Military Veterans and Marxism

On the program today we have on three former members of the US military who each found their way to Marxism. Matthew you already know as a regular but we also hosted Tyler and Ben of the Denver Communists to discuss their experience in joining and serving in the military as pawns of the imperialist war machine and coming out of it as radicalized Marxists. Tyler recently had his article published on Firebrand reflecting on what potential for socialist organizing in the military and what Aaron Bushnell has to teach us about anti-imperialist resistance.

The episode opens with a clip of Mike Prysner protesting Bush, and Aaron Bushnell's final words of rebellion, closing with Woody Guthrie's "So Long It's Been Good to Know You" war song.

https://firebrand.red/2024/03/a-communist-military-veteran-on-aaron-bushnell-imperialist-war-and-resistance/

https://denvercommunists.org/

https://www.youtube.com/@denvercommunists

Recommended reading this week is Alexandra Kollontai's "Who Needs the War?" https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1915/whoneeds.htm

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