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Millions marched and protested against the military invasion of Iraq.Millions more have protested against the military occupation of Afghanistan.These antiwar sentiments publicly expressed are a reflection of a deeply rootedantimilitarism. Yet wars and militarism abound. War according to KarlLiebknecht is for profit between the capitalist classes of the world powersand the maintenance of an army ensures their retention of power. In this bookwhich is one of the great classics of antimilitarism Liebknecht examines theways in which militarism is promoted and maintained reviews the harshpunishments meted out to soldiers antimilitarists and war resisters andsurveys the activities of antimilitarists both specific tactics and theunderlying philosophy. The Duluth Herald Minnesota predicted there willcome a time in Germany when Karl Liebknecht pilloried and imprisoned today fordaring to speak the truth will rank higher in the list of German heroes thanthe Kaiser. It was an accurate prediction says Professor Philip Fonerhistorian at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania who went on to addunfortunately his classic book is out of print. Militarism and AntiMilitarism is now available again important in these times. Karl Liebknecht1871 Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 1919 was a member of the Reichstagwho was imprisoned during World War I as an antimilitarist Social Democrat. Hewas a founding member with Rosa Luxemburg of the German Communist Party KPDin 1918 and he led an unsuccessful revolt in Berlin in January 1919. KarlLiebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were murdered by the German right wingimmediately thereafter. «
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