militarism

Global Military Spending Hit All-Time Record In 2025

April 28, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! militarism, military spending, Pentagon, Wars and Militarism

In 2025, governments worldwide allocated an all-time high of $2.887 trillion to military spending, according to the most recent report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published on 27 April. The data shows a 2.9 percent annual increase, marking the 11th consecutive year of rising global military spending, with the global military burden reaching its highest level since 2009 at 2.5 percent of GDP. SIPRI researcher Xiao Liang said the rise reflects how states responded to “another year of wars, uncertainty and geopolitical upheaval with large-scale armament drives.”

Students Disrupt War Profiteers’ Participation In Career Fair

February 24, 2026 Megan Sweet, Fight Back! News. Resist! California, Career Fairs, Higher Education, militarism, Student Activism

San Jose, CA – On February 17, a dozen San José State University students gathered outside the administrative building to protest corporate war profiters that were participating in the Career Center’s Job & Internship. Students held signs that read “No war with Venezuela” and “Free Palestine.” Protester John Duroyan explained that Hewlett Packard Enterprise “readily aid and abet Israel’s apartheid state, providing the Israelis with software and surveillance technologies, to better track and detain Palestinians.” While students gathered outside, five San José State University students and alumni crowded the upstairs of the Student Union where the university’s career center was hosting the spring jobs fair.

Colombia To Withdraw From NATO

October 2, 2025 Yuleidys Hernández Toledo, Orinoco Tribune. Educate! Colombia, militarism, NATO, Zone of Peace

During the Council of Ministers, President Gustavo Petro laid out the foundations of what he called a new foreign policy for Colombia, marking a break with historical alliances, criticizing traditional diplomacy, and ordering drastic changes in the diplomatic and intelligence corps. The president emphasized a geopolitical reorientation toward Latin America, the Caribbean, and greater cooperation with Asia and Africa: “There’s another international policy to pursue here, Madam Foreign Minister. Not only on the military front, but also on the diplomatic front.” One of his most forceful announcements was his decision to withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), criticizing the militaristic logic that, he said, has supported crimes against humanity.

Washington Projects Its Drug Problem Onto Latin America

September 13, 2025 Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. Educate! DEA, Drug War, Latin America, militarism, Narcotrafficking, US Imperialism

A big Cadillac limo with Jersey plates was parked down the block. Few locals in East Harlem even owned cars, let alone new ones. Curious, I asked the street kids what’s up. They casually explained that the mafioso come weekly to collect their drug money. Later I found a playground, which served as a veritable narcotics flea market each night. If a blanquito from the suburbs and some third graders could uncover the illicit trade, I wondered why the officials – who plastered the city with “keep New York drug free” signs – couldn’t do the same. That was in the late 1960s, and I am still wondering why the US – the world’s largest consumer of narcotics, the biggest money launderer of illicit drug money, and the leading weaponry supplier to the cartels – hasn’t resolved these problems.

They Shall Not Pass: Our Call Against Fascism

August 22, 2025 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Resist! Anti-fascism, China, Fascism, militarism, New Cold War, Russia

A walk through the Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance against Japanese Aggression in Beijing makes one despise war and everything about militarism. The museum is not far from the Marco Polo (or Lugou) Bridge, where the Chinese people began their war to liberate their country from the Japanese occupation in the north. The most striking parts of the museum are those that demonstrate the ugly violence of Japanese militarism, such as the Nanjing Massacre (1937–1938); the horrendous biological and chemical warfare and unspeakable human experimentation conducted by Unit 731 in the northeastern city of Harbin (1936–1945); and the prisons for ianfu (‘comfort women’) that the Japanese military established to hold sex slaves for their soldiers.

United States Escalates Tension With Panama

April 3, 2025 Krys Cerisier, Black Agenda Report. Resist! militarism, Panama, State Repression, Trump Administration

“We are paying a monthly fee to Republican party lobbyists. In December, they were saying on CNN that they had already invaded Panama and could do it again. The Panamanian state is funding its own invasion.” Panamanian student organizer Ahmed X with student group Juventudes Revolucionarias, said in an interview after protests escalated on February 1st. Ahmed, like many Panamanians, are increasingly concerned about Panama’s president José Raúl Mulino’s ability to defend the country’s sovereignty against U.S. interests. Since the beginning of Trump's presidency U.S. colonial ambitions in Panama have escalated dramatically, the republican party lobby in question is the BGR Group , a lobbying and communications firm that president Mulino hired to assist Panama with navigating current U.S. relations.

As Elections Near, Ecuador’s Working Poor And Colonized Under Siege

March 28, 2025 Clau O'Brien Moscoso, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Ecuador, Elections, militarism, Poverty, State Violence

As Ecuador heads into a very important run-off election on April 13, the issues of security, state violence and the economy remain at the forefront for many Ecuadorians. Dollarization, submission to U.S. dictates, the proliferation of arms shipments through privately owned ports, and the expansion of international drug cartels to justify military presence have all combined to make the living conditions of the poorest unbearable, especially for African and indigenous communities with a constant war directed at them from the militarized structures of the state, like the case of the Guayaquil Four.

