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DESCRIPTION:The Friedrich Engels Institute of Marxist War and Military Analysis 
 presents the suppressed story of the GI movement to end the war in Vietnam. 
 This award-winning documentary details one of the most vibrant and 
 widespread upheavals of the 1960's and 1970s–one that had profound impact 
 on American society, yet has been virtually obliterated from the collective 
 memory of that time.  It demonstrates how the movement of women and men in 
 the U.S. armed forces was the most instrumental force in the U.S. for 
 stopping the government's direct participation in the Vietnam war.  \n\nIn 
 the Army alone, 55% of soldiers were involved in some form of anti-war 
 activity.  By the Pentagon’s own figures, 503,926 “incidents of 
 desertion” occurred between 1966 and 1971; officers were being 
 “fragged” (killed with fragmentation grenades by their own troops) at 
 an alarming rate; and by 1971 entire units were refusing to go into battle 
 in unprecedented numbers. In the course of a few short years, over 100 
 underground newspapers were published by military personnel around the 
 world; local and national antiwar GI organizations were joined by 
 thousands; thousands more demonstrated against the war at every major base 
 in the world in 1970 and 1971, including in Vietnam itself; stockades and 
 federal prisons were filling up with soldiers, marines, sailors and air 
 force members jailed for their opposition to the war and the military. 
 \n\nIf anything, the lessons taught in "Sir! No Sir!" have even more 
 relevance in today's situation of U.S. international militarism.  For those 
 who have not seen the film it is a provocative and thoughtful experience.  
 For those who have already seen it, the exhilaration of this victory will 
 be relived.\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/01/04/18704159.php
SUMMARY:"Sir! No Sir!" Documentary Film About GI Resitance to Vietnam War
LOCATION:Niebyl-Proector Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/01/04/18704159.php
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