Militarization

How America’s Corporate Class Became Legally Unaccountable

July 24, 2026 The Chris Hedges Report. Resistance Report Democrats, Donald Trump, Great Recession, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, Police, Systemic Racism, US Empire

Compared to other wealthy Western nations, the United States stands out for its high incarceration rates and military spending and declining standard of living. In her new book, “Crime and No Punishment: Wealth, Power and Violence, in America”, which just won the Robert F. Kennedy book award, Professor Marie Gottschalk connects the dots between the “twin evils of state violence at home and imperial violence abroad.” She chronicles the rise of President Trump as a manifestation of the failures of the Democrats to stem police violence and address economic insecurity when they had opportunities to do so, and illustrates how the tendrils of US Empire permeate the current crises.

Germany’s ‘Summer Of Reforms’ To Accelerate Militarization

July 18, 2026 Matthew Read, BreakThrough News. Educate! Austerity, Finance and the Economy, Germany, Militarization

In the shadow of the FIFA World Cup, the German government – a coalition of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) – is pushing through a self-described “summer of reforms” that it promises will revive the stagnating economy and keep Germany “competitive” in a changing world. In practice, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s program amounts to a comprehensive offensive against workers’ rights, social provision, and democratic participation. In recent months alone, the government has advanced plans to slash health services, push back the retirement age, extend the working day beyond eight hours, and begin privatizing pensions.

Colombo Conference: ‘Hands Off Asia Means Socialism Today’

July 17, 2026 BreakThrough News. Organize! Asia, Militarization, Socialism, Sovereignty

Asia is home to about 60% of the world’s population and is increasingly the motor of the world’s economy. The continent also has a long tradition of revolutionary national liberation struggles and left and progressive movements. Today the people and governments of Asia today find themselves in the crosshairs of a New Cold War, gasping for breath under the yoke of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and bearing the burden of tens of thousands of US troops stationed in close to 400 bases spread across the region. In this context, what does genuine sovereignty mean for the people of the continent, and how can progressive organizations join hands to construct this sovereignty?

Hawaii Hosts International War Games; Residents Question Costs Of Militarism

July 6, 2026 Jon Letman, Truthout. Resist! Hawaii, Militarization, Military Exercises, RIMPAC

This summer, military forces from 30 nations are gathering in Hawaii for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026, the world’s largest maritime exercise. For its organizers, RIMPAC isn’t just five weeks of trainings, drills, and live-fire exercises — it’s an opportunity to enhance coordination and communication (what the military calls “interoperability”), which they say is critical for military operations, humanitarian assistance, disaster response, and other contingencies. First held in 1971, the biennial RIMPAC includes 25,000 personnel, 40 surface ships, 5 submarines, and 140 aircraft. RIMPAC organizers say the exercise promotes regional stability and provides an economic boost for Hawaii.

NATO 3.0: Alliance or Military-Industrial Investment Fund?

July 4, 2026 Biljana Vankovska, Counter Punch. Educate! European Union (EU), Militarization, Military Industrial Complex, NATO

These are difficult times for anyone who has consistently criticised NATO. From the era of ‘defending the Free World’ against communism, through the age of ‘humanitarian intervention’ and the ‘Global War on Terror,’ to today’s supposedly existential struggle against almost the entire non-Western world, the Alliance has repeatedly reinvented the narratives that justify its existence. The language changes; the underlying logic does not. NATO remains indispensable, and every new enemy (whether discovered, exaggerated, or actively produced) becomes further proof of its necessity.

Ireland Confirms Eagerness To Wreck National Military Neutrality

June 22, 2026 Robert Freeman, The Canary. Educate! Ireland, Militarization, Neutrality, Wars and Militarism

Ireland’s defence minister has confirmed that her government is intent on tearing up the triple lock, which is key to Ireland’s official position of military neutrality. This and other similar moves are intended to make Ireland a more useful pawn for NATO and the US. Helen McEntee said there was “no ambiguity” about what the government wanted to do and described reform of the neutrality measure as “absolutely essential”. Her comments come in response to a backbench Fianna Fáil pushback, in which some told the Irish Times exactly the opposite — that the government has made no “reasoned explanation on the need for change”.

The Concrete Is Drying In East Asia

June 19, 2026 Vijay Prashad, The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Educate! East Asia, Militarization, New Cold War, US Imperialism

The Okinawan artist Kinjo Minoru is haunted by the tragedy of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa and the military occupation that has marked the island ever since. His art is informed by that sensibility. His sculptures seem to emerge from the earth itself. Human figures struggle outward through stone and concrete, their bodies marked by war, occupation, and memory. Kinjo works with the same materials now being poured into Okinawa’s coast to build yet another US military base. His sculptures are not merely monuments to the past. They are a warning for the present.