China Demands Withdrawal Of US Missile System From The Philippines

December 30, 2024 Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch. Educate! China, militarism, New Cold War, Philippines, South China Sea, US Imperialism

China reiterated its concerns about the Philippines’ plan to acquire the US Typhon missile defense system. In the foreign ministry press briefing on Thursday, December 26, the spokesperson of the ministry, Mao Ning, claimed it is a “strategic and offensive” weapon which may fuel arms race in the region. China also restated its long-standing demand for the withdrawal of the system already deployed near its borders. Ning reminded the leadership in the Philippines of their promise of never taking sides among the major powers.

The High-Tech War On Working Class Black Atlantans

November 21, 2024 Tunde Osazua, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Atlanta, militarism, Police, Surveillance

Modern technologies like facial recognition, predictive policing, and expansive surveillance networks are not mere tools of public safety; they are instruments of militarization, deeply embedded in the war against Black communities in Atlanta, the most surveilled city in the U.S. These technologies target Black poor and working class neighborhoods disproportionately, enforcing capitalist exploitation and reinforcing racial hierarchies. Surveillance in Atlanta operates as a militarized extension of policing, transforming Black neighborhoods into domestic battlefields.

US Begins Another Military Exercise With Allies Near Taiwan Strait

October 18, 2024 Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch. Educate! China, militarism, Military Exercises, NATO, Philippines, South China Sea, Taiwan, United States, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

The armed forces of the United States, the Philippines, and several of their allies started a massive military exercise in the Philippines on Tuesday, October 15, amidst growing concerns of rising external intervention and possibility of conflict in the Asia-Pacific region. The joint military drill named Kamandang will continue until October 25. It will involve over 2,300 armed personnel, mostly from the US and the Philippines, with their allies Japan, South Korea, Australia and Britain contributing smaller numbers. It coincides with a massive naval exercise involving the same set of countries at northern Luzon Island in the Philippines, Reuters reported.

Perú Grapples With Violence As SOUTHCOM Expands

October 16, 2024 Clau O'Brien Moscoso, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Dina Boluarte, militarism, NATO, organized crime, Peru, SouthCom

Nearly two years after the US-backed parliamentary coup that ousted President Pedro Castillo, a wave of extortions, assassinations and a crime spree has rocked the cities of Lima and Callao, among others. At least nine deaths have been reported in just a few days leading up to the national strike called by the Unión de Gremios de Transporte Multimodal del Perú, the national syndicate that brings together different transport workers unions (from mototaxistas to bus drivers) under one formation. Gangs, or perhaps more accurately named armed paramilitary groups, have specifically targeted popular working class neighborhoods, such as Puenta Piedra and Los Olivos, and have left multiple transport workers dead from not paying extortion fees.

Protesters Gather Outside Brunswick, Maine Air Show

August 4, 2024 Pearl Small, News Center Maine. Resist! Maine, militarism, Palestine, Youth

Brunswick, Maine — The Great State of Maine Air Show is marketed as a weekend-long event of planes swooping through the sky with incredible aerial performances to leave the community in awe. However, groups standing outside the show on Saturday had a different message to send about its intentions. The Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights organized a protest to encourage people not to attend the show over questions regarding the ethics of its headlining act: the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. "We object this use of our tax dollars and we object to warplanes as entertainment," Lisa Savage with Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights said.

‘Soldiers! Soldiers! Soldiers!’ The Kindergartners Of Al–Mughayyir

July 28, 2024 Cara Marianna, Scheer Post. Educate! Children, Education, Israel, militarism, Occupation, Palestine

The children of Palestine are striking for their curiosity and fearlessness. Small groups approached whenever I was out walking, often trailing me for several blocks, as they peppered me with questions: “Where are you from?” being the most common. It was generally followed by “How old are you?” I thought the query about my age peculiar and even a bit cheeky until a teacher explained to me that it was among the standard questions they learn when studying English. Inevitably the boldest among them would ask the one question they were most interested in knowing the answer to, especially coming from an American: “Israel or Palestine?”

Thank You To The SXSW Festival For Dumping The US Army

June 28, 2024 David Swanson, World Beyond War. Resist! militarism, SXSW, US military, Weapons makers

South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas. It has been growing in size since 1987. The festivals just dumped weapons makers and the U.S. Army out the door: “After careful consideration, we are revising our sponsorship model. As a result, the US Army, and companies who engage in weapons manufacturing, will not be sponsors of SXSW 2025.” This wonderful development is not just something going right (such an unusual sight, in the words of Paul Simon), and not just somebody doing something right in Texas (I’m certain that it happens all the time, in the words of Lennon/McCartney).

Protesters Block Road To Shannon Airport In Ireland

April 19, 2024 David Swanson, World Beyond War. Resist! Ireland, militarism, Neutrality, US military

People flying from Shannon Airport on Sunday afternoon were forced to leave their vehicles and walk the remaining distance to the terminal after protesters blocked the only access route. Gardaí and Airport Police used their vehicles to take passengers and airport staff from the location of the protest on the N19 to the airport building almost 2km away. Organisers described the demonstration as a “major national mobilisation” against the U.S. military’s use of Shannon Airport. Protesters mounted the action to call for an immediate end to U.S. troops and planes passing through the airport.

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