AmeriCorps Paramilitary Propaganda Ad

In the distinctly militaristic propaganda here, the AmeriCorps organization City Year adopts Obama’s “change” mantra and remixes it with clips of Mohandas Gandhi, the Rev. Martin Luther King, César Chávez, and Mother Teresa.

Comparisons to the Jungsturm Adolf Hitler and Stalin’s Komsomol are unmistakable, especially in regard to the regimented physical training aspects of City Year.

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Australian Government Considering Sending Unemployed Youths to Boot Camp

THE Federal Government wants military-style "boot camp" training overseen by the Department of Defence for Australia's unemployed youth, Cabinet sources confirmed last night.

The Sunday Telegraph has learned Canberra is keen on the move to stop the loss of a generation to welfare as a result of the recession.

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Every Youngster to Carry Out 50 hours Community Service by Age 19

Schools will be offered new assistance starting in September to enable their pupils to undertake the voluntary service in their local communities.

If the new target is not reached, Gordon Brown will consider making voluntary service a compulsory part of the secondary school curriculum.

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Trudeau Jr calls Canadian Youth 'To Serve'

Justin Trudeau last month tabled a private member's motion in Parliament that would lay the foundation for a national volunteer service policy for young people. The proposal has garnered some praise from Conservatives and the NDP alongside Mr. Trudeau's own Liberal party, suggesting it is more than an airy-fairy notion put forward by the idealistic son of a former prime minister.

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Soviet UK: Compulsory Voluntary Work for Young People

Gordon Brown has vowed to make every young person do 50 hours of voluntary work by the time they reach the age of 19.

The Prime Minister said a pledge to introduce compulsory community service would be included in Labour's next General Election manifesto.

Under the scheme, the work is likely to become part of the National Curriculum.

It would be integrated into moves to make everyone stay in education or training until the age of 18 by 2011.

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Don't you just love the whole 'Compulsory Voluntary' Thing !