The logic of military spending leads countries to effectively destroy their own property and burn down their own villages.
The Pentagon’s Twisted Potlatch
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GDAMS
Death and Taxes
Military spending combines the two certainties in life: death and taxes. U.S. taxpayers are paying more than anyone else on Earth to support an industry devoted to death.
Time for the Cut-Off: A Global Day of Action Against Military Spending
The costs of war already far outweigh the benefits, but the way our spending looks, war will be an enduring staple of our economy.
Arms Down
Every year, in the last two weeks of their final semester, a group of seniors in the 20th-century world history class at my high school played a mysterious game. They were honor-bound not to tell anyone what they were doing. All we knew was that, while their fellow seniors goofed off and marked time until graduation, this group of students were completely obsessed with…something. They were constantly in whispered negotiations, passing notes back and forth, passionately gesticulating. They seemed to be involved in a very serious, very adult activity. The rest of us were all intensely envious even as we made fun of their dorkiness.
April 17: Global Day of Reckoning
The time has come, once and for all, to realign our priorities to address the crises impacting our troubled world.
Romney’s Defense Plan Means Bad Business for America
Over the next 10 years, Romney’s military spending plan would total at least 61% higher than Obama’s.
Asia Is Up in Arms
The geopolitical centre of gravity, as measured in arms spending and transfers, has shifted to Asia.
The top five arms importers over the last five years, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), are from Asia. And, led by deep-pocketed China, Asia is poised to overtake Europe for the first time in modern history in overall military spending. The Cold War ended in Europe in the early 1990s. But Asia continues to buy and sell weapons as if the Cold War never went out of style.
Take Part in the Global Day of Action on Military Spending, April 12
The first Global Day of Action on Military Spending is Tuesday, April 12.
Global Day of Action on Military Spending: April 12
On Tuesday, April 12, people in more than 35 countries, as well as Columbus, Dallas, Kansas City and dozens of other cities throughout the United States will participate in the first Global Day of Action on Military Spending.
Proposal: A Global Day of Action on Military Spending
Republicans are finally conceding that defense cuts are needed. But it’s not just budget priorities that need to be reevaluated, but our global priorities.