Our Freedoms Shrink as Our Military Expands
By Brad Wolf / CounterPunch The Merchants of Death even own our sidewalks. That’s what we were told when we arrived at Raytheon Technologies in Arlington, Virginia, on Valentine’s Day,…
The Leopard’s Tale: US Weapons Makers on a Marketing Spree
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch When Southcom commander Laura Richardson starts talking about sending weapons to Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, you know something’s up. That something is money and new…
Can the Military-Industrial Complex Be Tamed?
Cutting the Pentagon Budget in Half Would Finally Force the Generals to Think.
Ukraine Expects to Get All the Western Weapons It Wants
After getting tanks, Ukraine wants fighter jets and longer-range missiles.
US Announces Massive $2.5 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine
The package will include more Bradley armored vehicles and for the first time, Stryker armored vehicles.
What It Means for Hunger to Burn Through the Pentagon’s Ranks
Co-creator of the Costs of War Project and military spouse Andrea Mazzarino describes in all-too-devastating detail that a staggeringly over-funded military-industrial complex is, to use Eisenhower’s phrasing, indeed stealing from…
A Pentagon Report on China Fuels a Military Spending Frenzy in the US
How the media is misrepresenting what’s in the document.
State Department Approves $180 Million Arms Sales for Taiwan
The deal is for Volcano anti-tank mine-laying systems.
Congress Just Passed $858 Billion Military Budget, But GOP Is Blocking $12 Billion to Fight Child Poverty
"This isn't using our taxpayer dollars wisely," said one analyst. "It's robbing programs that we need."
Pentagon Admits They Can’t Account for Half Their Assets
“The Defense Department has failed its fifth-ever audit, unable to account for more than half of its assets..."
Senate Passes Massive $858 Billion NDAA
The spending bill now heads to President Biden's desk.
We Need a Smaller Pentagon
Sorry, but we have too many other needs in this country to spend $847 billion on a department that can’t even pass an audit.