Truthout
Militarism
Military Missions Reach Record Levels After US Inks Deal to Remain in Africa for Decades
In 2013, the combined total of all US activities on the continent reached 546, an average of more than one mission per day.
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MLK’s Call to Honor Peace, Justice and Our Planet Still Challenges Us
Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1967 speech still challenges us to overcome racism, militarism and extreme materialism.
Spoils of War: How Private Military Contractors Legally Steal From Taxpayers
War companies like Halliburton and Kellogg Brown and Root use “cost plus” arrangements to legally steal from taxpayers.
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Three Reasons Why the United States Is Broken, Bloated and Bleeding
Facing inequality, police militarization and spiraling military costs, what kind of country will we be?
Military Strategy? Who Needs It? The Madness of Funding the Pentagon to “Cover the Globe“
Cut the money and change the strategy.
The Big Dick School of US Patriotism: And What We Make of It
The eternal emphasis on militarism has the effect of ratcheting up anxiety.
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Putting People Ahead of Defense Contractor Profits
The US is exceptional ... when it comes to war profiteering.
Can the Violence in Honduras Be Stopped?
Community development, not militarization, is the answer.
ROTC Brings the Military Home to CUNY
Kicked off campuses in the Northeast in the '60s, ROTC is back appealing to the most vulnerable students.
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Russians Invade Afghanistan (Again!), Chinese Fight Iraq War (Again!): What If It Weren’t Us?
Imagine that there's another superpower somewhere that launched two major wars in the Middle East.