Will the Military Support a Declaration of Martial Law
Garett Reppenhagen, Veterans for Peace,
Interviewed by Bill Resnick
August 27, 2020
Recently, Veterans for Peace issued a statement condemning the deployment of troops in the U.S.:
“Veterans For Peace condemns the inflammatory statements of Donald Trump. His declaration of calling for military troops on US soil to quell people exercising their First Amendment right is inflammatory and incredibly dangerous. We stand unequivocally with the protestors who are in the streets calling for an end to senseless police killings and white supremacy.
In addition to the 200,000 troops already deployed across the world, US cities are being occupied by military force. Thousands of heavily-armed soldiers, military personnel and police have been deployed to the cities across the nation as Trump calls on the military to ‘dominate the streets’ and that he’d override any local control if governors refuse to deploy the National Guard. Threats and intimidation are tactics of terror by this administration. Trump’s statements as well as past statements are incendiary and effectively declare war on our communities…
Veterans For Peace calls on all active duty military leaders and personnel to refuse deployment. We as veterans know the terrible aftermath of participating in actions that are morally wrong against communities in other countries. Now is the time to refuse to participate in orders that are unjust.”
La préoccupation de l'environnement apparaît avec force dans les écrits de Mandel seulement à partir des années 1970. Elle ne figure pratiquement pas, par exemple, dans le Traité d'économie marxiste (1962). Il est vrai qu’on trouve déjà, dans cet ouvrage inaugural , l’idée d’un "arrêt de la croissance" dans le socialisme : " Lorsque la société disposera d’un parc de machines automatiques suffisamment ample pour couvrir tous ses besoins courants (…) il est probable que la croissance économique sera ralentie ou même momentanément arrêtée. L’homme complètement libre de tout souci matériel, économique, sera né. " (1)
Here we go again. Another black person killed by the US police. Another wave of multiracial resistance. Another cycle of race talk on the corporate media. Another display of diversity with neoliberal leaders, and another white backlash soon to come. Yet this time might be a turning point. 
We are publishing this text from the SUD Santé Sociaux federation, because it reflects the reality encountered by staff in this sector in our different countries.
The coronavirus pandemic is a serious public health problem and the human suffering caused by the spread of this virus will be enormous. If it massively affects countries of the Global South with very fragile public health systems that have been undermined by 40 years of neo-liberal policies, the death toll will be very high. We must not forget the critical situation of the Iranian population, victim of the blockade imposed by Washington, a blockade that includes medicines and medical equipment.
I. The ecological crisis is already the most important social and political question of the 21st century, and will become even more so in the coming months and years. The future of the planet, and thus of humanity, will be determined in the coming decades. Calculations by certain scientists as to scenarios for the year 2100 aren’t very useful for two reasons: a) scientific: considering all the retroactive effects impossible to calculate, it is very risky to make projections over a century. B) political: at the end of the century, all of us, our children and grandchildren will be gone, so who cares?
The expression ‘tipping point’ refers to the point when a system passes from one system of equilibrium to another, the point where it is no longer possible to prevent accumulated quantitative changes from causing a qualitative change. It is used in many different fields, from population studies to climate change, as well as social sciences.
Que la journée de grève du jeudi 5 décembre se traduise par un blocage du pays à un niveau que l’on n’avait pas vu depuis novembre-décembre 1995 est une quasi-certitude. Ce que nous ne savons pas encore, c’est à quel point ce succès de la grève pourra convaincre au-delà des deux secteurs (RATP et SNCF) qui ont déjà décidé de reconduire la grève, que c’est le moment d’engager l’affrontement contre Macron et son gouvernement.
Depuis des décennies nous sommes confrontés à la destruction progressive de nos droits sociaux acquis par les luttes. Le projet de contre-réforme des retraites Macron-Delevoye s’inscrit dans cette même logique. Loin de l’universalisme annoncé, il participe d’un plan global de destruction des systèmes de solidarité qui érige en modèle le chacun pour soi et l’égalité... dans la misère !
Pour faire reculer le gouvernement sur les retraites, une seule journée de grève limitée à quelques secteurs ne suffira pas. Travailleurs, gilets jaunes, habitants des quartiers, chômeurs… c’est un mouvement d’ensemble et une grève générale jusqu’au retrait de la réforme qu'il faut initier.
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El Tribunal Supremo ha condenado a los doce líderes del procés a 104 años y seis meses de cárcel por los delitos de sedición y malversación (de 12 a 13 años), sedición (de 9 años a 12 y seis meses) y desobediencia (1 año y 8 meses).
The Intercept invites you to watch a special event in New York City hosted by Intercept senior correspondent Naomi Klein, author of the forthcoming book “On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal,” and headlined by trailblazing climate activist Greta Thunberg, author of “No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference.” 
A new video from the Bernie Sanders campaign is proof: Sanders has used his bully pulpit to amplify workers’ struggles around the country, in a way no national politician in the United States has done before now.