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“Near Fort Jackson, South Carolina, the first" GI coffeehouse "was set up, a place where soldiers could get coffee and doughnuts, find antiwar literature, and talk freely with others. It was called the UFO, and lasted for several years before it was declared a" public nuisance "and closed by court action. But other GI coffeehouses sprang up in half a dozen other places across the country. An antiwar" bookstore "was opened near Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and another one at the Newport, Rhode Island, naval base.
Underground newspapers sprang up at military bases across the country; by 1970 more than fifty were circulating. Among them: About Face in Los Angeles; Fed Up! in Tacoma, Washington; Short Times
at Fort Jackson; Vietnam GI in Chicago; Grafiti in Heidelberg, Germany; Bragg Briefs in North Carolina; Last Harass at Fort Gordon, Georgia; Helping Hand at Mountain Home Air Base, Idaho. These newspapers printed antiwar articles, gave news about the harassment of GIs and practical advice on the legal rights of servicemen, told how to resist military domination.”
― Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present

“Governments do so many things to destroy the lives of those who are a nuisance to them.”
― Rodrigo de Souza Leão, All Dogs Are Blue

“Most people die for stupid reasons. The most anyone can hope for is to make some noises before that happens.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the Night

“It's easy for most to look back in time and praise those who fought for the rights of others. The protests of history are much easier to accept than protests of the present. History doesn't require anything from us. It doesn't even require us to know it. The present? It requires our all.”
― Dave Connis, Suggested Reading