Defense
Facing Extremism, Up Close and Personal
My 10 years as a military spouse in America's post-9/11 world.
A Hall of Shame of U.S. Weapons Sales
U.S.-supplied weaponry has fueled conflicts, enabled human-rights violations, and helped destabilize not just individual countries but whole regions
U.S. Military as a Bull
Yes, the U.S. military can charge and hit with bullish impact. But for what purpose, and to what end?
How the Arms Industry Scams the Taxpayer
Contractors cash in as Congress adds billions to the Pentagon budget
ROTC Redux: A Bete Noire of the Anti-War Movement Is Back in the News
At least 33 JROTC instructors have engaged in sexual misbehavior with young women in the program during the last five years.
Vermonters at Risk from F-35 Training Flights
Vermont also violates law-of-war rules that Amnesty International slammed Ukraine for violating
Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?
The human frailties that hinder enlistment are symptoms of something more sinister than a military lacking bodies.
Vermont: The Place to Train Pilots to Commit War Crimes
The 115-decibel F-35 training in Vermont cities violates the military’s own regulations, including each one of the fundamental law of war principles.
National Security Act: Consolidating "Team of Rivals"
The 1947 Act started a string of reforms designed to formalize the concept to coordinate forces in a joint, integrated manner to maximum collective effectiveness.
American Democracy is in Danger
American democracy is in danger. Don’t simply be depressed. Be determined. There will be no awards handed out for just being sad. Take action.
Video Shows 34 Hours of Spewing Jet Fuel
A dramatic video hidden for 6 months by the U.S. Navy shows 20,000 gallons of jet fuel. Goodwill for the Navy in the civilian & military community disappears.
Lee, Pocan File Amendment to Slash $100 Billion
Lee and Pocan, the co-chairs of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus, have made numerous attempts to cut American military spending in recent years.
Call It the National (In)security Budget
America's $1.4 trillion "National Security" budget makes us ever less dafe
Making the Military Christian
Chris Rodda: Former Army chaplain’s PhD dissertation reveals Southern Baptist blueprint to convert the military
Murderous Madness for Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear “modernization” proceeds apace in the U.S. at an estimated cost of nearly $2 trillion over the next few decades. Is this not the very definition of a murderous insanity?
Militarism Running Mad
Perhaps it’s time to build more battleships to help the poor and struggling? We can house the unhoused in ships!
General Dynamics Shuts Out Critics, “Radical Skeptics”
It’s time to stop buying the lie that corporate accountability for war crimes and human rights violations is really an attempt to “embed radical skepticism toward U.S. foreign policy.”
Does Global Capitalism Now Depend on War-Making to Sustain Itself?
“For the defense industry, happy days are here again. When the defense budget rises it tends to lift all boats in the industry.”
Corporate Military Contractors Got $900 of Your Tax Dollars
This tax season, I'd rather fund green jobs and disease control than jets that spontaneously combust. Wouldn't you?
Will Pentagon Budget Ever Shrink?
When it comes to weapons, budgets, and war, the military-industrial complex’s philosophy is captured by an arch comment of the legendary actress Mae West: “Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.”
Pity Ukraine—and Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and any other War Zone
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is being seized upon by the military-industrial-congressional complex as the primary reason why U.S. spending on weapons and warfare must soar ever higher.
Cold Wars, Then and Now
Here’s the irony: going back to Cold War levels of Pentagon funding would mean reducing, not increasing spending.
Why Is US Military Budget More Outrageous Than Ever?
Spending 12 times as much on our military as Russia didn't prevent a war in Europe. It just deprived us of resources at home.