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Category Archives: War Economy
Do your budget priorities match the Pentagon’s?
War versus domestic programs. You decide. We found the numbers in this Bloomberg report on the war costs in Afghanistan stunning. Let’s grab just a few to make a point. Since we invaded Afghanistan in October 2001, the U.S. has spent $468.5 billion or … Continue reading
How much do I work for the Pentagon?
by Bart Bolger, Linus Pauling Chapter 132, Veterans For Peace The Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS), a.k.a. “tax day,” is approaching and I have to work that day. So I began wondering just how much of my … Continue reading
Posted in Pentagon Budget, War Economy
Tagged chuck hagel, GDAMS, nukes, pentagon spending, strategic nuclear weapons, tax, veterans for peace
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VFP at Corvallis Sustainability Fair
Linus Pauling Chapter calls for shifting Pentagon funds to local sustainability projects. Chapter members staffed an information table at the annual Corvallis Sustainability Coalition “Sustainability Fair” on March 14, 2013. For the past several years, our information pertained to DoD’s … Continue reading
Demilitarize U.S. Foreign Policy
Abolish the “body-count culture.” The op-ed by Sarah Chayes, entitled The world after Petraeus appearing in today’s L.A. Times urges President Obama to seize the opportunity to reset his foreign policy: Base it less on military than political, intelligence, and … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, War Economy
Tagged afghanistan, Pakistan, Drones, pentagon budget, defense budget, intelligence, CIA, Robert Baer
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Red Herring Alert: Defense Cuts Kill Jobs and Wreck Local Economies
Patently False! Remember that quote from President Eisenhower? Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are … Continue reading
Posted in Human War Toll, War Economy
Tagged peace, war economy, eisenhower, defense spending, pentagon budget
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U.S. Arms Sales Triple
Your tax dollars hard at work, helping boost arms profits and raise global tensions. This is a good assessment of the militarist infection the U.S. continues to spread at the behest of our largest exporters, the military hardware producers. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/aug2012/pers-a30.shtml … Continue reading
Posted in Human War Toll, Peace Activism, Peace News, War Economy
Tagged arms exports, defense, iran, middle east, peace, VFP, war
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A Memorial Day Message …
… from the late Howard Zinn, once active and now honorary member of Veterans For Peace. Excerpt: “Memorial Day should be a day for putting flowers on graves and planting trees. Also, for destroying the weapons of death that endanger … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Activism, War Economy
Tagged howard zinn, military industrial complex, peace, veterans for peace, war, war economy
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Judge Expresses Sympathy With Criticism of Government, Imposes Minimum Sentence
Leah’s Trial Ends in Victory for the People’s Democracy In its press release, Veterans For Peace, announced, “Retired Naval Commander Leah Bolger pled guilty to the charge of Unlawful Conduct — Disruption of Congress at a hearing before Judge Stuart … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Activism, War Economy
Tagged activism, civil disobedience, congress, democracy, leah bolger, peace, protest, super committee, veterans for peace, VFP
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Naval Commander Stands Trial for Telling Supercommittee to End the Wars and Tax the Rich
Author: Michael Levitin, Waging Nonviolence. Posted at TruthOut. “Consider the story of Leah Bolger, the latest American hero up on trial: She is a young female artist in the Midwest. She joins the Navy at 22, is made commander and … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Activism, War Economy
Tagged congress, leah bolger, military industrial complex, occupy, peace, protest, super committee, VFP
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