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| Monday, June 4, 2007 |
| Don’t Whine: Organize! |
from The Military Project:
Don’t Whine:
Organize!
The Military Project In Action:
This Is Not Rocket Science;
You Can Do This Where You Live, If You Give A Shit About Stopping The War That Is
“The single largest failure of the anti-war movement at this point is the lack of outreach to the troops.” Tim Goodrich, Iraq Veterans Against The War
Marines Say “Fuck The Politicians!” Or “Fuck The War!”
New York City Fleet Week Outreach And Actions
The sad thing is they love the Navy and the Corps., but cannot believe how they have been fucked over by this government.
If I could figure out a way to harness that energy, the war would be over tomorrow!
By Elaine Brower, The Military Project
Starting on Thursday night with my son. He dressed up in his Marine Corp. “Blues” with his new Sgt. stripes, and ribbons.
Him and his “marine buddies” landed in downtown Manhattan about 5:30 PM, and I headed over to the bar The Blarney Stone to meet them. What a handsome bunch, but very loud!
From there we headed, on foot, up to the Village and I do not remember the names of the bars, but they were many!
We started out with 8 marines, guys from his platoon. I had Appeal for Redress' with me and lots of GI Specials, the latest issue with the information about the 2 marines who are being recalled for hearings [threatened with dishonorable discharges for opposing the war], and
My son and his buddies couldn't believe that and started out by saying “What a bunch of shit!”
After a few more bars and drinks, they started handing out what I gave to them telling any sailor or marine, actually anyone in the room, what a piece of shit this government is!
Every toast was either to “Fuck the politicians!” or “Fuck the war!” Sorry for the bad language, but keeping it real.
They ranted on about how they were willing to die for people who really didn't give a “Shit” about them anyway.
They got sent home from the war zone and all people could say to them was “Thank you for your service”. My son particularly hates that and tells people to “Fuck off” when they approach him.
He said if they really cared about them they would all be set financially for life and have lifetime medical coverage, no questions asked.
Every single marine we met up with agreed and were a real angry bunch. Of course after many, many, many drinks (between beer, Jack Daniels, and Vodka) they only got louder and wilder.
I had to leave them somewhere midtown (maybe PJ O'Roukes) because I could keep up with them.
I had about 50 copies of each of the Appeal and GI Special, and they were gone by midtown.
Sailors took them, and put them in their pockets or bags, and marines also.
The sad thing is they love the Navy and the Corps., but cannot believe how they have been fucked over by this government.
If I could figure out a way to harness that energy, the war would be over tomorrow! |
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Resources and Additional Information
Poison DUst Radioactive DU Weapons in Iraq. You thought they came home safely from the war. They didn't. Today more than 1/3 of all 1991 Gulf War vets are on VA Disability Benefits. Meanwhile U.S. use of radioactive DU weapons has increased six-fold from 1991 to Gulf War II!
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Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War From the authors of Trust Us, We’re Experts! and Toxic Sludge is Good for You!, here is the first book to expose the aggressive public relations campaign used to sell the U.S. public on the U.S. war against Iraq.
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Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism Updated to include the war in Iraq. "Addicted to War is not only a witty and entertaining portrait of our war-dependent economy, but a truly relevant insight not available in the mainstream media, something our children should know before they must make their choice whether or not to become fodder for the military machine."—Susan Sarandon
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Metal of Dishonor: Depleted Uranium, How the Pentagon Radiates Soldiers & Civilians with DU Weapons A devastating exposé of the Pentagon's new weapons comprised of Depleted Uranium. This is the book you've heard about, but won't see in most bookstores. Now in it's second printing you can read scientists; Gulf War veterans; leaders of environmental, anti-nuclear, anti-military and community movements discuss: the connection of Depleted Uranium to Gulf War Syndrome and a new generation of radioactive conventional weapons.
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We Won't Go: The Truth on Military Recruiters & the Draft. A Guide to Resistance. As the bloody colonial occupation of Iraq drags on into its third year, the Army continues to miss its recruiting quotas--falling short by a staggering 42% in April of 2005.
Maj. Gen. Michael D. Rochelle, commander of Army recruiting, predicted that 2006 could be the toughest recruiting year since the draft was ended in 1973.
This book is aimed at increasing recruiting problems by helping young people and their parents counter the lies of the recruiters.
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CD: Revolution in Crawford, Texas: Audio-Documentary Produced by KPFK's Page Getz In August 2005, Cindy Sheehan pitched a tent in a ditch down the road from Bush's ranch to protest the loss of her son Casey and the illegal occupation of Iraq. More than ten thousand people showed up including veterans from every war and many more Gold Star families.
These are their stories...
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Enemy Combatant: My Imprisonment at Guantánamo, Bagram, and Kandahar Moazzam Begg was seized at midnight from a family home in Pakistan in 2002. He was accused by the United States of being a terrorist—an "enemy combatant"—and held for more than three years, two of them at the notorious U.S.prison at Guantánamo Bay.
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Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower From the cover: Suggesting to Americans that their country has a compelling lust for political, economic and military hegemony over the rest of the world, divorced from any moral considerations, is akin to telling them of one's UFO abduction, except that they're more likely to believe the abduction story.
William Blum has compiled evidence that will make believers of such skeptics. In Rogue State, he shows that "close encounters" between the United States and alien nations have demonstrably been the cruelest kind.
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