Category: Fund the People, Not the Pentagon - Page 9

The Pentagon Budget, Nuclear Weapons and Human Needs

March 29, 2022 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King and Richard Krushnic One of the most important determinants of our nation’s policies and actions is the federal budget. Each year Congress votes on the division of the Congressional Discretionary Budget among competing programs – Defense, Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, […]

It’s Time to Take our Country Back from the War Companies!

March 28, 2022 Paul Shannon

by Paul Shannon Big Campaign contributions. 700 lobbyists. Militaristic think tanks. Government advisory boards. Hiring 1700 former Pentagon officials and stacking the government with their own people. These military contractors have numerous ways to determine Pentagon budgets, shape our foreign policy, create war fever, and […]

Vaccine Inequity is Apartheid and a Peace Issue

March 28, 2022 Catherine Henning

by Cate Henning With more than 3 billion people unvaccinated against COVID-19, the world is merely waiting for the next variant to mutate, spread, and kill. While 70% of people in wealthy countries are vaccinated, only 14% of people in low-income countries have received at […]

Boston Vigil: Pandemic Year 3

March 10, 2022 Catherine Henning

For Immediate Release Contacts: Cole Harrison, cole@masspeaceaction.org, 617-466-9274 & Louise Coleman, 617-817-6706 When: Friday, March 11th, 2022 at 12pm EST Where: JFK Federal Building, 15 Sudbury St, Boston MA Boston Vigil: Pandemic Year Three Event: As part of an International Day of Action on the second […]

An overhead view of the Naval base at Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawai’i

$770 Billion For the Military — Poisoned Water for Military Families

February 23, 2022 Elizabeth Walters

By Liz Walters Concerns from hundreds of military families living on the Joint Naval Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawai’i about foul-smelling drinking water were dismissed on November 29th, 2021, by Naval Commander Captain Erik Spitzer, who assured residents the water was safe to drink. Spitzer […]

Youth Mental Health is a Crisis

January 18, 2022 Elizabeth Walters

by Susan Mirsky, David Mirsky, and Liz Walters How has the pandemic affected adolescent mental health, and what resources do adolescents have and lack during this time? On December 16th, 2021, Mass. Peace Action’s Fund Healthcare Not Warfare Campaign held its first in a series […]

Airmen from the 90th Maintenance Group maintain and repair Minuteman III ICBMs on alert status Dec. 18, 2019, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, WY. Photo: Senior Airman Abbigayle Williams, 90th Missile Wing Public Affairs

“Progressives” Split as Most Democrats Support Massive Pentagon Budget Hike

December 14, 2021 Paul Shannon

by Paul Shannon and Cole Harrison The 363-70 House vote Dec. 7, and 88-11 Senate vote Dec. 15, in favor of a massive $778 billion Pentagon budget, shows clearly that the only thing most Democrats and Republicans can agree on is to bring ruin to […]