army

military and law enforcement

Steven. — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:02:34 +0000

Psychiatrists raise concern over torture involvement

xConorx — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:19:23 +0000

Contrary to stated positions of various medical and psychiatric profession associations, the US military is training psychiatrists to be involved in military interrogations.

Those poor soldiers

Rob Ray — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:29:58 +0000

Except that’s actually a load of old bollocks. The good General and knight of the realm is being just a little misleading – I’m sure it’s unintentional, him being such a respected state figure and all - when he fails to point out that, unlike the average traffic warden, our boys in khaki also get a number of little perks.

International Volunteers in the POUM Militias

David in Atlanta — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:15:58 +0000

FUNDACIÓN ANDREU NIN

International Volunteers in the POUM Militias
Andy Durgan

Up to 700 foreigners fought with the 10.000 or so militia organised by the Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista (POUM) between July 1936 and June 1937 (1). They were from at least 28 different countries; French, Italian and, above all German fighters being the most numerous (2).

Mutinies in the American army, 2004-2005 - Echanges #111

daniel — Tue, 29 May 2007 22:34:43 +0000

Mutinies, the word can seem excessive because Iraq is not (yet) Vietnam. However, a refusal to obey in the army, whatever the reason, is a mutiny and quite often such acts of insubordination have started with minor acts. Even isolated, such acts are indicative of "troop morale", an essential element for continuing war.

Join the army: be depressed - anti-military recruitment flyer

posi — Tue, 01 May 2007 18:10:50 +0000

This .pdf flyer (two to a sheet) was produced by the State of Emergency group, and is up to date as of April 2007. The group has an archive of resources on their website.

Another day, another IDF Refusenik

rkn — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:21:42 +0000

The "refuseniks" believe the occupation to be a threat to Israel's own security and inherently oppressive.

Occupation refuser Omri Evron was sentenced Sunday, Oct 15, 2006, to 14 days in military prison after he announced his refusal to enlist for regular mandatory service in the IDF. Omri was put in solitary confinement having refused to wear uniform and obey orders.

1919: The Luton riots

Ed — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:05:17 +0000

Peace comes to Luton!

In the summer of 1919, as the local Council launched extravagant celebrations of the war’s end, angry ex-servicemen demanding work took to the streets.

1974-1975: The Portuguese Revolution

Ed — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:27:07 +0000

The real revolution was in the urban workers took control of their workplaces and farm workers took control of their farms and organised production themselves while the parties of the left merely jockeyed for positions of power, eventually killing the revolution.

1961-1973: GI resistance in the Vietnam War

Steven. — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:01:09 +0000

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