Gulf War
Articles about the Gulf War between the US and its allies and Iraq and opposition to it in 1990-1991.
Kamikaze Kapitalism - BM Combustion
BM Combustion explores the Gulf War, September 11 attacks and the war in Afghanistan, and their relation to daily life.
Horror Yesterday, Horror Today, Horror Tomorrow
Another day, another war looming, another anti-war leaflet.
The story of this group (in its various incarnations) - No War But The Class War
Following the re-formation of the No War But The Class War group shortly after September 11, 2001, members of the group look at its history and limitations.
In September 1990, US, British and other forces were mobilising in the Gulf following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and full scale war was imminent. At Conway Hall in London's Red Lion Square a meeting was held on Sunday 2 September "to organise a plan of action... to counteract the blatant warmongering and racism that is going on".
War! What is it good for? - No War But The Class War
In the lead up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, No War But The Class War look at who the real beneficiaries of such wars are.
War is good for forging national unity. War helps to both create new nation states and submerge class and other conflicts in an existing nation-state. Nationalism always tries to make the dispossessed and exploited, who make up most of the population, identify with their exploiters and so perpetuates this inhuman society.
We won't pay for the bosses' war - No War But The Class War
Leaflet from 1991, looking at the logic behind the impending Gulf War, and its meaning for the working class, both in the UK and internationally.
Whoever wins in the Gulf conflict, one thing is for certain. It's us - working class people in Britain, Iraq and the other countries involved - who will be expected to pay for it.
Letter on Iraq - No War But The Class War
Internationalist response to an article in the Merseyside Anarchist Newsletter, which implied support for an Iraqi victory in the Gulf War
On 2nd September, Hackney Solidarity Group called a meeting in London to discuss a revolutionary response to the Gulf crisis. As well as the HSG, people from Class War, Anarchist Communist Federation, Direct Action Movement, Wildcat and various individual class struggle anarchists and anti-state communists all attended.
Statement of principles - No War But The Class War
Statement of principles of the 1991 No War But The Class War group.
I. PRINCIPLES
Sabotage the war effort! - No War But The Class War
Leaflet put out during the Gulf War, giving numerous examples in history of the working class stopping wars, and posing class struggle as the only solution to the Gulf War.
We do not yet know the full scale of the massacre in the Gulf. We can be sure though that many have already been killed, and that many more working class people on both sides will die until this war is stopped. The idea that the war would be over in a few days is looking as stupid as the claim that World War One would be over by Christmas 1914.
In the Gulf, in the North Sea, we won't die for oil profits. Support North Sea strikers! Class war not oil war!
Leaflet produced in the lead-up to the 1990 Gulf War, linking the deaths of workers on North Sea oil rigs, and workers at war.
"I'd like some of those Congressmen to come out here, with all that patriotism, to feel the heat in the desert. I'd rather folks paid more for their oil, than pay for their oil with my life" (US soldier in the Gulf)
No war but the class war: remembering and reflecting ten years after - Practical History
Account of a participant involved in the No War But The Class War group at the time of the first Gulf War.
In September 1990, US, British and other forces were mobilising in the Gulf following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and full scale war was imminent. At Conway Hall in London's Red Lion Square a meeting was held on Sunday 2 September 'to organise a plan of action... to counteract the blatant warmongering and racism that is going on'.
War damages health...and the Health Service: health workers and the 1991 Gulf war - Practical History
Detailed account of the impact of the 1991 Gulf War on the health service in Britain, including anti-war leaflets produced by health workers and a brief account of the impact of the war on health in Iraq.
Clearly the main effects of the Gulf War were felt by people living in the Middle East war zone. Nevertheless our rulers can only successfully wage war abroad by attacking at home the people who are expected to pay for it (and have most to lose from it): the working class.
