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.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/09/14/time-to-rein-in-inflated-military-budgets/
Sept. 14, 2020 - In an era of pandemics and climate change, we need to reconsider what “national security” means.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/08/26/austerity-politics-wont-cut-pentagon-spending/
Aug. 26, 2020 - For those who want to see a correction to bloated Pentagon spending — and the military overreach it represents — the deficit fears deeply ingrained in American politics may seem like a nif...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/07/23/move-to-trim-military-budget-ten-percent-thwarted/
July 23, 2020 - 74 billion dollars could disappear from the Pentagon budget and barely be noticed by most current military operations, but would make a massive difference to any number of social priorities that curre...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/07/21/americans-want-to-reinvest-10-percent-military/
July 21, 2020 - Most people in the U.S. agree: it's time to reinvest from the bloated miitary budget to real human needs, like containing coronavirus. This week, members of Congress should vote to follow their lead.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/07/08/defund-the-pentagon-too/
July 8, 2020 - Any effort to reduce police spending and focus on social programs should include massive cuts to the Pentagon’s bloated budget.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/07/07/democrats-be-bold-on-national-security/
July 7, 2020 - Even before the pandemic, it was clear that more money didn’t mean more real security.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/07/02/representative-barbara-lee-defund-pentagon-budget/
July 2, 2020 - The California representative is calling for reallocation from military budgets to meet human needs. And she’s got allies like Bernie Sanders.
Analysis - /analysis/2020/local-resolution-end-transfer-military-equipment-police/
June 25, 2020 - Since 1990, the Department of Defense has transfered more than $7 billion worth of military equipment to more than 8,000 law enforcement agencies around the country through what is known as ...
Blog - /blog/2020/06/25/end-racism-militarism-us-now/
June 25, 2020 - U.S. budgets are characterized by a prioritization of militarization over human life and needs. It's time to defund.
Analysis - /analysis/2020/militarized-budget-2020/
June 22, 2020 - In 2019, the U.S. "militarized" budget amounted to 64.5 percent of discretionary spending.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/06/19/dismantle-war-economy/
June 19, 2020 - To create real security, we must slash the Pentagon budget and invest in meeting everyone’s basic human needs.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/06/08/defund-the-police-vijay-prashad/
June 8, 2020 - Greg Speeter, the founder of the Northampton-based National Priorities Project, used to say that the values of a society should not be judged based on its Constitution; the values are clarified by the...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/06/02/peace-referendum-advances/
June 2, 2020 - Dozens of New Haveners turned out to a virtual public hearing, invoking two new crises to press lawmakers for support for an older cause, with a referendum that calls upon U.S. Congress to reallo...
