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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
Blog - /blog/2020/02/10/trumps-2021-budget-gives-55-military/
- ...military.
Blog - /blog/2020/01/13/house-voted-stop-war-iran-now-its-senates-turn/
- It's time to call your Senator.
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.
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...
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...
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.
Blog - /blog/2019/10/21/fall-party-2019-northampton-ma/
- Join us October 29 in Northampton, MA!
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...
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...
Blog - /blog/2019/08/09/bipartisan-738-billion-military-budget-deal/
- ...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).
Blog - /blog/2019/07/09/amendments-2020-ndaa-good-actually/
- ...military’s budget will be.
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.
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...
Blog - /blog/2019/06/25/pentagons-climate-impact-threat-our-planet/
- ...military itself is a force driving climate chaos.