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Against Coronavirus, the Defense Production Act Can Redirect Militarized Industries

Blog - /blog/2020/04/01/against-coronavirus-defense-production-act-redirect-militarized-industries/

- ...military production. This is an excellent time to invoke the Defense Production Act to redirect the industrial capacity of military contractors.

Against a Global Coronavirus Pandemic, the Trump Budget Keeps Militarizing America

Blog - /blog/2020/02/27/against-global-coronavirus-pandemic-trump-budget-keeps-militarizing-america/

- As fears grow of a global coronavirus pandemic, the United States is in a poor situation to cope. Aggressive messaging from the White House assures the public that the "full weight of the U.S. governm...

Trump 2021 Budget Cuts Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Increases Foreign Military Aid

Blog - /blog/2020/02/14/trump-2021-budget-cuts-diplomacy-and-foreign-aid-increases-foreign-military-aid/

- The numbers speak for themselves. This budget is a recipe for war.

Trump's 2021 budget keeps ignoring the climate crisis

Blog - /blog/2020/02/12/trumps-2021-budget-keeps-ignoring-climate-crisis/

- After rounding out the hottest decade on record, the federal government continues to operate in complete denial of the climate crisis. The Trump administration’s fourth budget proposal...

Trump's 2021 budget cuts all federal agencies—except militarized ones

Blog - /blog/2020/02/11/trumps-2021-budget-cuts-all-federal-agencies-except-militarized-ones/

- President Trump released his fourth budget proposal this week, and the priorities are crystal clear. Across the board, the 2021 budget request prioritizes brute force and militarization over...

Trump's 2021 budget gives 55% to the military

Blog - /blog/2020/02/10/trumps-2021-budget-gives-55-military/

- ...military.

The House voted to stop war with Iran. Now it's the Senate's turn.

Blog - /blog/2020/01/13/house-voted-stop-war-iran-now-its-senates-turn/

- It's time to call your Senator.

Threat of War Inflates Stock Holdings of Military Contractor CEOs

Blog - /blog/2020/01/09/threat-war-inflates-stock-holdings-military-contractor-ceos/

- As long as we allow the top executives of our privatized war economy to reap unlimited rewards, the profit motive for war in Iran — or anywhere — will persist.

Yes, We Really Can Cut the Pentagon to Pay for Medicare for All

Blog - /blog/2020/01/15/yes-we-really-can-cut-pentagon-pay-medicare-all/

- A blog from Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget took issue with my October 17 op-ed in the The New York Times, “We Don’t Need to Raise Taxes to Have ‘Medicare f...

Call Congress: No War With Iran

Blog - /blog/2020/01/03/call-congress-no-war-iran/

- ...military strike to kill Iranian military leader Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani in Baghdad, an act that has driven the Iranians to swear retaliation.  The military action to kill Maj. Gen. Qassim...

Trump’s Endless Wars

Blog - /blog/2019/10/23/trumps-endless-wars/

- Trump’s not bringing the troops home. He’s been haphazardly deploying more troops, drones, and dollars abroad, while waging a shadow foreign policy for his own benefit.

Fall Party 2019 in Northampton MA!

Blog - /blog/2019/10/21/fall-party-2019-northampton-ma/

- Join us October 29 in Northampton, MA!

11% of the Military Budget Could Fund Enough Renewable Energy for Every Home in the US

Blog - /blog/2019/09/20/11-percent-military-budget-renewable-energy-every-home/

- There are 127,586,000 households total in the U.S., according to the most recent Census. The cost of wind power for the average US household for one year is $581.28  as of 2018, and the cost...

Remembering Frances Crowe

Blog - /blog/2019/09/01/remembering-frances-crowe/

- This week, Frances Crowe, the lifelong peace and anti-nuclear activist (among other causes), passed away. She was 100 years old, and she estimated that she’d been arrested for civil disobedience...

The Bipartisan $738 Billion Military Budget Deal

Blog - /blog/2019/08/09/bipartisan-738-billion-military-budget-deal/

- ...military budget.

Ten Good Things About the House’s (Too-Big) Military Budget

Blog - /blog/2019/07/18/ten-good-things-about-houses-too-big-military-budget/

- ...military budget of $733 billion through the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Amendments to the 2020 NDAA That Would Be Good, Actually

Blog - /blog/2019/07/09/amendments-2020-ndaa-good-actually/

- ...military’s budget will be.

Trump's 4th of July Fiasco is a Salute to Pentagon Waste

Blog - /blog/2019/07/03/trade-offs-trumps-4th-july-salute-pentagon-waste/

- This 4th of July, President Trump is flaunting some of the Pentagon's deepest money pits on the National Mall.

What Still Wasn’t Said in Democratic Debate Night #2

Blog - /blog/2019/06/28/what-still-wasnt-said-democratic-debate-night-2/

- Another ten candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination answered questions last night in the second of back-to-back debates.  The contenders and moderators said a bit more about ou...

The Pentagon's Climate Impact Is a Threat to Our Planet

Blog - /blog/2019/06/25/pentagons-climate-impact-threat-our-planet/

- ...military itself is a force driving climate chaos.