Sir! No Sir! A Film About the GI Movement Against the War in Vietnam

[eridani]

http://www.readersupportednews.org/video/4-video/3908-sir-no-sir-a-film-about-the-gi-movement-against-the-war-in-vietnam

Looks like the whole thing--wish I had time to watch right now.

[Octafish]

1. Laying Down Arms -- Soldiers said: 'Enough!' and ended World War I

The truth on ending war and empire:

On the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month ...

Laying Down Arms

By PETER LINEBAUGH
CounterPunch Nov. 11, 2010

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month the Great Powers of the World signed the armistice laying down arms after four years of the bloodiest war in history. That was 1918.

Now, we call it Veteran's Day.

What caused the armistice was the refusal of soldiers to fight. They refused 'to go over the top' anymore. In Russia, France, England, Italy they refused to participate in the slaughter which had begun in 1914.

What we learn from Armistice Day is that the soldier is the front line of the peace movement.

Sailors and soldiers mutinied against the war, turning their arms not on so-called "enemies," namely brother soldiers from across the world: instead, they turned their arms upon the officers who otherwise sent them to the butchery of the trenches or ordered them to a freezing death in battles at sea.

CONTINUED...

http://www.counterpunch.org/linebaugh11112010.html

Thank you for the heads-up, eridani. KB&R.