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Ludlow Massacre Shows Military Protecting Capital Not Workers
- The Ludlow Massacre showed the military suppressing labor: National Guard fired on striking miners, killing families.
- John uses Ludlow (1914) as an example of armed force protecting property over workers' rights.
Mutinies Reveal The Military's Structural Weakness
- Militaries depend on rank-and-file obedience, so disobedience is a structural vulnerability.
- John Lewis (Working Class History) argues that mutinies expose that reliance and create openings for radical change when soldiers refuse dangerous orders.
Use Civilian Outreach To Sway Soldiers' Loyalties
- Build civilian-soldier bonds to weaken support for unjust wars.
- During Vietnam, antiwar activists set up coffee shops near bases and distributed GI-produced papers that changed soldiers' minds and reduced willingness to fight.
