The anti-Vietnam War version of Hallelujah I'm a bum. The original, of course, was composed by IWW bard Haywire Mac, which he first published as a broadside in 1906, and which was included in the first edition of the Little Red Songbook (and in probably most editions that followed, too).
You can read my bio of him here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/.../16/the-haywire-mac-story/
Today in Labor History June 5, 1969: 250 imprisoned U.S. soldiers rioted at the military penal stockade at Fort Dix over barbarous conditions and the tortures being inflicted on them by the US military state. The majority were in prison for going AWOL, resisting the draft, or as conscientious objectors. Many were being held without trial. Their grievances included overcrowding, starvation, beatings, being chained to chairs, forced confessions and participation in an unjust war. 38 of them were charged with inciting to riot. (Note the sign over the entrance to the prison: “Obedience to the Law is Freedom.” The photographer, David Fenton, called it Mussolini-like. It reminds me of the slogan over Auschwitz: “Work Sets You free.” Embarrassed, the military removed the sign soon after the photograph was published).
It's many years since myself and one of the children went to London Imperial War Museum. It was definitely a secondary school based trip though.
I mainly remember the cafe (!) and the Holocaust exhibition. I continue to wonder how the 1930s led to this, and how we seem to have not learnt anything....
When our cats fight, it's over and done in a minute and then they go to sleep til the next meal.
Jeffrey Sachs: NATO & Russia On the Brink of Nuclear War
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WCkl63N84s4
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Musik statt Krieg! Konzert für die unbekannten Deserteur*innen.
2025
Looking for something a little different to read? Something adventurous, high stakes, but also hopeful about humanity and their future?
In a future ice age…
Bleu’s expedition team emerges from their subterranean haven to discover humans are no longer the dominant life form.
Good morning, Bluesky! Shown: Graphic designer Roger Black’s student protest button, lifted from his post, “My Fifteen Minutes,” a slice of history that rhymes with today’s chaos. rogerblack.com/blog/post/my... #antiwar #StudentProtest #sixties #protest #DNC #chicago #history
TWIP-250601 The United States unwavering loyalty to Israel
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Betraying his election promise to distance Canada from US military
Mark J Carney expressed interest in joining Trump's costly bid to weaponize space & spur an arms race. Tell Kinky Carney Canadians don't want Trump's Golden Dome shower
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/carney-no-golden-dome?clear_id=true
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The former defence lawyer convicted for exposing #war #crimes in #Afghanistan is appealing to the highest court in the land.
Anti-War Activism / We Refuse: Saying No to the Army in Israel [French]
A new book titled "Nous refusons. Dire non à l'armée en Israël" (We Refuse: Saying No to the Army in Israel) has been published by #Libertalia m.
It is a collection of testimonies and photographs of Israeli war and occupation resisters. The book is a follow-up to a previous work by Martin Barzilai, "Refuzniks," published in 2017, and includes personal stories of Israeli activists explaining their reasons for refusing military service.
The introduction was written by French-Israeli filmmaker Eyal Sivan.
We Refuse: Saying No to the Army in Israel
[…] « La chose la pire qui soit en Israël, à part être palestinien, c'est être un traître. » Eviatar Rubin a 22 ans. Quand le photographe Martin Barzilai le rencontre pour la première fois il y a deux ans, l'attaque terroriste du Hamas et la riposte israélienne n'ont pas encore eu lieu.
Le jeune homme, qui vit à Haïfa, est déjà déterminé : pas question de faire son service militaire, pas question de « participer à l'occupation sioniste, à un régime d'apartheid ». Alors il refuse de rejoindre l'armée. Il passera pour cela quatre mois en prison. Puis il retournera à ses activités militantes : manifestations politiques et soutien aux familles palestiniennes expulsées de leur logement.
[…] "The worst thing in Israel, apart from being Palestinian, is being a traitor." Eviatar Rubin is 22 years old. When the photographer Martin Barzilai meets him for the first time two years ago, the Hamas terrorist attack and the Israeli response have not yet taken place. The young man, who lives in Haifa, is already determined: no question of doing his military service, no question of "participating in the Zionist occupation, in an apartheid regime." So he refuses to join the army. He will spend four months in prison for this. Then he will return to his militant activities: political demonstrations and support for Palestinian families evicted from their homes.
https://editionslibertalia.com/catalogue/orient-xxi/martin-barzilai-nous-refusons
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#Antiwar #organizers unbowed by attack on movement space
https://fightbacknews.org/articles/anti-war-organizers-unbowed-by-attack-on-movement-space
Violents affrontements lors de la manifestation pro-palestinienne à #Berne, en Suisse.
Les manifestant.es ont tenté d'atteindre l'ambassade américaine étasunienne.
Violent clashes during the pro-Palestinian demonstration in #Berne , Switzerland.
Protesters attempted to reach the US Embassy.
Mise en forme https://t.me/weshlasmala
Today in Labor History May 22, 1968: New York police broke through the barricades at Columbia University, busting the student occupations there. As a result, 998 were arrested and over 200 injured. Students were demanding a black studies program and an end to military recruitment and ROTC on campus. Sound familiar? However, today’s student protests are bringing back the worst of 1960s-‘70s police brutality and university intolerance for Free Speech along with McCarthy era firing, blacklisting and doxing of academics for the crime of criticizing the Israeli government, under bogus claims of antisemitism.
Renato Guttuso, Massacro,1943
Museo Novicento, #Florence, #Italy
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Today in Labor History May 16, 1918: Congress passed the Sedition Act against radicals and pacifists, leading to the arrest, imprisonment, execution and deportation of dozens of unionists, anarchists and communists. The law forbade the use of “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive” language about the U.S. government, its flag, or it military. The mainstream press supported the act, despite the significant limitations it imposed on free speech and of press freedom. In June, 1918, the government arrested Eugene Debs for violating the act by undermining the government’s conscription efforts. He served 18 months in prison. Congress repealed the act in 1920, since world War I had ended. However, Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer, lobbied for a peacetime version of it. Additionally, he continued to round up labor activists, communists and anarchist for seditious behavior, particularly Wobblies, or members of the IWW. For example, they convicted Marie Equi for giving a speech at the IWW hall in Portland, Oregon after WWI had ended.
