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The Peace Movement Today
Mar 07 2011
Lawrence S. Wittner - History News Network
Recently, when commentators have bothered to notice the American peace movement, they have pronounced it dead. But this is far from the case.
Forum Held on War Spending
Mar 06 2011
Cedra Mayfield - WLNS
A local push for a change in federal tax spending. A local forum addressed concerns about the way your tax dollars are being spent on the national level. The gathering was at Lansing's Central United Methodist Church. It focused on ways to change federal spending to help people struggling here in our state. Many say that change has to start at the Pentagon. One by one community members like Jo Comerford voiced their concerns, worried about how the federal government is spending money from Michigan taxes.
Leaders Discuss How Federal Budget Cuts Affect Michigan
Mar 05 2011
Rachel Thomas - NBC, News 10, WILX.com
Citizens from across the state joined national and local leaders in a forum focussed on the federal budgetand how it's affecting people in Michigan.
Quick Facts: The worldwide network of US military bases
Mar 04 2011
- Press TV
Once upon a time, you could trace the spread of imperialism by counting up colonies. America's version of the colony is the military base.
Stop the Wars, Fund the Train
Mar 03 2011
Brian P. Moore - Tampa Tribune's Hernando Today
Re: Nugent's opposition to $2.4 billion train funding is same amount the 5th District has spent on war. "Locals react to rail plan rejection" by Michael D. Bates, Hernando Today , Feb. 19.
Scott Horton Interviews Chris Hellman
Mar 02 2011
- Antiwar Radio
Chris Hellman, Communications and Budget Analyst for the National Priorities Project, discusses the $1.2 trillion national security budget; how government secrecy and over-classification of documents hides wasteful programs and prevents Congressional oversight; huge projected increases in health care and pensions for veterans and retired military; and the bloated Homeland Security, intelligence and State Department budgets.
Tomgram: Chris Hellman, $1.2 Trillion for National Security
Mar 01 2011
Christopher Hellman - Tom Dispatch (*Also on truthout, The American Conservative, the Center for Public Accuracy, the Charlotte Observer, History News
So the big week is here as the federal budget heads for the Washington operating table. The question in the media will be: to shut or not to shut the government down -- and whether that shutdown is likely to happen now, two weeks from now, or in the spring when raising the debt ceiling comes up for debate. In the meantime, the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives is intent on taking out fuel subsidies for the poor, federal funding for Planned Parenthood, money for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System, and the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant that "supports state-based prenatal care programs and services for children with special needs," among many other programs, but not (as New York Times columnist Gail Collins pointed out recently) the millions of dollars the U.S. Army sinks into its "relationship" with NASCAR. The House voted down a proposal to eliminate that program a week ago by a wide margin.
Local organization decodes federal budget
Feb 28 2011
Thomas Barnse - The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
A Northampton-based organization is proving itself instrumental in decoding the federal budget. The National Priorities Project (NPP) "makes complex federal budget information transparent and accessible so people can prioritize and influence how their tax dollars are spent," according to its website.
War by the Numbers
Feb 27 2011
- Mail Tribune
The budget battle in Washington, D.C., has focused so far on where and how much to cut spending. Republicans have targeted federal funding for Planned Parenthood, public broadcasting and other political hot spots; Democrats want to go after oil and farm subsidies and tax breaks for corporations. A potential budget shutdown hangs in the balance.
High-speed rail opposition demonstrates weak leadership
Feb 27 2011
- St. Petersburg Times
U.S. Rep. Richard Nugent's support of Gov. Scott's opposition to the $2.4 federal funding of a speed train for Florida was discouraging news, but not surprising.
