Truthout
Militarism
To Abolish Prisons and Militarism, We Need Anti-Imperialist Abolition Feminism
Abolition begins with dismantling the heterosexist, racial and imperial framework of the military and prison industries.
Israel Sends Weapons to Duterte. Filipinx and Palestinian Struggle Are Linked.
Filipinx activists opposing settler colonialism at home have many reasons to organize in solidarity with Palestine.
Policing and Militarism Go Hand in Hand. We Must Abolish Both.
Police and the military operate under the same principle -- they move in, occupy and oppress communities.
UN Human Rights Head Urges End to Violence After Troops Deployed in Colombia
Demonstrators have spent over a month in the streets over long-term conditions in the country.
For Eid, Let’s Celebrate the Queer and Trans Muslims Working Toward Abolition
Muslims are marking the end of Ramadan and working to create a just world free of police, prisons and punishment.
The National Security State Doesn’t Protect Us. Let’s Redefine Security for All.
Living under COVID for the past year has driven home the reality that militarization doesn’t buy security.
American Pop Culture Feeds the War on Peace
U.S. pop culture's honoring of soldiers above all others shapes and reinforces a deadly militarism.
Military Metaphors in Health Care Are Harmful — Especially During the Pandemic
We must reimagine health and healing in a way that doesn’t label our oppressors “humanitarians.”
We Must Defund Militarization From the Local Police to the Pentagon
Renaming military bases that honor white supremacists is an empty gesture if it's tied to increasing military budgets.
It’s Time to Rethink US Militarism in the Midst of COVID-19
This should be a time for a genuinely new approach, one fit for a world of rising disruption and disaster.