anti-war
Articles opposing wars, and about anti-war movements.
In the Gulf, in the North Sea, we won't die for oil profits. Support North Sea strikers! Class war not oil war!
Leaflet produced in the lead-up to the 1990 Gulf War, linking the deaths of workers on North Sea oil rigs, and workers at war.
"I'd like some of those Congressmen to come out here, with all that patriotism, to feel the heat in the desert. I'd rather folks paid more for their oil, than pay for their oil with my life" (US soldier in the Gulf)
No war but the class war: remembering and reflecting ten years after - Practical History
Account of a participant involved in the No War But The Class War group at the time of the first Gulf War.
In September 1990, US, British and other forces were mobilising in the Gulf following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and full scale war was imminent. At Conway Hall in London's Red Lion Square a meeting was held on Sunday 2 September 'to organise a plan of action... to counteract the blatant warmongering and racism that is going on'.
Monson could face jail time
Professional MMA fighter and anarchist Jeff Monson faces potential jail time when sentenced this October in connection to a graffiti incident in November 2008.
Anarchist grappler and MMA fighter Jeff Monson could face jail time over an alleged November 2008 graffiti incident on the Capitol Building and an army recruitment centre in Olympia, Washington, USA. Monson, who has used his high-profile to discuss anarchist politics, was arrested initially in January.
Gulf war or class war?
Leaflet published in response to US intervention in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.
The recent U.S. shelling of an Iranian oil platform represents a significant escalation of the war in the Gulf. There is no mystery as to why nations go to war - it is for the same reason that small-town gangsters go to war..., economic competition.
What's Going On - Iraq: Two Years after the 'End' of the War - Red and Black Notes
Red and Black Notes article written 2 years into the invasion of Iraq, looking at what was then happening with the occupation.
At the height of the Vietnam War, singer Edwin Starr asked, "War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing." While the question is still important, we should also ask about the war in Iraq, who is it good for?
Iraq: Oil, Blood and Class - International Bureau for a Revolutionary Party
Article written by the International Bureau for the Revolutionary Party on the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Humanity is once again about to live one of its defining moments. The spectre of war is looming upon us. U.S. imperialism is about to unleash its fury upon the people of Iraq and the attack could be imminent. Every day, the U.S. State apparatus is waging a preparatory propaganda war on the world scale to prepare public opinion for the next bloody onslaught.
Don't talk about the danger of war - unless you are prepared to speak about capitalism! - Internationalist Perspective
Article by Internationalist Perspective on the inevitably capitalist aspects of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
As the US makes its final preparations for an attack on Iraq, the horror of this impending war, and the massive casualties that will almost certainly result, is blamed on everything except the real cause: the laws of motion of capitalist civilization.
The Gulf War of 2003 - Internationalist Perspective
Article by Internationalist Perspective on the 2003 Gulf War.
Judging from the preparations that are already under way, the American government is dead serious about its intent to invade Iraq. As we write this, US logistical personnel are swarming over the Gulf region. In Persian Gulf states such as Bahrain, Oman and Qatar, munitions are being stocked, harbors are being prepared for the arrival of war ships, bombers and fighter planes are amassed.
Red and Black Notes reply to the International Bolshevik Tendancy
Red and Black Notes reply to the International Bolshevik Tendancy criticism of an internationalist anti-war leaflet they co-authored.
International Bolshevik TendencyBox 332, Adelaide St. Station
Toronto, ON, M5C 1J0
March 13, 2003
Dear comrades
Criticism of internationalist anti-war statement by the International Bolshevik Tendancy
Criticism of this anti-war statement distributed at an anti-Iraq war demo in January 2003 by the International Bolshevik Tendancy. A reply by Red and Black Notes can be found here.
Reprinted below are excerpts from a statement distributed at an anti-war protest in Toronto on 18 January from "an informal group of people in Toronto of varying perspectives (anarchist, communist and others)" associated with a local leftist bookstore. Followed by the IBT reply.
Against Capitalist War! Against Capitalist Peace!
Class Struggle Against the Work/War Machine!
