The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft had a zoom meeting The Sugar High of Unipolarity: Why U.S. Military Interventions Increased after the Cold War with speakers Monica Duffy Toft, Sidita Kushi, and John Mearsheimer. Toft and Kushi are authors of the following paper in the Journal of Conflict Resolution: Introducing the Military Intervention Project: A […]
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Roger Waters (from Pink Floyd) works to raise awareness of the costs of militarism
Roger Waters, the 78 year old creative genius behind the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, is launching the This is Not a Drill Tour. Checkout that web page for tour dates and venues. He’ll be in Portland, Oregon on Sept 10 and in Tacoma on Sept 16. He’ll be at many other cities before and […]
Putin is a neocon’s dream come true
I suspect that many antiwar activists are upset not just about the outbreak of war in Ukraine but also by the fact that Putin’s stupid and evil invasion makes U.S. aggressive policies seem reasonable. Putin has managed to unite the world behind U.S. militarism, and U.S. public opinion seems solidly against Putin, as it should […]
Summary of The Quincy Institute video “Who’s Afraid of the Military Industrial Complex?”
The Quincy Institute video Who’s Afraid of the Military Industrial Complex? – YouTube (embedded below) that Coleen shared has gotten 424 views and 37 likes. A music video or a cat video often gets millions of views. Apparently not many people are afraid of the MiC, maybe because they think the topic is BORING. Well, […]
How the U.S. provoked Russia in Ukraine: A Compendium
Most of mainstream American media echo the official U.S. position that Russia is the only aggressor in Ukraine. Here is a collection of articles and quotations from senior U.S. diplomats, academics, military personnel, think tanks, and journalists that explain U.S. responsibility for provoking the crisis. I hope the collection is useful as a resource for […]
On the stupidity of preparing to wage war with China
The U.S. is preparing for war with China; is surrounding China with bases, warships, and missiles; and is promoting the Pacific Defense Initiative to collaborate with other nations in Asia to confront China. Likewise, the U.S. Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Bill to Bolster Competitiveness With China. (“When future generations of Americans cast their gaze toward new […]
The Eisenhower Project: documentation of claims
The Eisenhower Project has an animation listing some claims about U.S. militarism. This article documents those claims. “$6.4 trillion wasted since 2001” Brown University’s Costs of War project “Over 810,000 people killed in U.S. wars since 2001” Brown University’s Costs of War project “800 military bases in 70+ countries” Politico: Where in the World Is […]
Worried about anti-Asian violence? The U.S. is preparing for war with China.
Despite losing disastrously in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the U.S. is actively preparing for war with China, a technologically advanced nation with four times our population. And it’s planning to fight it in China’s own backyard: the South China Sea. Donald Trump ramped up the racist rhetoric against China (“Chinese virus” and “Kung Flu”). But […]
The epic failure of the trillion dollar F-35 fighter jet program
Forbes: The U.S. Air Force Just Admitted The F-35 Stealth Fighter Has Failed Salon: Even by Pentagon terms, this was a dud: The disastrous saga of the F-35 Esquire: This Country Is Spending $1.7 Trillion on Planes That Don’t Work “For that money, we could have cancelled American student loan debt. All of it.” Extreme […]