The Anti-War Movement is Everywhere But in Power

Militarism abroad kills the working class at home. There is no prospect for realizing social democracy in America without opposing war and the machine that produces it.

Eric Blanc—a scholar, labor activist, and previous guest on The Un-Diplomatic Podcast—just wrote a piece asking “Why Is There No Anti-War Movement in the US?”

He’s right to wish for an anti-war movement, and he’s right that the centrality of war to American political and economic life—in ways seen and unseen—make it an obvious site for trying to build p…