f{"id":50153,"date":"2026-09-13T12:35:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T19:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=50153"},"modified":"2026-09-13T12:35:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T19:35:03","slug":"book-war-is-a-racket-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/book-war-is-a-racket-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Book:  &#8220;War is a Racket&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1388187471i\/198259.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">War Is a Racket<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/115545.Smedley_D_Butler\">Smedley D. Butler<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/32344.Adam_Parfrey\">Adam Parfrey&nbsp;(Introduction)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally printed in 1935,&nbsp;<em>War Is a Racket<\/em>&nbsp;is General Smedley Butler&#8217;s frank speech describing his role as a soldier as nothing more than serving as a puppet for big-business interests. The introduction discusses why General Butler went against the corporate war machine and how he exposed a fascist coup d&#8217;etat plot against President Franklin Roosevelt. Widely appreciated and referenced by left- and right-wingers alike, this is an extraordinary argument against war\u2014more relevant now than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the author<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-29.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-29.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-29-120x150.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/115545.Smedley_D_Butler\">Smedley D. Butler<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smedley Darlington Butler was a Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps, an outspoken critic of U.S. military adventurism, and, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career he participated in military actions in the Philippines, China, Central America, the Caribbean during the Banana Wars, and France in World War I.<br><br>After he retired he became a well-known and outspoken critic of the US military-industrial complex and, and a popular anti-war speaker. His most well known work is his 1935 book\u00a0<em>War is a Racket<\/em>, in which he described war as a money making enterprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Goodreads.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>War Is a Racket Smedley D. Butler,&nbsp;Adam Parfrey&nbsp;(Introduction) Originally printed in 1935,&nbsp;War Is a Racket&nbsp;is General Smedley Butler&#8217;s frank speech describing his role as a soldier as nothing more than serving as a puppet for big-business interests. The introduction discusses why General Butler went against the corporate war machine and&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/book-war-is-a-racket-2\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1945],"tags":[2500,2499],"class_list":["post-50153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book","tag-smedley-butler","tag-war-is-a-racket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}