military spending

How Finland Destroyed Itself For NATO

August 19, 2026 Nate Bear, Scheer Post. Educate! Austerity, Finland, military spending, NATO, Russophobia

Finland, often known as the happiest country in the world, now has the highest unemployment rate in Europe, demand for food aid has exploded by more than 70%, and homelessness, which had been declining for more than ten years, has increased 34% in just two years. Conditions in the country are so bad that almost 20% of Finland’s population is now considered at risk of poverty, Once considered the standard bearer for the good life, for competent governance and a strong social state, Finland is unravelling at warp speed. What has gone wrong so quickly? In three words, NATO, austerity and Russophobia.

The $1.5 Trillion Climate Solution We Can’t Ignore

July 10, 2026 Aaron Kirshenbaum, Scheer Post. Create! Austerity, climate crisis, military spending, Pentagon

Last week, millions of people around the world were subjected to record-breaking heatwaves. At least 25 deaths in the U.S. from this heat dome were reported. The French government also counted over 2,000 excess deaths during the June heatwaves. At the same time, this past weekend, a devastating super typhoon hit the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, leaving islands like Rota, where 2,000 people live, without running water and most buildings impacted. In both cases, the people least responsible for the climate crisis are the most vulnerable to its effects. And in both cases, people’s ability to withstand crises has been made dramatically worse by militarization.

NATO Members Mull ‘Skipping’ 2027 Summit

July 8, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Donald Trump, Foreign Relations, military spending, NATO

NATO members are reportedly considering “skipping” next year's summit in Albania to avoid criticism from US President Donald Trump, particularly because the event is scheduled to be hosted by Albania, one of the alliance's lowest-defense-spending members, Bloomberg reported on 8 July. Discussions regarding the postponement have gained momentum during this week’s gathering in Ankara, where Trump continued to berate members of the alliance and question its relevance for failing to meet US demands for increased military spending.

The Hidden Cost Of The US Military

June 20, 2026 Breakthrough News. Educate! Congress, military spending, Pentagon Budget, Transparency, United States

US President Donald Trump has proposed a $1.5 trillion military budget for the fiscal year 2027, which would increase the acknowledged budget for 2026 by 44%. While a roughly $500 billion increase would be unprecedented in modern US history, the idea that the military budget only recently hit $1 trillion is incorrect. US military spending has exceeded $1 trillion for many years. Adding $500 billion (and potentially $200 billion more to fund war in Iran), as the president has proposed, would take the total military budget up from $2 trillion to $3 trillion.

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.”

Pentagon And Military-Related Spending In Congressional Bill HR1

October 31, 2025 Costs of War Project, Brown University. Educate! Congress, Military Industrial Complex, military spending, Pentagon Budget

It is unusual for reconciliation bills, such as H.R. 1, to include substantial funding for the Department of Defense or other military-related programs in other departments. However, H.R. 1 breaks from precedent by allocating $156 billion to “national defense.” This is problematic for four main reasons: (1) It benefits weapons-makers and contractors more than service members; (2) It lacks details on specific spending categories, effectively making it a slush fund; (3) It incentivizes future lawmakers to skirt the regular budget process, which is more deliberative and transparent than the reconciliation process; and (4) It increases Pentagon and military-related spending by over 13 percent from FY25, pushing “national defense” spending beyond the $1 trillion mark.

‘Forever Wars’ Authorization Finally Repealed By US House

September 13, 2025 Stephen Prager, Consortium News. Educate! AUMF, Congress, History, Middle East, military spending, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

Almost exactly 24 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to finally repeal a pair of more than two-decade-old congressional authorizations that have allowed presidents to carry out military attacks in the Middle East and elsewhere. In a 261-167 vote, with 49 Republicans joining all Democrats, the House passed an amendment to the next military spending bill to rescind the Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) passed by Congress in the lead-up to the 1991 Persian Gulf War and 2003 War in Iraq. The decision is a small act of resistance in Congress after what the Quincy Institute’s Adam Weinstein described in Foreign Policy magazine as “years of neglected oversight” by Congress over the “steady expansion of presidential war-making authority.”

