Rise Up Times, Media for Justice and Peace! Thoughtful analyses of issues that affect our lives... Tweet Forward DONATE TODAY Media for Justice and Peace Thank You! to All Who Read and Support Rise Up Times! New Posts for August 31, 2022 PLEASE SHARE TOP STORIES Rutgers University: Nuclear war would cause a global famine More
RISE UP TIMES, MEDIA FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE AUGUST1 SUMMARY DONATE TODAY Media for Justice and Peace Thank You! to All Who Read and Support Rise Up Times New Posts for August 17, 2022 PLEASE SHARE TOP STORIES The Understated Effects of Nuclear War on the World, by Diego Ramos THOSE MONTHLY BILL BLUES (A NEW COMPUTER!) More
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Take a look at 65 recent searing books about corporate violence and malfeasance, crushing influence over our electoral and political systems, and expanding immunities from law enforcement and public accountability.
What are the effects of the costs of war on the home front?
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"It’s estimated that, in the decades to come, more than 1,700 U.S. military installations worldwide may be impacted by sea-level rise. Future rounds of base closings, both domestic and global, should be planned now with the impact of climate change in mind."
We say, after 20 years of death, enormous destruction, and trillions of dollars, can’t we finally have peace?!
WHY ACT NOW? Support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and sign the Parliamentary (Legislative) Pledge
Unilateral coercive sanctions violate basic human rights, sanctions undermine peaceful relations and the sovereign equality of nations, sanctions create potential criminal and civil liability for U.S. authorities, media has failed to inform the public about the consequences and global condemnation of U.S. sanctions.
Capitalism produces economic inequality: it's a political system
"To put such a figure in perspective, the $75 billion in Pentagon contracts awarded to Lockheed Martin that year was significantly more than one and one-half times the entire 2020 budget for the State Department and the Agency for International Development, which together totaled $44 billion."
