Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/03/us-spent-21-trillion-on-militarization-since-911/
Sept. 3, 2021 - The cost of the War on Terror and its catastrophic consequences at home and abroad are staggering: $21 trillion, according to a new report. Imagine what we could do with that money if we used it for h...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/02/war-on-terror-cost-21-trillion-killed-million/
Sept. 2, 2021 - The U.S. has spent $21 trillion on foreign and domestic militarization" since the fateful 2001 attacks that spawned the Afghanistan intervention, marking a new era of U.S.-led conflict across the glob...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/01/cost-post-911-security-state-21-trillion/
Sept. 1, 2021 - The war on terror has fueled 20 years of massive military and other spending.
Blog - /blog/2021/08/25/just-transition-defense-industries-lessons-fossil-fuel-transitions/
Aug. 25, 2021 - Plans for a Just Transition away from defense industries do not need to be pulled out of thin air. The ongoing efforts to transition economies, workers, and communities out of the harmful fossil fuel ...
Analysis - /analysis/2021/national-priorities-project-commends-senate-rejection-50-billion-pentagon-grab/
Aug. 10, 2021 - August 10 - Today the Senate rejected an amendment to the budget resolution to add $50 billion to the Pentagon budget, 46-53. The National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies i...
Analysis - /analysis/2021/forever-increasing-pentagon-budget-undermines-american-security/
May 28, 2021 - Today’s budget proposal rightly calls for major increases in domestic investment. But at the same time, its continued funding increases for the Pentagon undermine the prioritization of real secu...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/05/22/congress-plans-climate-resiliency-for-military/
May 22, 2021 - Since 2019, Congress has repeatedly held hearings on climate resiliency for bases, but hardly ever talks about schools, public housing, or prisons.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/05/11/biden-budget-billion-israel-military-climate/
May 11, 2021 - A group of anti-war veterans said President Joe Biden's spending priorities indicate that he thinks "preserving apartheid is more important than fighting climate change."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/04/16/36-Progressive-Groups-Demand-Pentagon-Cuts/
April 16, 2021 - Rejecting President Joe Biden's call for a $753 billion military budget as a non-starter, a diverse coalition of dozens of progressive advocacy groups on Friday demanded that Biden and Congress work t...
Analysis - /analysis/2021/pouring-money-pentagon-cant-prevent-another-pandemic/
April 9, 2021 - At $753 billion, President Biden's requested Pentagon budget increase continues the dangerous and short-sighted path of ballooning military spending set by President Trump, and fails to recognize the ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/03/24/congress-given-path-cut-pentagon-budget-80-billion/
March 24, 2021 - "We have a choice: funnel countless trillions of dollars into weapons of war and Pentagon waste, or put our resources toward efforts that will actually make the world safer for all of us."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/02/05/rethinking-us-security/
Feb. 5, 2021 - Most Americans who either support or accept the large amount of money spent on the U.S. military probably do so because they think it makes our nation secure. But does it really?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/01/28/climate-change-cant-be-excuse-for-militarization/
Jan. 28, 2021 - President Joe Biden signed a suite of executive orders on climate policy, including one that enshrines climate change as a key consideration for American foreign policy and national security. Tha...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/01/15/more-military-money-more-problems/
Jan. 15, 2021 - An organized left must take stock of strategic cleavages to push for military spending cuts in the near term, and lay the groundwork for major long-term transformation of U.S. policies away from milit...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/12/03/can-biden-ensure-every-agency-fight-climate-change/
Dec. 3, 2020 - ...federal government for the climate change action era.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/11/12/transition-2020-biden-defense-team-under-fire/
Nov. 12, 2020 - President-elect Joe Biden's transition is getting pressure from liberal lawmakers, progressive think tanks and anti-war groups to bring on a more diverse and broad-minded set of Pentagon advisers who ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/10/12/dismantling-systems-that-enable-police-terror/
Oct. 12, 2020 - If we are intent on getting justice for Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, and so many others, the system must be dismantled.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/09/25/40-groups-demand-gross-misuse-pentagon-covid-funds/
Sept. 25, 2020 - "It's unconscionable that the department would prioritize defense contractor wish lists over the health and safety of the American people."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/09/23/high-price-of-police-militarization/
Sept. 23, 2020 - A new study highlights the “cruel, domestic” cost of America’s post-9/11 wars.
Analysis - /analysis/2020/no-warming-no-war/no-warming-no-war-webinar-transcript/
Sept. 15, 2020 - If you want to better understand the connections between militarism, racism, and the climate crisis, read the English-language transcript of our "No Warming, No War" webinar from Monday, July 27.
