Tag Archives: David Vine

Polly Mann: History Lessons

May 20, 2021 · by · in Activism, capitalist system, Globalization/Empire, manufacturing consent, Militarism, Racism, Reviews, U.S. Empire, U.S. Foreign Policy · 1 Comment

Today Washington controls some 800 to 1,000 U.S. military installations in foreign countries and overseas territories, and we know their purpose isn’t peace. By Polly Mann   WAMM Newsletter  Vol. 39  No. 2  Spring 2021 Polly Mann in a dress that her mother made. High school graduation ball, 1937, Hot Springs, Arkansas. I graduated from high […]

Code Pink: Closing US Military Bases Abroad

April 21, 2021 · by · in Activism, BidenAdministration, capitalist system, Economy, Environment, Militarism · 1 Comment

Why should the 800 US military bases abroad be closed? with Christine Ahn, David Vine and Robert Kajiwara

Democracy Anyone? with Mr. Fish and Some Good Books

December 27, 2019 · by · in Activism, Cartoons, corporate empire, Human Rights

The Struggle Continues

A Report on the First International Conference Against U.S./NATO Foreign Military Bases by Sue Ann Martinson, Sarah Martin, and Carol Walker

March 6, 2019 · by · in Activism, corporate empire, Military Madness, psychological warfare · 2 Comments

The conference stressed that in going forward, there is the need for unity in what is global strife and an international struggle; the need for networking, both at the conference and beyond; and education about U.S. military bases and militarism. The slide show, prepared by Sue Ann Martinson, is an overview of the conference. For […]

Bases, Bases, Everywhere … Except in the Pentagon’s Report, by Nick Turse

January 17, 2019 · by · in Militarism, U.S. Empire, U.S. Foreign Policy

“U.S. bases abroad cost upwards of $50 billion per year to build and maintain, which is money that could be used to address pressing needs at home in education, health care, housing, and infrastructure,”

No foreign bases: Challenging the footprint of US Empire

January 19, 2018 · by · in Activism, Militarism, Military Madness, U.S. Empire, U.S. Foreign Policy · 2 Comments

“95% of all foreign military bases in the world are US bases. In addition, [there are] 19 Naval air carriers (and 15 more planned), each as part of a Carrier Strike Group, composed of roughly 7,500 personnel, and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircraft — each of which can be considered a floating military base.”