New Cold War: The Surging US Military Budget & What We Can Do About It
July 27, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Free
The House recently voted for a $840 BILLION military budget in the 2022 National “Defense” Authorization Act (NDAA). The military budget was already too high. Why is it getting so much worse?
Are conflicts with Russia and China being exaggerated?
Why are so many Democrats, including some progressives, supporting dramatic increases in the Pentagon budget, sometimes even more than Biden requested? Is it simply the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
What are proposed changes in funding for nuclear weapons?
How can grassroots groups play a useful role in responding to proposed $1.4 trillion (total) in military expenditures?
Our speaker, Bill Hartung, will address these critical questions amidst our current political context.
There will be time for Q&A following his remarks.
William D. Hartung is the director of the Arms and Security Program at the Center for International Policy and a senior adviser to the center’s Security Assistance Monitor. He is the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex (Nation Books, 2011) and the co-editor, with Miriam Pemberton, of Lessons from Iraq: Avoiding the Next War (Paradigm Press, 2008).
The House recently voted for a $840 BILLION military budget in the 2022 National “Defense” Authorization Act (NDAA). The military budget was already too high. Why is it getting so much worse?
Why are so many Democrats, including some progressives, supporting dramatic increases in the Pentagon budget, sometimes even more than Biden requested? Is it simply the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
What are proposed changes in funding for nuclear weapons?
How can grassroots groups play a useful role in responding to proposed $1.4 trillion (total) in military expenditures?
Our speaker, Bill Hartung, will address these critical questions amidst our current political context.
There will be time for Q&A following his remarks.
William D. Hartung is the director of the Arms and Security Program at the Center for International Policy and a senior adviser to the center’s Security Assistance Monitor. He is the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex (Nation Books, 2011) and the co-editor, with Miriam Pemberton, of Lessons from Iraq: Avoiding the Next War (Paradigm Press, 2008).
When: Wednesday, July 27, at 7:00 pm
Where: On Zoom: Register here.
Sponsor: Brooklyn For Peace
Co-Sponsors: Peace Action Bay Ridge, Peace Action New York State, NYC War Resisters League, World Can’t Wait
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