Blog - /blog/2025/06/09/ten-things-we-could-fund-instead-military-parade/
- Here are ten programs President Trump has cut (or threatened to cut) that we could save for about $45 million or less.trill
Blog - /blog/2025/06/02/brief-introduction-ties-militarism-and-pop-culture/
- Militarism is deeply intertwined in pop culture, spanning media formats of TV, movies, sports, games, and toys.
Blog - /blog/2025/05/12/new-mexicos-national-guard-initiative-highlights-nations-skewed-priorities/
- On April 8, 2025, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham authorized the deployment of 60 to 70 members of the National Guard to the city of Albuquerque.
Blog - /blog/2025/05/02/presidents-2026-budget-bonanza-weapons-and-prison-contractors/
- Today, President Trump revealed the broad strokes of his budget request to Congress for 2026. This request does not meet the nation’s needs.
Blog - /blog/2025/04/07/budgets-are-moral-documents-hundreds-faith-leaders-condemn-republican-spending-proposals/
- March 5, 2025, on Christians’ Ash Wednesday, hundreds of leaders from various faiths gathered in Washington D.C. to condemn Republican proposed budget plans that would make devastating...
Blog - /blog/2025/03/12/justice-prevails-grassroots-victory-fight-against-nuclear-weapons-proliferation/
- A long and hard fought win offers us a pivotal moment to advocate and mobilize for the fulfillment of human needs and protection of all life - over the expansion of nuclear arms production.
Blog - /blog/2025/03/04/watch-what-trump-does-not-what-he-says/
- Tonight President Trump will address Congress, and who knows what he’ll say. But it’s easy to get too swept up in what he says. Instead, watch what he does.
Blog - /blog/2025/02/27/shut-them-down-closing-military-bases-long-overdue/
- ...military bases are wasteful, harmful, and expensive - and resistance to them is justified. On February 23, 2025, people gathered for an international day of action to call for the closure of mili...
Blog - /blog/2025/02/12/if-pentagon-contracts-were-federal-agency-they-would-be-biggest-federal-agency/
- If some theoretical well-meaning person or effort were looking for ways to save taxpayer dollars, Pentagon contracts would be the place to start. Musk has set his team of DOGE destroyers on agencies f...
Blog - /blog/2025/02/11/detaining-and-deporting-immigrants-all-wrong-immigrants-are-here-stay/
- People all over are showing up in defense for our immigrant communities. We're fighting back against Trump's most blatant hate agenda and everyone else who is giving him a helping hand.
Blog - /blog/2025/02/10/leave-federal-workers-alone-cut-pentagon-contracts-instead/
- In recent days, President Trump has promised that Musk would soon turn to the Pentagon. But if saving money were really the goal, the Pentagon’s contracts, worth $414 billion in FY 202...
Blog - /blog/2025/01/29/wanna-make-america-healthy-cut-military-spending/
- ...military.
Blog - /blog/2024/12/17/peace-justice-and-people-centered-budget-2024-and-beyond/
- We’ve supported the ongoing fight for a federal budget that prioritizes people and the planet over power and profit. Next year and onward, we'll continue the fight.
Blog - /blog/2024/12/09/organizing-and-mutual-aid-are-answers-peace-climate-summit-was-anything/
- Militarism and fossil fuel dependency are inextricably linked– yet world leaders ignored this reality when they gathered to hash out global climate goals at the so-called ‘peace&rsquo...
Blog - /blog/2024/11/26/after-cop29-whats-next-international-climate-finance/
- The COP29 climate summit concluded over the weekend with a new global target for international climate finance. The U.S. must rebalance foreign aid priorities to fund life and the well-being of o...
Blog - /blog/2024/11/25/take-7-pentagon-fails-another-audit/
- With big publicity around efforts to cut government spending, we’ll find out whether the incoming administration and Congress are willing to hold the Pentagon accountable.
Blog - /blog/2024/10/18/hurricane-helene-nexus-climate-crisis-and-us-militarism/
- Last month, people across the southeastern U.S. lost their homes, communities, and lives to the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene. To protect our shared future, decarbonization and demilita...
Blog - /blog/2024/10/08/2024-climate-week-webinars-divest-militarism-invest-climate-justice/
- Colonial violence and militarism are at the root of global inequality, ecological devastation, and perpetual conflict that is driving the triple planetary crisis.
Blog - /blog/2024/10/02/new-nuclear-era-same-negligent-spending/
- ...military-heavy federal budget– for something we don’t need or want.
Blog - /blog/2024/09/05/costs-us-militarization-philippines-abuse-people-and-planet/
- ...military is getting out of hand in fueling wars abroad–even the ones that haven’t begun.
