Robert Scheer, Truthdig. June 25, 2008. Most of our political representatives seem to be engaged in a contest over who can throw more money at defense contractors.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. April 3, 2008. The government has invested trillions in weapons that are completely useless in the fight against stateless terrorists.
Naomi Klein, The Nation. December 3, 2007. In the world of venture capitalism, there has been a race going on between greens on the one hand and guns and garrisons on the other -- and the guns are winning.
Stan Cox, AlterNet. November 15, 2007. Space hasn't yet been weaponized but it is already highly militarized, thanks to a money-hungry arms industry and a commission started by Rumsfeld.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. August 1, 2007. George Bush wants to sell $20 billion in high-tech military equipment to Saudi Arabia -- the source of most of the financing, and 15 of the 19 hijackers, for the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks.
Silja J.A. Talvi, In These Times. February 3, 2007. The next generation of "non-lethal" weapons pose human rights threats that their benign title hides.
Frida Berrigan, Tomdispatch.com. January 13, 2007. The Armed Forces can't adequately equip those already in uniform, but the Pentagon is committing itself to massive corporate contracts for new high-tech weapons systems slated to come on-line decades from now.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. October 23, 2006. Now Bush plans to fight war in space, based on the imperialistic idea that whoever controls space will dominate earth.
