Dear John: Perhaps we need to develop a new ASU and quickly.
Tom Siblo ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Catalinotto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [L-I] Re: Query Re: "Support the Troops -- Bring Them Home" > The ASU never was recognized as a union. It functioned > more as an anti-war, anti-racist organization that > raised union demands and related to the class > character of the enlisted servicepeople. Once the > troops were all withdrawn from Vietnam it was hard to > sustain the ASU, even though there was and is a need > for an organization representing rank-and-file GIs. > > There was an attempt later to form a union that was > more like a traditional trade union that was shot down > (I wasn't involved in that). Finally, as I understand > it, a law was passed against even attempting to > organize a union in the military. Tod Ensign of > Citizen Soldier knows more about this, and maybe Dave > Cortwright. > > John Catalinotto > > > --- Yoshie Furuhashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Early in the anti-Vietnam war movement (1964-65), > > Youth Against War > > >and Fascism raised the slogan "Bring the GIs home > > now!" It contended > > >successfully with "Negotiate Now" at a > > SANE-organized demonstration > > >in Washington on Thanksgiving weekend, 1965. > > Another favorite was > > >"Big firms get rich, GIs die." Later, the SWP used > > "Bring the troops > > >home" with and without the now, as I remember, but > > maybe someone who > > >was with them then can comment. It was always a > > natural response to > > >"Well, we have to support the troops, don't we?" I > > was organizing > > >troops against the war then, in the American > > Servicemen's Union, so > > >it always seemed obvious. > > > > > >John Catalinotto > > > > John, what happened to the American Servicemen's > > Union? I recall > > reading somewhere that it got outlawed by Congress. > > Is that correct? > > -- > > Yoshie > > > > * Calendar of Events in Columbus: > > <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html> > > * Student International Forum: > > <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/> > > * Committee for Justice in Palestine: > > <http://www.osudivest.org/> > > * Al-Awda-Ohio: > > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio> > > * Solidarity: <http://solidarity.igc.org/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leninist-International mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > > > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! > http://platinum.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leninist-International mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international > _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
