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CBO Details How Pentagon Can Save $1 Trillion

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/10/12/cbo-details-pentagon-save-1-trillion/

Oct. 12, 2021 - The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a report showing how the Pentagon can cut $1 trillion in spending by tweaking its national defense strategy.

As CBO Shows How to Cut $1 Trillion From Pentagon, Progressives Urge Spending on 'True Security'

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/10/07/cbo-shows-how-cut-1-trillion-pentagon/

Oct. 7, 2021 - "Saving a trillion dollars that could be devoted to preventing pandemics, addressing climate change, or reducing racial and economic injustice is no small matter."

VOICES: The climate crisis vs. military spending

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/10/03/climate-crisis-vs-military-spending/

Oct. 3, 2021 - ...military.

$21 trillion for 20 years of war: But no money for human infrastructure?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/30/21-trillion-20-years-war-no-human-infrastructure/

Sept. 30, 2021 - Since Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. has spent a mindboggling $21 trillion on foreign and domestic militarization. Meanwhile, the entire Republican Party and a handful of centrist Democrats are trying to bl...

Since 9/11, The US Has Spent $21 Trillion On Militarization

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/29/since-911-us-spent-21-trillion-militarism/

Sept. 29, 2021 - Since the 9/11 attacks, the US has spent more than $21 trillion on militarization, surveillance, and repression, all in the name of security, according to the Institute for Policy Studies’ repor...

Michael Moore Speaks On American Military Involvement Abroad

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/27/michael-moore-speaks-on-american-military-abroad/

Sept. 27, 2021 - ...military spending, and President Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.  

War in Afghanistan Isn’t Over — It’s Taking the Form of Illegal Drone Strikes

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/26/war-afghanistan-taking-form-illegal-drone-strikes/

Sept. 26, 2021 - A drone flies over the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2021.

Dems Who Opposed Pentagon Cuts Received Nearly 4x More Donations From Weapons Makers

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/24/dems-oppose-pentagon-cuts-receive-weapons-donation/

Sept. 24, 2021 - The latest passage of the NDAA "is particularly strong evidence that Pentagon contractors' interests easily take precedence over national security and the public interest for too many members of Congr...

Progress on Pentagon Cuts Must Continue

Analysis - /analysis/2021/progress-pentagon-cuts-must-continue/

Sept. 23, 2021 - ...military contractors. 

A Parable of (All-American) Violence

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/23/parable-of-all-american-violence/

Sept. 23, 2021 - Accountability and the war of terror.

The Feminist Case for Cutting the Pentagon Budget

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/22/feminist-case-cutting-pentagon-budget/

Sept. 22, 2021 - Twenty years after the United States invasion of Afghanistan, the peace activists and feminists who opposed the war from the beginning were proven right. Now, let’s listen to them and slash the ...

Bite-Size Me: Why Democrats Fear Transformation

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/21/bite-size-me-democrats-fear-transformation/

Sept. 21, 2021 - ...military spending supersized and their domestic spending bite-sized.

Is The Pentagon's Budget Too Big?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/20/is-pentagon-budget-too-big/

Sept. 20, 2021 - The U.S. defense budget is more than $700 billion dollars. How efficiently are those dollars being spent? Congress keeps appropriating more to the Pentagon. But some lawmakers say it's time ...

The US has blown over $21 trillion on the War on Terror. For less than half of that, we could decarbonize our grid, forgive student debt, and significantly reduce child poverty.

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/19/us-21-trillion-war-terror-half-decarbonize-grid/

Sept. 19, 2021 - 1. Since the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. has spent $21 trillion on wars and militarism, which has eroded civil liberties and caused millions of deaths, injuries, and deportations. 2. For less than half th...

Climate & Militarism, the Upcoming Kateri Peace Conference on Sept. 18

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/15/climate-militarism-kateri-peace-conference/

Sept. 15, 2021 - Lindsay Koshgarian talks with Mark Dunlea of the Hudson Mohawk Radio Network about how we diverted $21 trillion to the war on terror after 9/11 and how racism is a root cause of both militarism and cl...

After 9/11, the enemy America fought for 20 years was none other than itself

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/14/after-911-enemy-america-fought-itself/

Sept. 14, 2021 - A study was carried out by the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). Lindsay Koshgarian, director of the institute's "National Priorities Project," points that the direct and indirect c...

Endless Militarization Has Bled US Society Dry

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/14/endless-militarization-bled-us-society-dry/

Sept. 14, 2021 - ...military-industrial complex?

9/11 at 20: Our Moral Obligation After Two Decades of War

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/11/911-at-20-our-moral-obligation-after-2-decades-war/

Sept. 11, 2021 - First, Washington needs to stop killing people. Next, we have to challenge our nation's assumptions and priorities.

9/11 and After: The Need Is Still for Justice, Not Vengeance

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/10/911-need-still-for-justice-not-vengeance/

Sept. 10, 2021 - ...military, and the national security state since 9/11. That money should have been used for health care, climate, jobs, and education.

Why are Americans paying $32m every hour for wars since 9/11?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/09/why-are-americans-paying-32m-every-hour-war-911/

Sept. 9, 2021 - I was the sole member of Congress to vote against the war in Afghanistan. Congress has yet to stand up against endless militarism