https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/24/the-pentagon-doesnt-need-886bn-i-oppose-this-bloated-defense-budget The proposed military budget that the Senate is now debating would increase defense spending by $28bn to over $886bn, an all-time record. The total is over $900bn if you include nuclear weapons spending through the Department of Energy.... Much of this additional military spending will go to line the pockets of hugely profitable defense … Continue reading Bernie Sanders & 10% Cut to USA Defence Budget 2024
ATTENDANCE at BONN CLIMATE CONFERENCE (JUNE 2023)
Following on from our COP27 Official Side Event in Egypt entitled Dealing with military and conflict related emissions under the UNFCCC. TPNS were co-organisers of a 4-speaker side event at the Bonn Climate Conference in June. The event would also address military emissions. SIDE EVENT Our session was entitled ‘Closing the Global Stocktake’s military … Continue reading ATTENDANCE at BONN CLIMATE CONFERENCE (JUNE 2023)
Lieven and Beebe at Responsible Statecraft on the Prigozhin / Putin relationship
A fascinating insight by Anatole Lieven at Responsible Statecraft on the Prigozhin Wagner/Putin relationship. Maybe the west should be careful what they wish for if regime change is indeed their hope. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/05/31/has-a-succession-struggle-begun-in-russia/ And if the choice of successor to Putin really becomes that between President Prigozhin and President Patrushev, would either of these be any … Continue reading Lieven and Beebe at Responsible Statecraft on the Prigozhin / Putin relationship
MORE FROM THE BIG ONE: Why War is a Racket
Also speaking at the XR peace picket of the MOD was David Collins, a former Royal Marine who then worked for years on renewable energy, is a delegate to Veterans for Peace USA and on the executive of MAW. Transcript for his talk is available here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFDlxUGt4Fc&ab_channel=MAW%3AMovementfortheAbolitionofWar
Iraq: Ignoring the Expert Weapons Inspectors Proved to Be a Fatal Mistake
This account of the build-up to the Iraq war by Robert Kelley is a superb succinct summary. Still, to this day, no one has been held accountable for this devastating illegal invasion. Instead, as Kelley says, it’s passed off as ‘a story of faulty and inadequate intelligence, rather than robust and reliable intelligence information ignored.’ … Continue reading Iraq: Ignoring the Expert Weapons Inspectors Proved to Be a Fatal Mistake
