Johnny Got His Gun- Dalton Trumbo
Excellent working class anti-war novel by once the once-blacklisted Dalton Trumbo, following the internal monologue of a WWI soldier who wakes up mute and brutally injured.
A Farewell to Arms- Ernest Hemingway
Anti-militarist novel set against the backdrop of the Italian campaign during World War One, based largely on Hemingwey's experiences in the war.
“Rusty Calley is a Scapegoat”: Culpability in the My Lai Massacre
Submitted by Rebelde on Feb 9 2013 14:22
This piece I wrote provides a critical historical analysis of the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam, specifically looking at culpability at all levels within the military leadership.
War is a Racket - Smedley Butler
Submitted by working class s... on Jan 31 2013 11:13
The transcript of a speech given in 1933 by former Major General Smedley Butler. Butler served in the US military for 34 years, and at the time of his death he was the most decorated soldier is US history...... WAR is a racket. It always has been It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people.
Speeches against conscription - Emma Goldman
Submitted by working class s... on Jan 28 2013 22:48
The transcripts of four speeches made by Emma Goldman against conscription across the US in 1917.
GI revolts: The breakdown of the US army in Vietnam - Richard Boyle
Submitted by working class s... on Jan 26 2013 23:43
Two stories of revolts by US troops, including the shooting of a top sergeant and the mutiny of Bravo Company at Firebase Pace near Cambodia, written by Richard Boyle, a war correspondent who spent three tours in Vietnam.
Pakistani truckers on strike, blockading NATO supplies
Submitted by Ramona on Jan 10 2013 16:26
Truckers delivering NATO supplies to isolated coalition ground troops in Afghanistan have gone on strike, in protest against lower pay, poor security, and corrupt customs officials who demand bribes from the truckers. The unions are calling for other transport workers throughout the region to join the strike action.
Socialist cross of honor: markings of a working class counter-culture
Submitted by kropotcorn on Dec 22 2012 20:37
Short article on the Socialist Cross of Honor, a medal produced by the New Zealand Socialist Party in 1911. The now rare medal was given to anti-militarists jailed for resisting conscription, and played a pivotal role in fostering a radical working class counter-culture. Reproduced from LHP Newsletter 55.
'Don't be a soldier!' The radical anti-war movement in north London 1914-1918 - Ken Weller
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 18 2012 12:07
Ken Weller of Solidarity's excellent and detailed historical account of working class opposition to World War I in North London, which offers a snapshot of the anti-war movement nationally.
SDS: The rise and development of the Students for a Democratic Society
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Oct 8 2012 12:49
Kirkpatrick Sale's massive book on Students For a Democratic Society, a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main representations of the country's New Left.
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