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Approximately 26% of U.S. Government Spending Goes to Weapon-Makers
The vast majority of the U.S. Government’s purchases are for the military, and most of that is paying for weapons and for enabling America’s troops to use them. For example, in the 3 April 2018 “OMB and Congressional Budget Office estimates of discretionary new budget authority” that “The President signed … into law on March […]
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What Would Daniel Ellsberg Do?
Illustration by Sam Poling Daniel Ellsberg — the Pentagon Papers whistleblower who has been an inspiring activist for peace since the early 1970s — recently wrote a public letter disclosing that he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, with a prognosis that he has only three to six months to live. Join us for “Daniel […]
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Preparing for War: The Growing Global Military Budget
US$2.24 trillion is a mighty amount. It’s also a sickening figure when considering the object of this exercise. The flickering tease of war, the promise of bloodshed and an increasingly large butcher’s bill, are inevitable suggestions from such a figure. The scenes are also clear: well-paid suits dazed by theories of the next war; policy […]
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Foiled Escape: UC Global, the CIA, and Julian Assange
A billboard van calling for an end to extradition proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waits at traffic lights in Parliament Square in London, England, on September 14, 2020. (Photo by David Cliff/NurPhoto) However described, the shabby treatment of Julian Assange never ceases to startle. While he continues to suffer in Belmarsh prison awaiting the […]
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Is the Left Getting Increasingly Ignored in India?
The Indian Left holds the record of running an Indian state for long 34 years without a break. The Left Front formed the government in West Bengal, an eastern state of the Indian Union, in 1977 and ruled the state for 34 years at a stretch, winning all the Assembly elections in the process, before […]
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Australia: Outsourced to the US Military Establishment
It’s a very funny thing. In the US, the provision of services in such industries as security and intelligence is outsourced in a sprawling complex of contractors and subcontractors. In Australia, the entire military and security establishment is outsourced to Washington’s former mandarins, many of them earning a pile in consultancy fees. This, perhaps, is […]
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72% of the UN Security Council (by Population) Backed Russia’s Call for a UN Investigation of the Nord Stream Bombing
72 percent of the UN Security Council (by population) Backed Russia’s call for a UN investigation of the Nord Stream bombing (libya360.wordpress.com) International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one. — Ambrose Bierce, The shadow on the dial, and other essays, (ed. 1909); p. 302 in the […]
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Nancy Pelosi’s Climate Climate Hypocrisy Called out at Goldman Environmental Prize Ceremony
Washington – CODEPINK members were in attendance at the Kennedy Center Wednesday night to watch cofounder Diane Wilson receive a Goldman Environmental Prize for her work and activism to save the gulf waters in Texas. But when former Speaker of the House and California representative Nancy Pelosi took the stage to address the crowd, CODEPINK […]
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Xi’s Call with Zelenskyy Demonstrates Responsibility of a Major Country
Illustration: Liu Rui/Global Times Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the phone at the invitation of the latter on Wednesday afternoon. The two sides exchanged views on China-Ukraine relations and the Ukraine crisis. Xi pointed out that China’s readiness to develop relations with Ukraine is consistent and clear-cut. Regarding the […]
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