Moralizing? Soldiers wanting out of imperialist aggression in the absence of a left that can organize them into a resistance - I'll take that over dogmatic purism.
On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 3:26 PM Mark Baugher via groups.io <mark= [email protected]> wrote: > Dennis, > I don't see why you think the current size of the left matters here: The > way to build the left is by organizing, not moralizing. > > This is sadly what "won't happen any time soon." Meanwhile, we can applaud > those who object to the brutality of US imperialism. > > > Choice (a) is to encourage soldiers to follow their conscience to refuse > orders, desert, or apply for immediate discharge. Choice (b) is to > encourage soldiers to use their rights as US citizen-soldiers to study, > discuss, participate in civilian protests out of military uniform, and > organize themselves to petition Congress, among other actions. > > I think (b) is a class-struggle strategy but (a) is not. > > Mark > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41535): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41535 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118937890/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
