On AlterNet: defense spending
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "defense spending"
Frida Berrigan, Tomdispatch.com. November 26, 2008.
Tackling the Pentagon, with its mega-budget and its mega-power, may be the hardest task Obama faces.
Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. October 29, 2008.
When we want to get serious about a long-term bailout strategy, we'll start dismantling the American empire and Pentagon programs.
Adele Stan, Media Consortium. October 26, 2008.
The Pentagon sucks up 54 percent of the federal budget. Yet politicians rarely challenge it. It may take women to fix our defense priorities.
Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com. September 29, 2008.
If we don't cut back our ever-increasing military spending in a major way, the bankruptcy of the United States is inevitable.
Norman Solomon, AlterNet. June 19, 2008.
The old claims of a justified war in Iraq have melted away. So have promises of a humane society back at home.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. August 3, 2007.
Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen delivers a demonstration using Oreo cookies to illustrate what's wrong with America.
Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. February 28, 2007.
America's growing economic dependence on the hi-tech defense industry is creating a culture that views peace and nonviolence as seditious concepts.
