"There is a great offensive underway by elites and the far right. They have grasped control over the vast resources of the security state and are mobilizing it in a counterinsurgent military campaign. This campaign has clear tactical operations and detailed strategic plans with deep historic roots. Yet, the security state and its broad sweeping apparatus depends on people complying, assisting, and enacting the state's demands."
"I speak with you about a radical idea. It is one born from the very concept of the American soldier or the service member. It became instrumental in ending the Vietnam War but it has long since been forgotten. The idea is this, to stop an illegal and unjust war the soldiers and service members can choose to stop fighting it."
Elites and the far right have seized control of extensive security-state resources and are mobilizing them in a counterinsurgent military campaign with tactical operations and strategic plans rooted in history. The security apparatus relies on people complying, assisting, and enacting its demands, making consent essential to its functioning. Historical and contemporary GI resistance—refusals, mutinies, desertions, and other forms of internal rebellion—represents radical self-determination and political action. The 2006 refusal by Ehren Watada to deploy to Iraq on grounds of illegality exemplifies how soldier resistance can challenge unjust wars and galvanize broader movements.
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