Military Spending
and Militarism

We recognize the social and cultural grasp of militarism on our society that leads to and nurtures military spending and the use of military means to address challenges. We are committed to working with others to expose the theft of resources necessary to build a just and sustainable society and to redirect those resources towards human and environmental betterment.

NEWS

Congress showers the Pentagon with cash while Americans pinch pennies

Lawmakers this week will rubber stamp a bill authorizing tens of billions more to the Defense Department that it didn’t even ask for.

'$839 Billion Military Budget Is a Policy Failure,'Say Critics as House Tees Up NDAA

"More guns and tanks are of no use to Americans without housing, education, or healthcare," said Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee.

•  American Friends Service Committee            www.afsc.org

• Code Pink                    www.codepink.org

• Cost of War Project     https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/

• Friends Committee on National Legislation               www.fcnl.org

• Peace Action               https://peaceaction.org/

• National Priorities Project      https://www.nationalpriorities.org/

• Pax Christi                   https://paxchristiusa.org/

• Poor People’s Campaign         https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/

• Project on Government Oversight     www.pogo.org

• Quincy Institute           www.responsiblestatecraft.org

• SIPRI                            www.sipri.org

• TomDispatch               www.tomdispatch.com

• Veterans for Peace     https://www.veteransforpeace.org/

• Win Without War       https://winwithoutwar.org

• Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom       https://www.wilpf.org

• World Beyond War                 https://worldbeyondwar.org/