Tag: militarism

Our only hope is to learn from and center the past and present struggle in Vieques and everywhere else bearing the brunt of U.S. militarism, to clearly understand where our enemies converge.

In the United States, dominant mentalities run along parallel ruts of Zionism and militarism that are mutually reinforcing and increasingly intersecting.

Norman Solomon reflects on 'the madness of militarism' in the Ellsberg Lecture

“Our $21 trillion investment in militarism has cost far more than dollars.”

But 20 years later, the U.S is still counting the human cost and financial cost.

The president’s pledge of revenge in Afghanistan was a prelude to yet another episode of what Martin Luther King Jr. called “the madness of militarism.”

The country’s military is the biggest user of fossil fuels on the planet.

Climate change poses an existential threat. That doesn’t mean we should further empower an already bloated Pentagon.

“In the face of both COVID-19 and the climate crisis, we urgently need to shift from a culture of war to a culture of care.”

Although it doesn’t seem to interest most American voters, militarism is now as much of a domestic as it is a foreign policy issue.