W.J. Astore: Dreaming Big About the U.S. Military
As the U.S. military enjoys enormous budgets ($718 billion this year, rising possibly to $750 billion for 2020), Americans are told not to dream big. There might just be a connection here.
April 10, 2019 · 2 Comments
Medea Benjamin, Alice Slater: The New Congress Needs to Create a Green Planet at Peace
We cannot tolerate a new Democratic-controlled Congress continuing to do business as usual, with a military budget of over $700 billion and a trillion dollars projected for new nuclear weapons over the next thirty years, while struggling to find funds to address the climate crisis.
January 15, 2019 · Leave a comment
Marc Jampole: Pentagon proposes using nuclear weapons against terrorists
The Pentagon’s new Nuclear Posture Review calls for dropping nuclear bombs on countries that harbor terrorists. The draft of the Pentagon’s proposed plan to “update” the United States’ nuclear weapon … Continue reading
January 18, 2018 · 1 Comment
