Military-industrial complex
Oppenheimer military industrial complex La paradoja de Oppenheimer: el poder de la ciencia y la debilidad de los científicos

La bomba lanzada sobre Hiroshima en 1945 anunció la era atómica e inauguró el complejo militar-industrial que se apoderó de Estados Unidos.

Oppenheimer military industrial complex Oppenheimer paradox: power of science, weakness of scientists

The bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 heralded the atomic age and ushered in the military-industrial complex that took over the United States

The Global South is done waiting for the UN to solve humanity’s challenges

The UN is, and has been for some time, a pretty meaningless institution that merely acts as a useful idiot when the White House decides it has some role to perform in protecting US interests. Many countries of the Global South are now seeing much more value in creating structures that take their interests into account

The ever-ballooning US military budget

Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News explains the recent Pentagon funding provision approved by the US House of Representatives and decodes the military-industrial complex

President Xiomara Castro repeals neoliberal ZEDE Law in landmark step and other stories

Today we look at the repeal of the ZEDE law in Honduras, US threats against the China-Solomon Islands security pact, and more

Understanding the conflict in Ukraine and perspectives for the anti-war movement

Peace activists Abby Martin and Brian Becker sat down for a discussion about the Russia-Ukraine conflict, directed at the anti-war movement

The streets of Glasgow indict world leaders for failure to address the climate crisis

While the official COP26 summit has seen world leaders seemingly unwilling to take major planet-saving measures, the mobilization of the youth, frontline communities, and environmental organizations have charted out the way forward

Report highlights direct link between climate change and militarism

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided us the opportunity to discard the old “normal” and start building a world without extractive economies and militarism, a new report says

How India funds Israeli apartheid and militarizes itself

The report outlines how these relations affect the citizens of the two countries, from the apartheid against Palestinians to large scale surveillance of Indians. Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the report and related issues.

Russia responds to largest ever NATO military drill off Norwegian border

Russia has launched its own military exercises in response to the NATO exercises which involve over 50,000 troops and have been met with protests across Europe

Labour Party resolves to ban arms sales to Israel

The main opposition party in the UK called for an immediate end to the blockade in Gaza and an “independent international investigation into Israel’s use of force against Palestinian demonstrators.”

Of united struggles against militarization, from Latin America to Palestine

Public hearing discusses the export of Israeli military technology and methodology to various Latin American countries and how repressive forces in these countries are using such methods