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HomePentagon Spending

Pentagon Spending

The 2023 Military Budget – Plutonium & Proxies

The 2023 Military Budget – Plutonium & Proxies: Capitol Calling Party

August 9, 2022 Cole Harrison

On Tuesday, August 16, join CODEPINK Congress and Massachusetts Peace Action for a Capitol Calling Party where we examine the massive 2023 military budget and all that entails. Let’s mobilize opposition before the Senate votes this fall on an $858 billion military budget. That’s $45 billion more than President […]

Garrisoning the Globe: Military Bases Overseas — and How We Can Move the Money

June 1, 2022 Yeva Khranovska

David Vine (author of Base Nation and United States of War) will give a presentation regarding US military global bases followed by discussion of where and how better our tax dollars might be used to provide REAL security to our people. Register in advance for this meeting: […]

Demilitarizing the Budget: Important even in times of war

April 28, 2022 Yeva Khranovska

As the war in Ukraine adds to the many violent conflicts around the world, governments are responding by increasing military budgets, sending weapons to allies, and calling for escalatory measures against other nations. In 2021, the world spent over $2 trillion on militaries, and if […]

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Peace Economy

No to another huge Pentagon budget increase!

March 29, 2022 Cole Harrison
Peace Economy

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 […]

Fund Healthcare Not Warfare

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 […]

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
Legislation and Policy

“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 […]

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