-
Recent Posts
Archives
- September 2019
- May 2019
- March 2019
- January 2019
- November 2018
- June 2018
- March 2018
- December 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- January 2016
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
Category Cloud
climate change action community event Congress cost of war criminal justice system drones fundraising Green Shadow Cabinet health care International Court of Justice labor military overreach military spending nuclear weapons Palestine protest Second Saturdays Benefits security state tribal sovereignty Uncategorized Veterans for Peace weapons of mass destruction
Author Archives: merechildsplay
U.S. has spent $6 trillion on wars that killed 500,000 people since 9/11
By Tom O’Connor On 11/14/18 at 2:13 PM EST 5-6 minutes newsweek.com The United States has spent nearly $6 trillion on wars that directly contributed to the deaths of around 500,000 peoplesince the 9/11 attacks of 2001. Brown University’s Watson … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
2020 Elections: Militarism and the Military Budget
The Trump military budget is more than a third higher than five years ago, while cutting non-defense programs by 9 percent– but the corporate media ignore the issue and Democratic candidates are silent. U.S. ships are involved in provocative “freedom of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 2020 elections, military budget
VFP Members Arrested Protesting U.S. Wars
Friday, March 22nd Veterans For Peace members were in Ireland working with VFP Ireland on their ongoing campaign to stop allowing the U.S. to fly weapons and soldiers through Shannon on their way to illegal wars in the Middle East. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
US IMPERIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA CONTINUES: IT IS TIME FOR THE PEACE MOVEMENT TO SAY “NO”
by Harry Targ “The Maduro government in Venezuela has been waging a violent crackdown on Venezuelan civil society, violated the constitution by dissolving the National Assembly and was re-elected last year in an election that many observers said was fraudulent. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
REMEMBERING THE PERMANENT WAR ECONOMY
https://heartlandradical.blogspot.com/2018/11/remembering-permanent-war-economy.html Written nearly 10 years ago… In the Beginning After suffering the greatest economic depression in United States history, this country participated in a war-time coalition with Great Britain and the former Soviet Union to defeat fascism in Europe and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
How America’s War-Financing Strategies Increase Social Inequality in the U.S.
alternet.org By Stephanie Savell / Tom Dispatch In the name of the fight against terrorism, the United States is currently waging “credit-card wars” in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere. Never before has this country relied so heavily on deficit spending … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Divest From War Campaign
img.alternet.org Congress Keeps Funding a War Machine That the Public Should Divest From By Medea Benjamin, Elliot Swain / AlterNet 5-6 minutes Photo Credit: specnaz / Shutterstock.com In recent budget negotiations, Senate Democrats agreed to a boost in military spending … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
