Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
President Joe Biden on Friday is reportedly expected to request a $715 billion budget for the Pentagon for fiscal year 2022, a slight increase from the previous year and a far cry from the substantial reduction that progressive lawmakers and advocacy groups are demanding.
Niv Elis - The Hill
President Biden on Friday proposed a $1.5 trillion annual budget for fiscal 2022, $118 billion higher than the regular 2020 appropriations, featuring a significant 16 percent boost in nondefense spending.
A Public Affair - WORT 89.9 FM
We’re joined by environmental activists Steven Klafka with Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin and Lance Green from Sustainable Madison Committee for an update on ongoing efforts to halt the stationing of a fleet of F-35 fighter jets in Madison, planned for 2023.
Olivia Alperstein - Common Dreams
On March 30, the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies joined 20 other leading peace and justice organizations in delivering a letter to U.S. Senators in support of H.R. 842, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.
Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
"We have a choice: funnel countless trillions of dollars into weapons of war and Pentagon waste, or put our resources toward efforts that will actually make the world safer for all of us."
Undercurrents Collective - Undercurrents Radio WMUA
A Military Budget: National Priorities Project and Institute of Policy studies research analyst Ashik Siddique discusses the U.S. Federal budget, it's giant military and domestic militarization component, and the trade-offs in other federal spending that this means. (3-11-21)
A Public Affair - WORT 89.9 FM
Lindsay Koshgarian joins WORT 89.9 FM to talk about her work analyzing the federal budget and the real costs of war, excessive military spending, and maintaining the national security state.
Lindsay Koshgarian - Truthout
After the nation watched white supremacists take over the Capitol building, the failure of the national security state to appropriately recognize and address the threat became a national scandal. But this “failure” shouldn’t have surprised us. If there is one thing that the trillion-dollar national security apparatus is good at, ...
Ashik Siddique - In These Times
Climate change poses an existential threat. That doesn’t mean we should further empower an already bloated Pentagon.
Donna Park - Counterpunch
Most Americans who either support or accept the large amount of money spent on the U.S. military probably do so because they think it makes our nation secure. But does it really?