‘Welfare Not Warfare’ Protest Demands Halt To Europe’s Rearmament

June 16, 2026 Ana Vračar, Breakthrough News. Resist! European Union (EU), Militarization, Military Budget, NATO

On Sunday, June 14, over 12,000 people joined the “Welfare Not Warfare” protest in Brussels, organized by more than 800 civil society organizations, trade unions, and movements to oppose EU and NATO rearmament. “The coalition rejects the idea that Europe’s security can be bought through a massive rearmament project that starves social budgets and escalates confrontation,” the Stop ReArm Europe platform wrote in the protest announcement. “Ongoing wars, occupation, genocide, and military violence are shaping lives around the world – from Palestine, Iran, and Lebanon to Yemen, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo,” Juliette Mattijsen from the People’s Health Movement (PHM) Europe told BreakThrough News.

Portland Rally Demands End To Fleet Week And Glorification Of War

June 13, 2026 Noah Williams, People's World. Resist! Fleet Week, Militarization, Oregon, War Culture

Portland, OR — For Fleet Week 2026, the U.S. Navy brought some of its shiniest and most lethal warships into the Willamette River and docked them on Portland’s shores right in front of the annual city fair, called the Rose Festival. Hundreds gathered down at the port on June 6 in the rain, not to welcome the fleet, but to, again, call out the normalization of war, violence, and predatory military recruitment practices. The crowd would chant “Constant lies and endless war” in response. Fleet Week brings over 700 sailors with them to swarm the city and set up recruitment tents to talk to Rose Festival attendees.

National Guard ‘Summer Surge’ To Strengthen Military Occupation Of DC

June 4, 2026 G. Seb, People's World. Educate! Militarization, National Guard, Occupation, Washington DC

Washington, DC — The Department of Justice has ordered a massive increase in the number of National Guard troops to be deployed in Washington, D.C., for the upcoming 250th anniversary celebration of U.S. independence. U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro justified the need for a summer surge of federal officers and troops in the city in response to “teen takeovers” that have occurred in neighborhoods like Navy Yard, despite recently-established curfew laws. The Trump administration—along with Pirro and city politicians who have aligned with the federal government on more policing and National Guard presence—has pointed to events like a recent teen fight at a Chipotle restaurant in Navy Yard as proof of the need for more troops.

An Ethically Honest Memorial Day

May 26, 2026 Amy Dalton, Waging Nonviolence. Educate! Memorial Day, Militarization, Propaganda, Wars and Militarism

On Memorial Day, it is my family’s practice to remember and honor all those who have died in war — including but not limited to those who have served in our country’s military. This broader act of memorialization is both truer to the history of Memorial Day, and more responsive to the moral imperative that all humans — and especially U.S. citizens — face as a result of the suffering and risk that organized violence causes throughout the world. Like Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day has been gradually co-opted as an opportunity to show unquestioning, blank-check support for the U.S. military.

Activists In Bucharest Conference Reject Militarization

May 21, 2026 Ana Vracar, People's Dispatch. Organize! Elbit, European Union (EU), Militarization, Palestine, Romania

As Romania prepared to host a Bucharest Nine (B9) summit and the Black Sea Defense, Aerospace and Security arms exposition, over 100 people gathered to discuss anti-militarization and solidarity with Palestine at the “From Palestine to the Black Sea” counter-conference. The meeting followed months of work through the Elbit Out! campaign, aiming to unmask and drive Israeli arms producer Elbit System out of the country, where several of its subsidiaries currently operate. A day before the counter-conference launched on May 9, Palestine solidarity activists organized a protest in front of one of these subsidiaries in Chitila near Bucharest, warning that its production lines include drone variants used in the genocide in Gaza.

Italy On Strike Again For Palestine

May 20, 2026 Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. Resist! Far Right Politics, General Strike, Global Sumud Flotilla, Israel, Italy, Militarization, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity

Thousands of workers across Italy joined a new general strike on May 18, demanding complete severance of ties with Israel, an end to armament policies, and protection for the new civilian flotilla to Gaza – which was attacked again by Israeli forces on the very day of the strike. “We launched today’s general strike with the same strength and spirit as on September 22, 2025: ‘Let’s block everything’ has been and remains the watchword in our struggle against war, against complicity with the genocidal state of Israel, and against rearmament,” the grassroots trade union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) wrote.

DC Demands No More Local Collaboration With Federal Agents

May 20, 2026 Fight Back! News. Resist! Abolish ICE, Candidate Forum, ICE, Militarization, Washington D.C.

Washington, D.C. – On Sunday, May 17, community members, organizers and faith leaders gathered at Union Temple Baptist Church in Southeast Washington, DC for the Washington Interfaith Network’s (WIN) Candidate Forum ahead of the upcoming mayoral, city council and congressional primary elections this June. The forum was an opportunity for DC’s most oppressed communities to make their demands to potential local elected leaders. Families Not Feds, a coalition of organizations working to end local collaboration with federal agents in DC, was invited to speak at the event and bring forward their proposal to the potential candidates.

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