itself’ Due to Soldier Shortage | Novara Media (2026-03-27)

    novaramedia.com/2026/03/27/the
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    >> The Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) chief of staff has warned the military is “going to collapse in on itself” unless the country forces more people to enlist.

    >> Eyal Zamir made the claim during a cabinet security meeting, Israel’s Channel 13 reported on Thursday.

    >> ​“Right now, the IDF needs a #conscription law, a reserve duty law, and a law to extend mandatory service,” the channel quoted him as saying. “Before long, the IDF will not be ready for its routine missions and the reserve system will not last.”..

    #palestine
    @[email protected] @[email protected]

  38. Please join my army.

    European leaders are caught in a trap of their own making: for a generation, they told the public that war was a concern of the past.

    With Russia at the door and American security guarantees no longer certain, they now look to convince them otherwise.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260318

    #Europe #Military #Conscription #Defence

  39. From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @[email protected]

    🧵 👇

    PUTIN’S SUPPORT COLLAPSES: #KREMLIN’S OWN POLLS REVEAL THE TRUTH Vlog 1342: War in #Ukraine

    The level of trust to #putin fell to its lowest since the start of the #fullscalewar. russians are very dissatisfied with sharp increase in #utility #tariffs, mass #internet #shutdowns, problems with #cash #withdrawals, and fear #conscription and #war on the russian territory.

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  40. From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @[email protected]

    🧵 👇

    PUTIN’S SUPPORT COLLAPSES: #KREMLIN’S OWN POLLS REVEAL THE TRUTH Vlog 1342: War in #Ukraine

    The level of trust to #putin fell to its lowest since the start of the #fullscalewar. russians are very dissatisfied with sharp increase in #utility #tariffs, mass #internet #shutdowns, problems with #cash #withdrawals, and fear #conscription and #war on the russian territory.

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  41. From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @[email protected]

    🧵 👇

    PUTIN’S SUPPORT COLLAPSES: #KREMLIN’S OWN POLLS REVEAL THE TRUTH Vlog 1342: War in #Ukraine

    The level of trust to #putin fell to its lowest since the start of the #fullscalewar. russians are very dissatisfied with sharp increase in #utility #tariffs, mass #internet #shutdowns, problems with #cash #withdrawals, and fear #conscription and #war on the russian territory.

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