U.S. Military Budget, Its Components, Challenges, and Growth, by Kimberly Amadeo
Why Military Spending Is More Than You Think It Is
Fear vs. Fear, by Chris Hedges
We will save ourselves only by pitting power against power. We will save ourselves by building mass movements to overthrow corporate power.
FBI Whistleblower Coleen Rowley looks at the Mueller Report
An opportunity to hear about the Mueller inquiry from someone who has been on the inside. You’ll hear a very different story than the one in the mainstream media. This is a don’t miss episode!
Hennepin County Takes On Full Funding for SWLRT
The Minnesota legislature refused to fund Southwest Light Rail Transit. SWLRT is the most expensive public works project ever proposed in our state at a constantly escalating price of $2.2-plus-billion. While the state legislature did not approve SWLRT funding, every other light-rail project has been supported by Democrats and Republicans. By Susu Jeffrey August 2, More
The Spoils of Economic War: How the US, Saudis Profit From Sanctions on Venezuela and Iran
U.S. sanctions are not whimsical expressions of this president. They are tools used to retain hegemonic power in a multipolar world no longer willing to tolerate such an aspiration.
The Untold Story of Christian Zionism’s Rise to Power in the United States, by Whitney Webb
Netanyahu described CUFI as a “vital part of Israel’s national security.”
A Veterans’ Anti-War Movement Takes Root at Peacestock, by Danny Sjursen
Social media activism has got to be replaced with holding signs, and standing in the rain [in Minnesota in the snow and cold, and both have been done by these vets]; joining Facebook groups replaced by joining Veterans for Peace and About Face (both).
Majorities of U.S. veterans, public say the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, Pew Research
Among veterans, 64% say the war in Iraq was not worth fighting considering the costs versus the benefits to the United States, while 33% say it was.
Activists Walk “Cease and Desist” Order into Nuclear Weapons Base
“We call for the nuclear bombs to be returned to the US immediately. The Germans want these nuclear weapons out of Germany, and so do we.”
Worshipping the Electronic Image, by Chris Hedges
More ominous than the president’s impoverished vocabulary is that he cannot string together sentences that make sense.
The Riptide of American Militarism: Lessons from the Natural World on Washington’s Unnatural Wars, by Wm. Astor
“The best defense against militarism is peace; the next best thing is the vigorous practice of democracy,” (The Pentagon as a Parasitic Cowbird)
Generals, Ambassadors, National Security Experts, Church Leaders and Women Nobel Peace Laureates Say “No War On Iran!” by Ann Wright
“A military confrontation would not only endanger those struggling for freedom and democracy but also further damage the Iranian economy, which is already reeling under American sanctions..."