Green Change

Obama plans to boost spending on nuclear weapons

Thu, 15 Jul 2010

Even as it touts U.S. efforts to sharply reduce its number of nuclear warheads, the Obama administration plans to increase spending on the aging nuclear weapons infrastructure to levels reminiscent of the Cold War, a new budget document shows.

Give BP America the Corporate Death Penalty, Green Change Campaign Says

Wed, 16 Jun 2010

Today, Green Change started a campaign to revoke the corporate charter of BP America Inc., the company responsible for the catastrophic oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico.

Afghan war may waste $2 trillion dollars

Tue, 18 May 2010

"Why are we putting money into Afghanistan to fight a losing war and following the Soviet example rather than putting money into [our] local communities?"

A Green Party maverick upends Colombian politics

Sat, 08 May 2010

The surge of this Green Party candidate, Antanas Mockus, who served two very colorful terms as Bogota's mayor, has made for one of Latin America's most exceptional presidential races in recent memory.

Noam Chomsky: US is "very similar to late Weimar Germany”

Mon, 19 Apr 2010

Noam Chomsky is America's greatest intellectual. His massive body of work, which includes nearly 100 books, has for decades deflated and exposed the lies of the power elite and the myths they perpetrate.

Obama proposes to spend more on nuclear weaponry than Bush

Sat, 30 Jan 2010

President Obama is planning to increase spending on America's nuclear weapons stockpile just days after pledging to try to rid the world of them.

Key US envoy skeptical of Afghan war plans

Tue, 26 Jan 2010

The US ambassador in Kabul warned his superiors in November that President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan "is not an adequate strategic partner" and "continues to shun responsibility for any sovereign burden."

US military spends more on war than all 50 state budgets combined

Sat, 26 Dec 2009

The U.S. spends more for war annually than all state governments combined spend for the health, education, welfare, and safety of 308 million Americans.

Archbishop Tutu: Wealthy nations "condemning Africa to incineration"

Wed, 16 Dec 2009

Anti-apartheid veteran Archbishop Desmond Tutu wrote to the president of the talks and future EU environment commissioner Connie Hedegaard charging that the position of wealthy nations would "condemn Africa to incineration."

George McGovern: Afghanistan looks like another Vietnam

Sun, 13 Dec 2009

Why do we send young Americans to risk life and limb on behalf of such worthless regimes? The administration says we need to fight al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. But the major al-Qaeda forces are in Pakistan.

Anti-war movement angry over Obama's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan

Thu, 03 Dec 2009

Barack Obama's escalation of the Afghanistan war brought a vehement reaction today from Americans who only a year ago had been among his most ardent supporters and are now disillusioned.

Number of US mercenaries in Afghanistan skyrockets

Wed, 02 Dec 2009

The Defense Department's latest census shows that the number of contractors increased about 40% between the end of June and the end of September, for a total of 104,101.

Obama to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan

Tue, 01 Dec 2009

President Obama will outline Tuesday his intention to send an additional 34,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, according to U.S. officials and diplomatic sources briefed Monday as Obama began informing allies of his plan.

Obama halts release of secret military, spy documents

Sun, 29 Nov 2009

President Obama will maintain a lid of secrecy on millions of pages of military and intelligence documents that were scheduled to be declassified by the end of the year, according to administration officials.

US refuses to join treaty banning landmines

Thu, 26 Nov 2009

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, a leading advocate for the treaty, called the decision "a default of U.S. leadership." "It is a lost opportunity for the United States to show leadership instead of joining with China and Russia and impeding progress," Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, said in a statement.