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In fiscal year 2015, Pentagon and related spending will total $598 billion, accounting for 54 percent of all federal discretionary spending. That's roughly the size of the next seven largest military budgets around the world, combined.

Blog Posts

Climate Week NYC 2026: War and the Climate Crisis Demand International Solidarity From Our Movements

Alliyah Lusuegro |

The movements fighting against climate justice and increasing U.S. militarization and Pentagon Budget meet for Climate Week 2026. 

Three Ways Movements Are Building Solidarity to Resist ICE

Alliyah Lusuegro |

Across different issue areas and walks of life, people are taking a stand against Trump's dangerous mass deportation agenda. Here are three examples of what that looks like.

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Recent Publications

How Many People Could Have SNAP Or Medicaid Instead of $47 Billion for the Iran War?

Lindsay Koshgarian

Nationally, the $47.1 billion expenditure on the Iran war so far could fully cover a year of SNAP benefits for every person who has lost benefits more than three times over.

Ten Ways Congress Could Defund War to Fund Climate Solutions

Hanna Homestead

The affordability and climate crises are interconnected, and spending on the Pentagon makes both worse. Tell Congress: not another dollar for war; fund a livable future instead. 

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