Courage or Complicity?

For generations, America has thanked itsveterans for their service but then forgotten promises made tothem.

That's why some former soldiers havealways ended up on the barricades or picket lines, demanding justice forthemselves or fellow workers back home. From Revolutionary War volunteers wholater joined Shays's Rebellion to World War I soldiers who staged amultiracial march on Washington to Vietnam Warera GIs who helped endthe war they served in, such rank-and-file voices are hard to ignore.

In this timely collection of essays, reviews, andfirsthand reporting, Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon trace that dissident legacyto the present day. They chronicle the critical role that disillusionedpost-9/11 veterans now play in challenging MAGA Republicans and corporateDemocrats over privatized healthcare, big money in politics, and ballooningPentagon budgets. Inside these pages are stories of courage and complicity:veterans fighting to defend public healthcare from corporate takeover; resistinganti-union attacks; and opposing the use of federal troops for domesticpolicing and mass deportations. Their struggle is part of a broader fight forrights, dignity, and a better life for all poor and working-classAmericans.

Courage or Complicity? is asearing indictment of political betrayal and a big salute to vets organizingagainst it. This book reveals the frontline battles shaping the future ofAmerican democracy.