FORT DIX, N.J.—The court-martial of Pvt. Terry Klug is over. He is the GI who the Ft. Dix brass had singled out as the “ringleader” in the now famous stockade rebellion on that base last June. The surprise verdict: Not …
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Fort Dix Trial
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 93, November 27-December 10, 1969
FORT DIX, N.J. (LNS)—The Army has decided to take three years of Jeffrey Russell’s life. “It’s a total fraud,” says one establishment reporter.
Fort Dix Riot Trial Starts
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 92, November 13-26, 1969
But in two days of court martial proceedings (Nov. 4 and 5), the Army has been able to get only two scared young GIs—both of whom admit having been threatened with charges of their own if they refused to help …
Dix Coffee House Evicted
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 92, November 13-26, 1969
WRIGHTSTOWN (LNS)—The GI movement at Ft. Dix is the largest and most advanced in the country, and this is due partly to the Coffeehouse for GIs in Wrightstown. The organizing efforts of the Coffeehouse bring hundreds of GIs every week …
Ft. Dix Erupts
by Mike Kaufman
Fifth Estate # 90, October 16-29, 1969
FORT DIX, N.J. Oct 12—Thousands of demonstrators, marching under the banners of many anti-war and militant groups, were turned back by tear gas as they marched onto the mammoth military reservation.
Fort Dix Stockade
by Sheila Ryan
Fifth Estate # 88, September 18-October 1, 1969
Editors’ Note: The following article was written last April by LNS staffer Sheila Ryan. The deplorable conditions she describes led to a massive stockade revolt at the base in June which was put down with severe brutality. Many of the …
Support for Dix 38
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 86, August 21-September 3, 1969
NEW YORK (LNS)—Four hundred demonstrators massed in front of Penn Station August 2 to support 38 Fort Dix, N.J. GIs who face court-martials for having participated in a stockade uprising.
Dix Brass Plot Vengeance
by Bob Heilbroner
Fifth Estate # 85, August 7-20, 1969
NEW YORK (LNS)—The Army is planning a heavy vengeance for the June 5 rebellion of over 150 GIs imprisoned in the Ft. Dix stockade. [See “Army Stockades Blow,” FE #84, July 24-August 6, 1969.]
GIs Form Alliance
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 108, June 25-July 8, 1970
ATLANTA, Ga. (LNS)—Anti-war GIs from around the country got together here over Memorial Day weekend to discuss ways of increasing nationwide cooperation in their struggle against the military machine.
Recorders Court Jury Fraud Exposed
by Sam Stark
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
Accused persons in Detroit Recorder’s Court have been tried and, in many cases, found guilty by juries of which Blacks, other minority group members, Southern-born, foreign-born, working-class people, ADC mothers, students, bearded males, and persons convicted of moving traffic violations …
Anti-War Soldier’s Hearing Begins
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 21, January 1-15, 1967
The Fort Hood Three Defense Committee announced that civil liberties attorneys Stanley Faulkner and Selma Samols went before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Dec. 13, to argue once again, in the case of Pvt. Robert …
GI Caucus
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970
A caucus of anti-war GIs meeting at the Feb. 15 Student Mobilization Committee conference in Cleveland decided to call for a national anti-war GI meeting. GIs at the conference represented bases from Alaska to Texas, and from Ft. Dix, N.J. …
Warfare 1970
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 106, May 28-June 10, 1970
“a very great revolutionary force latent in the American people” —Peking Radio, May 9 President Nixon’s announcement of the invasion of Cambodia effectively implemented the old SDS slogan “Bring the War Home!” Millions of people joined the revolutionary struggle, striking …
Armed Farces Day
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 106, May 28-June 10, 1970
MONTEREY, Calif. (LNS) — In over a dozen actions at military bases across the country on May 16, thousands of anti-war soldiers and civilians marched and rallied against the traditional celebration of Armed Forces Day.
GIs Talk About the Army
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 98, February 4-18, 1970
Editors’ Note: The following is a Liberation News Service interview with two anti-war GIs recorded at the Ft. Dix Coffee House. “People don’t realize why soldiers march,” says Staff Sergeant Rick Williams, a husky, quiet-spoken soldier of Southern poor-white origin. …