The Next US Invasion -- at a Campus Near You
People in universities are committed to establishing a "veteran friendly" campus, and some believe that bringing ROTC onto campus is a way to make veterans feels more comfortable. This is simply not true.
People in universities are committed to establishing a "veteran friendly" campus, and some believe that bringing ROTC onto campus is a way to make veterans feels more comfortable. This is simply not true.
Frida Berrigan | Posted 11.04.2009 | World
For 2010, total military spending is $680 billion, an increase of 3.9 percent, or $26 billion, over 2009. This is not the end of business as usual at the Pentagon.
Norman Solomon | Posted 10.01.2009 | World
As this month begins the ninth year of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan, "windowless" seems to be an apt metaphor for our strategy there.
John Feffer | Posted 08.28.2009 | World
President Obama has started his fight with America's great dragon, the military-industrial complex. The toe, in this case, is the F-22, a stealth fighter jet.
Michael Shaw | Posted 08.22.2009 | Media
The Progress Report | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics
The Center for American Progress Action Fund has launched the Sensible Defense campaign to "hold Congress accountable for putting wasteful defense spending back into the budget."
HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics
The F-22 stealth fighter jets may no longer be needed, but its manufacturers, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, are lobbying aggressively to keep them in th...
Sarah van Gelder | Posted 04.23.2009 | World
But if we are clear, now, about the failure of the neoconservative agenda of global dominance, the question remains: How should the U.S. relate to the rest of the world?
Conn Hallinan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics
The combination of lobbying and PAC money that pours into election coffers every two years gives the arms industry enormous influence.
Sarah van Gelder | Posted 01.04.2009 | World
We no longer can afford to be the world's biggest military spender, and although the world looks to us for leadership, it has rejected domination.
Robert Naiman | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics
Obama promised to improve U.S. relations with Latin America, invoking the example of FDR, whose "Good Neighbor" policy swore off U.S. military intervention.
Wired | Posted 11.28.2008 | Green
IBM is that latest company to join in the Pentagon's quest to make electronics that mimic the "function, size, and power consumption" of a cat's brain...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The Senate voted Tuesday to provide $70 billion for U.S. military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, handing a victory to President Bush and his GOP all...
Michael Schwartz | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics