A recent report, “STATE OF INSECURITY: The Cost of Militarization Since 9/11“, co-authored by Lindsay Koshgarian of the National Priorities Project, looks in detail at the monies spent by the U. S. since 9/11, not just at international spending for the “War on Terrorism”, but also homeland security, increased spending on local law enforcement, and […]
One man’s Fight to stop U. S. militarism
Releasing 4100 pages of “Top Secret” military reports into the public record might ruffle a few feathers in the U. S. government. No, not talking about WikiLeaks release of army intelligence in 2010 — this was June 29, 1971, when freshman U.S. Senator Mike Gravel from Alaska entered the so-called “Pentagon Papers“, Secretary of Defense […]
In support of a third reconstruction for moral revival
The Wisconsin Poor People’s Campaign has been following Martin Luther King’s pivot from Civil Rights to combatting militarism, supporting unions, and building society from the bottom up to raise everybody. Activists Natalia Fajardo and Bruce Grau talk about the group’s opposition to the $750 billion Pentagon budget and $12 billion F-35 fighter jet program as […]
Opposing the Militarization of Our Skies
The Biden administration released its proposed $715-billion defense budget this morning. First up on today’s show, William Hartung, director of the arms and security program at the Center for International Policy, puts the budget in context and discusses the wastefulness of military spending. Then, Allyson Siwik from the Gila Conservation Coalition talks about their successful […]
The Real Costs of the National Security State
“The U.S. military reaches around the globe, with approximately 800 foreign military installations in nearly half the world’s countries, and takes up more than half the discretionary budget that Congress allocates each year,” writes Lindsay Koshgarian for Truthout. Today, Lindsay joins us on the show to talk about her work analyzing the federal budget and the real costs […]
