GI Movement Calendar - April 1970

Combat Refusal and Refusal of Orders
Desertion and Unauthorized Absence
GI Press and Movement Organizations
GI Press
n.d.		First issue of Counterattack published.		Fort Carson
n.d.		First issue ofStar Spangeled Bummer published		Wright Patterson AFB
n.d.		First issues of Up Against the Bulkhead published.		Alameda
Movement Organizations
Protests and Demonstrations
n.d.		More than 1000 sign GIs United petition		Fort Bragg
n.d.		ROTC building damaged by fire		Stanford University
n.d.		Stockade rebellion		Fort Polk
4		GI-civilian antiwar demonstration		Iwakuni MCAS
4-5		Meeting of east coast GI Newspaper editors.		Baltimore
9		Anti-ROTC demonstration turns into riot		Berkeley
11		MDM rally		San Diego
12		GI-civilian antiwar demonstration/love in		Iwakuni MCAS
15		Sick call		Fort Carson, Fort Dix SPD, Fort McClellan
15		Messhall boycotts		Fort Lewis, Fort McLellan
18		GI-civilian antiwar demonstrations		Atlanta, Fairbanks
29		GI-civilian antiwar demonstration		Atlanta
harassment and repression
10		Al Rita, ASU organizer and editor of Potemkin, given honorable discharge four years ahead of schedule.		USS Forestall
14		Navy announces it’s intention to proceed with Roger Priest’s court martial on six counts. Priest faces 39 years in jail if found guilty on all counts.		Washington DC
20		US court upholds the right of the Army’s Military Intelligence to “collect, store and circulate” information on lawful political activities of GIs and civilians.
23		GI organizer of April 4 + 12 antiwar demonstrations at Iwakuni transferred to Camp Pendelton with less than 36 hours notice.		Iwakuni MCAS
23		Joe Miles informed his security clearance had been revoked.		Fort Richardson
23		Roger Priest cleared of all charges except for two counts of promoting disloyalty and disaffection.		Washington DC
27		The US Navy discharges Seaman Roger Priest, for “disloyalty and demoralization” of GIs.		Washington DC
28		Three staff members of UFO coffee house sentenced to six years in prison.		Columbia, South Carolina
28		Headquarters of MDM attacked by ‘Night Riders’		Oceanside
28		GIs-WACs United application to hold a FTA rally in Zinn Park rejected by the city council.		Anniston
29		MDM headquarters attacked by snipers with automatic weapons.		San Diego