Peace And Development Are Better Than Austerity And War

July 18, 2025 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Educate! Development, military spending, NATO, Peace, Wars and Militarism

Reason seems to have been gradually abolished by the language of bombs. As weapons systems get ‘smarter’ and ‘smarter’, the range of diplomatic instruments used by the Global North states becomes blunter and blunter. US and European diplomats have returned to the old colonial habit of speaking loudly and brusquely, lecturing the natives about what they should or should not do while they themselves do whatever they want. If the natives do not agree, then the old colonial rulers simply threaten to cut off their hands or bomb their homes.

NATO’s Obscene Five Percent Pledge

June 27, 2025 Medea Benjamin, Consortium News. Educate! military spending, NATO, Russia, Wars and Militarism

At this week’s NATO summit in The Hague, leaders announced an alarming new goal: push military spending to 5 percent of nations’ GDP by 2035. Framed as a response to rising global threats, particularly from Russia and terrorism, the declaration was hailed as a historic step. But in truth, it represents a major step backwards — away from addressing the urgent needs of people and the planet, and toward an arms race that will impoverish societies while enriching weapons contractors. This outrageous 5 percent spending target didn’t come out of nowhere — it’s the direct result of years of bullying by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Washington Hits Snag Against Yemen

April 5, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! military spending, Pentagon, Wars and Militarism, Yemen

The US military has used $200 million in munitions since it restarted its campaign against Yemen over two weeks ago – the success of which has been “limited,” according to a 4 April report by the New York Times (NYT). The report comes as US President Donald Trump has been boasting about the success of Washington’s campaign against the Ansarallah resistance movement, which he says has been “decimated.” “In closed briefings in recent days, Pentagon officials have acknowledged that there has been only limited success in destroying the Houthis’ vast, largely underground arsenal of missiles, drones and launchers,” anonymous congressional aides and officials told NYT.

Building A Planet Of Peace Is The Only Realistic Thing To Do

July 12, 2024 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Educate! climate crisis, Hurricane, military spending, Sustainability Goals

There are times in life when you want to set aside complexity and return to the essence of things. Last week, I was on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, travelling from Isla Grande to the mainland of Colombia, when it began to rain heavily. Though our boat was modest, we were in minimal danger with Ever de la Rosa Morales, a leader of the Afro-Colombian community on the twenty-seven Rosario Islands (located off the coast of Cartagena), at the helm. During the downpour, a range of human emotions swept through me, from fear to exhilaration. The rain was linked to Hurricane Beryl, a storm that struck Jamaica at a Category Four level.

‘Move The Money’: Detroit Votes For Slashing Bloated Pentagon Budget

February 29, 2024 C. J. Atkins, People's World. Resist! Detroit, Finance and the Economy, Michigan, military spending, Pentagon

Detroit, Michigan - Following in the footsteps of neighboring Hamtramck, Detroit has become the biggest U.S. city so far to pass a “Move the Money” resolution. The measure, approved unanimously by City Council on Tuesday, calls on the U.S. Congress and the president to shift public money away from the military to fund social services. The Michigan Peace Council, a major backer of the campaign to win the resolution, praised the council vote, which came on the same day that nearly 101,000 Michiganders voted “Uncommitted” in the Democratic primary to oppose President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s brutal war against Gaza.

Biden Signs Bill Reviving World War II-Era Lend-Lease Program To Ukraine

May 11, 2022 Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com. Educate! military spending, Russia, Ukraine, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

President Biden on Monday signed a bill into law reviving the World War II-era lend-lease program for Ukraine, paving the way for an escalation in US military aid to Kyiv. The Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 allows Biden to send weapons to Ukraine free of charge while technically requiring payment at a later date. Under the lend-lease act during World War II, the US sent billions of dollars in weapons to the Soviet Union, China, Britain, and other allies. The legislation received massive bipartisan support in Congress, passing by voice vote in the Senate and by a vote of 417-10 in the House, with only Republicans voting against the bill.

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