Down With Tyranny

feat. Howie Klein

Jul 4, 20238 min read

War Budget Is Here-- Will Ro Khanna Be The Only One To Stand Up To The Military Industrial Complex?

Happy 4th of July. Allow me to begin the day with a poem by a German who sought refuge from Hitler in our country, the great Bertold...

Dec 30, 20214 min read

Do You Want Congress To Re-Direct Funds Towards Domestic Priorities Instead Of War? Vote For That

Late at night on December 7, the House overwhelmingly passed the final version of the bloated Pentagon budget, piling on all kinds of...

Dec 8, 20215 min read

The Disgraceful Pentagon Budget Passed Last Night-- Only 51 Dems Voted Against It

As expected, it passed the House late last night, 363-70, but maybe Pelosi and Hoyer don't want voters to be able to find how members...

Nov 7, 20219 min read

After Afghanistan-- A Peace Dividend? You Must Be Joking

Who's To Blame? The U.S. finally withdrew from Afghanistan, the smoothest and most successful withdrawal from that country since... I...

Aug 18, 20215 min read

Peace Dividend? Or More Billions Transferred To The Military Industrial Complex?

Reporting for Roll Call yesterday, Andrew Clevenger wrote that it isn't expected on Capitol Hill that the disastrous collapse in...

May 5, 202110 min read

How Progressives Can Force Biden to Cut the Military Budget

-by Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd A month before the vote on the federal budget, progressives in Congress declared, “We’ve studied...

Apr 10, 20216 min read

Another Reminder That Biden Sure Ain't Bernie-- Today's Bloated, Immoral Military Budget

We should set the military budget based on what it actually costs to defend the country, not how much it costs to indulge neo-cons and...

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