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12. The Empire and the People

Theodore Roosevelt wrote to a friend in the year 1897: "In strict confidence . . . I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one."

8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God

Colonel Ethan Alien Hitchcock, a professional soldier, graduate of the Military Academy, commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, a reader of Shakespeare, Chaucer, Hegel, Spinoza, wrote in his diary:
Fort Jesup, La., June 30, 1845. Orders came last evening by express from Washington City

1961-1973: GI resistance in the Vietnam war

Submitted by Steven. on Sep 3 2006 15:01
Rebel soldiers in Vietnam

History of the widespread mutiny of US troops in Vietnam that brought the world's most powerful military machine to its knees. The GI anti-war movement within the army was one of the decisive factors in ending the war.

[i]An American soldier in a hospital explained how he was wounded: He said

Israeli voices against the war

Submitted by Freedom on Sep 2 2006 07:26

Ellen Kemp looks at the Israelis who have taken an unheralded stand against the invasion of Lebanon.

Throughout July and August peace activists in Israel took to the streets to condemn the war in Lebanon. Many of these activists are part of the movement that has continuously demonstrated against the occupation of the West Bank and the incursion into Gaza and has supported Palestinian resistance against The Wall dividing the region.

The Soccer War 1969 - Kapuscinski

Submitted by Red Marriott on Aug 22 2006 16:49

"In Latin America, he said, the border between soccer and politics is vague."

"... existing tensions between the two countries were inflamed by rioting during the second North American qualifying round for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. On July 14, 1969, the Salvadoran army launched an attack against Honduras. The Organization of American States negotiated a cease-fire which took effect on July 20, with the Salvadoran troops withdrawn in early August." (Wikipedia)

Iraq: New government, maximum force

Submitted by Freedom on Jun 26 2006 11:00

After more than five months of negotiations, Deputy Leader of the Islamic Dawa Party Nouri Al-Maliki was named as the new Iraqi Prime Minister last month, immediatedly promising to end the insurgency

Monday, June 26 2006 @ 11:32 AM GMT-1
Recently the Iraqi security services have been condemned for the widespread employment of death-squads, targeted assassinations and torture, with 1,000 bodies a month now appearing regularly at Baghdad morgue.

Iraqi oil union bank account frozen

Submitted by libcom on Jun 23 2006 11:00

The Iraqi regime has frozen all the bank accounts of the Iraqi oil workers' union, both abroad and within Iraq.

The Iraqi regime’s decision comes in the wake of a series of anti-union measures, including the disbanding of the council of the lawyers’ union, freezing the writers’ union accounts and the September 2005 decree making all trade union activity illegal.

0400-2000: Northern Ireland - Is it a religious conflict?

Submitted by libcom on May 29 2006 23:05

Author's note; this is an expanded version of a talk given to the Brecon Political and Theological Discussion Group on Thursday 28th October, 2004. Alternatively it may be read as a greatly condensed version of my book, Ulster Presbyterianism.

Jaime Balius and The Friends of Durruti

Submitted by libcom on May 23 2006 13:15

An account by Pablo Ruiz of his contact and activity with Jaime Balius in the Spanish Civil War and Friends of Durruti group, written after Balius's death in 1981

The Afghan Crisis and the Transformation of Bourgeois Law - Melancholic Troglodytes

The Afghan Crisis and the Transformation of Bourgeois Law

"For the abolition of moral fetishes can only be accomplished in practice simultaneously with the abolition of commodity fetishism and legal fetishism." Pashukanis, Marxism & Law, 1929