American military service members certainly did not sign up to fight the American people. Yet with the massive deployment of national guard and marines to stop protests in Los Angeles, that was indeed their assignment. On this show, Jacobin and New Republic writer Liza Featherstone reveals that soldiers are starting to  bravely take a stand against Trump’s abuses. Of course there is great risk in so doing, yet the Constitution requires disobeying illegal orders. And this group: AboutFaceVeterans.org, is leading a Right to Refuse Movement. In America, there’s a real necessity of public support for the military.  Protest matters. After all, dissident Vietnam vets ended that war; the service members of today still have unique political power.