[lbo-talk] Credit Where Credit is Due

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>>Who's gonna invade America if American workers are to establish
>>socialism or anarchism or whatever?  Canada?
>
>That's easy - America! Could you imagine the most powerful ruling 
>class maybe ever making a graceful exit?
>
>Doug

According to David Adams, counting interventions by both national 
guards and federal troops, "the overall rates of [internal military] 
intervention [against industrial workers and urban rioters in the 
United States] have remained near the average during the years 
[1886-95, 1921-35, and 1943-90]: about 18 interventions and 12,000 
troops per year" (David Adams, "Internal Military Interventions in 
the United States," Journal of Peace Research 32.2, 1995, 
<http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/01/jcs-conplan-0300-97-special-mission.html>).

One hopes that, due to the Iraq War, the power elite are rapidly 
losing the affection of troops.
-- 
Yoshie

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