GDAMS 2019 Overview and Articles
‘Pentagon Fuel Use, Climate Change, and the Costs of War’
By Neta C. Crawford. June 12, 2019, Boston University.
Download it here.
Joseph Gerson’s Tax Day Speech
“Trump’s FY2020 Budget Request Bloats Militarized Spending—and Slashes Actual Human Needs“, by Lindsay Koshgarian and Ashik Siddique (from nationalpriorities.org)
“If America can find $716bn for the military, it can fund the Green New Deal”, by Reverend William Barber and Phyllis Bennis (The Guardian, March 6, 2019)
“Don’t Raid Military Funds for a Wall. Raid Them for Health Care”, by Lindsay Koshgarian (Truthout, Feb. 22, 2019)
“How Global Is The Global War On Terrorism?: For The U.S., Very Global”, by Kathryn Fink (Costs of War Project’s Stephanie Savell was a guest on WAMU’s 1A February 14, 2019)
“Here’s how many billions the US will spend on nuclear weapons over the
next decade”, by Aaron Mehta
“The Year Ahead: Dems look to Check Trump on Defense”. By Rebecca Kheel (at The Hill), including her take on upcoming debates on Yemen, the Pentagon budget, Space Force, nuclear weapons, and Afghanistan.
2018 articles:
“Putting the Pentagon’s Pennies in Perspective” (Ben Freeman and William D. Hartung, Defense One)
“The Military-Industrial Complex is On Corporate Welfare” (William D. Hartung, The Nation, originally appeared in TomDispatch)
“16 Years, $5.6 Trillion Later, Are the Post-9/11 Wars Worth It?” (William D. Hartung, The Hill)
Lindsay Koshgarian: Congress Strikes a Deal for 54% Military Spending in Federal Budget
“Trump’s Massive Budget Boosts the Military” (National Priorities initial summary of the Trump Budget)
National Priorities Project: “U.S. Military Spending”
Miriam Pemberton “Trump’s Military Budget is Way Out of Whack”
David Vine: More than $150 for U.S. Foreign Military Bases
Brown University: Costs of War
2017 articles:
Joseph Gerson’s Tax Day Speech
Military Spending and U.S. National Budget Priorities (by Samantha Muller)
Things Lawmakers Should Do Before They Complain About Military Readiness
Trump’s Budget Plan (Win Without War)
The Military’s Contribution to Climate Change
What Happens When All We have Left is the Pentagon? Trump’s Vision of a Militarized America
At over $600 billion a year and counting, the Pentagon already receives significantly more than its fair share of federal funds. If President Donald Trump has his way, though, that will prove a sum for pikers and misers. He and his team are now promising that spending on defense and homeland security will increase dramatically in the years to come, even as domestic programs are slashed and entire civilian agencies shuttered. – Read more…
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The F-35 may carry one of the US’s most polarizing nuclear weapons sooner than expected
The Air Force designed the F-35A with nuclear capability in mind, and a new report indicates that the Joint Strike Fighter may carry nuclear weapons sooner than expected. The Air Force originally planned to integrate nuclear weapons in the F-35 between 2020-2022, but Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus told Defensetech.org that “it would definitely be possible,” to hasten the deployment of B-61 nuclear gravity bombs on the F-35 should the need for it arise. – Read more…
