military spending

Although Two Out of Three Americans Oppose Increasing U.S. Military Spending, the U.S. Government Is Boosting It to Record Levels

 in LawrenceS. Wittner by

“Early this February, the Republican-controlled Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed…”

Lawrence Wittner
Published in: Counterpunch, Daily Kos, War is a Crime, History News Network, Common Dreams, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, Sierra County Prospect, The PeaceWorker, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Date: March 11,12,14,2018
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The God of War

 in Disarmament / Robert C. Koehler / Security by

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“There’s Mars, the god of war, perched in a parking garage in Dallas, annihilating the enemy with utter impunity. Mars, you sicko! Just listen to President Obama:
“By definition, if you shoot people who pose no threat to you…”

Robert C. Koehler
Published in: Lassen County Times, Common Wonders Blog, Common Dreams, Free Press, Gilmer Free Press, Counterpunch, Huffington Post, Chicago Activism, Sierra County Prospect, Information Clearing House, The Journal of People, The Smirking Chimp, IslamiCity
Date: July 13,14,15,16,19,20,23,2016
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Are We in for Another Increase in Military Spending?

 in Democracy / LawrenceS. Wittner / Nuclear / Security by

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“At the present time, an increase in U.S. military spending seems as superfluous as a third leg. The United States, armed with the latest in advanced weaponry, has more military might than any other nation in world history…”

Lawrence S. Wittner
Published in: Huffington Post, Environmentalists Against War, Antiwar, Lawrence S. Wittner Blog, The Review, Truthout, Gilmer Free Press, Sierra County Prospect, We Seek the Truth, The Orange Leader
Date: July 13,14,15,18,19,2016
778 Words

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1040 For Peace

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“In the fiscal calendar this is Tax Time. In my church calendar it is the season of Easter, the holiest time of the year for all Christians. For my Jewish brothers and sisters it is Passover season. By my garden’s reckoning it is Spring.”

Author: Jack Payden-Travers
Published in: Las Vegas Informer http://lasvegas.informermg.com/2015/04/12/tax-form-1040-peace/
Huntington News http://www.huntingtonnews.net/110830
Pagosa Daily Post http://pagosadailypost.com/2015/04/13/essay-1040-for-peace/
The Portland Alliance http://www.theportlandalliance.org/peace/
Jack Payden Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jack.paydentravers/posts/10200348116902172?fref=nf, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund https://www.facebook.com/NationalCampaignForAPeaceTaxFund/posts/924860180893259
The Lynchburg News & Advance http://www.newsadvance.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letters-to-the-editor-for-wednesday-april/article_073c8940-e2de-11e4-a18c-078b55f51e43.html
Sierra County Prospect http://www.sierracountyprospect.org/2015/04/15/10-40-for-peace-41515/
Cullman Sense http://cullmanstore.com/sites/default/files/CullmanSense-04-13-2015.pdf
Gilmer Free Press http://www.gilmerfreepress.net/index.php/fpopin/1040_for_peace/
Date: April 8,12,13,14,15,2015

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Taxes and the End of the Nuclear Age

 in Nuclear / Robert F. Dodge, M.D. by

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“Following the arrival of spring each year, our nation renews its commitment to our priorities on Tax Day, April 15th, from education to health care, infrastructure and national defense. Included among these expenditures are nuclear weapons programs—weapons that can not and must not ever be used.”

Author: Robert F. Dodge, M.D.
Published in: Las Vegas Informer http://lasvegas.informermg.com/2015/04/11/tax-day-end-nuclear-age/
Grassroots Press http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2015/04/12/taxes-and-the-end-of-the-nuclear-age/
Times of Earth http://www.timesofearth.com/features-views-analysis/taxes-and-the-end-of-the-nuclear-age.html
Ventura County Star http://www.vcstar.com/opinion/columnists/robert-dodge-taxes-sanity-and-the-end-of-the-nuclear-age_90523767
Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/04/13/taxes-and-end-nuclear-age
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation https://www.wagingpeace.org/taxes-and-the-end-of-the-nuclear-age/
The Peace Worker http://peaceworker.org/2015/04/56-billion-to-be-spent-on-nuclear-weapons-this-year/
The Creole http://www.thecreole.com/?p=36832
Sierra County Prospect http://www.sierracountyprospect.org/2015/04/15/must-never-be-used-41515/
Date: April 11,12,13,15,16,2015
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