Re: [Marxism] The low point of the CNN-You Tube debate

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greg McDonald wrote:
> 
> Really? The only people who will reach the soldiers are the soldiers  
> themselves. The only soldiers who will reach the other soldiers are  
> the ones who recover their conscience and admit to their crimes, like  
> those morally brave veterans who organized the Winter Soldier  
> tribunal during the Vietnam War. 

There never would have been such an action unless there had been a 
massive antiwar movement that focused on "Bringing the Troops Home" and 
similar slogans. These veterans felt that the movement was not judging 
them, but the government.

People should check the archives of the website for the movie "Sir, No 
Sir" that documents the Vietnam GI antiwar movement:

http://www.sirnosir.com/home_reference_library.html

You will learn about GI Coffeehouses, a movement that the SWP--my 
organization--was not that involved with. All around the country these 
places sprung up near military bases. GI's were encouraged to come by 
and hang out, while listening to folk music. Needless to say, there was 
lots of antiwar literature. If these Coffeehouses had made "confession" 
a litmus test, they would have remained empty.




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