War Is So Inevitable That Governments Have to Spend Our Money to Lie to Our Kids to Recruit Them or We’d Have No Wars

THE SQUARE | RAF Recruitment and Peace Protest in Luton | Short Observational Documentary

By Zakir Hossain, August 4, 2026

THE SQUARE is a short observational documentary filmed during an RAF public engagement event in George Square, Luton. As families explore aircraft exhibits and recruitment activities, a small group of peace campaigners quietly distribute anti-war leaflets around the square. The film observes two contrasting perspectives sharing the same public space. Through conversations with RAF personnel, peace activists and the unfolding events themselves, THE SQUARE invites viewers to reflect on recruitment, protest, remembrance and the different ways people understand war. Location: George Square, Luton, United Kingdom.

“States Parties shall refrain from recruiting any person who has not attained the age of fifteen years into their armed forces.”
—Convention on the Rights of the Child