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Military-Industrial Complex
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results32 Connexions Library2 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 1 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 5 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryCanadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 1 - May 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 3, Number 2 - April 1978 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Capitalism and Theory Kidron, Michael Book 1974 About the permanent arms economy, the latest phase of capitalism. The Case for Staying in Iraq: Against The Current vol. 122 Baldock, Kate Article 2006 I don't support an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, because I think it would probably make an already bad situation much worse. Of course, there's no guarantee that continuing the occupation will... Combat Proven: The Booming Business of War in Israel Kane, Alex Article 2015 Arms fairs in Israel showcase the latest products the profitable Israeli weapons industry manufactures - and the demos are the perfect place to show those products off. Connexions: Volume 5, Number 5 - January 1981 - Militarism/Militarisme Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Factory and Lab: Israel's War Business Becker, Markus Article 2014 Israel invests more money in research than most other countries -- and in no other place are research institutes, the defense industry, the army and politics as interwoven. The result is a high-tech w... Globalization vs. Empire: Can Trump Contain the Growing Split? Rosen, David Article 2017 A brief history of US policy supporting globalization and the growing divide it has created between US hegemony and global capitalism, and criticism of the Trump administrations capability to deal wit... Globocops The powerful unplugged Nuclear commander drops the bomb: New Internationalist December 2000 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2000 Discusses international law and who is responsible. Also looks into the peacekeepers, where they are most needed and a look into modern warfare. Google Is Helping the Pentagon Build AI for Drones Conger, Kate; Cameron, Dell Article 2018 Google has partnered with the United States Department of Defense to help the agency develop artificial intelligence for analyzing drone footage, a move that set off a firestorm among employees of the... The Great Class War: 1914-1918 Pauwels, Jacques R. Book 2016 In this critical, revisionist account, historian Jacques Pauwels shows how the First World War was rooted in class strife that begin with the French Revolution in 1789 and continued long past the war ... A Hollowed-Out Keynesian Warfare State: American Democracy Today and Historically Goldner, Loren Article 2003 The Democratic Party today is a party of corporate lawyers. Forty years ago, it was still rooted in local urban political machines and in the unions. A similar gap has arisen between the business elit... Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam Turse, Nick Book 2013 Turse demonstrates that violence against Vietnamese noncombatants was not at all exceptional during the American war against Vietnam. Rather, it was pervasive and systematic, the predictable consequen... Made in the USA: Report Shows ISIS Using US Arms from 'Syria Rebels' Ditz, Jason Article 2014 From the moment the US began sending lethal arms to Syrian rebel factions, there was a chorus of people expressing fears that those arms would end up in the “wrong hands,” and US officials insisted th... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 16, 2014: Arms Trade Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 Topic of the week is the Arms Trade. Featured resources include The No-Nonsense Guide to the Arms Trade, an article on Israel's War Business, and the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade. A new feature ... Polemics and Prophecies 1967-1970 Stone, I.F. Book 1972 An anthology of I.F. Stone's articles from 1967 - 1970. Press for Conversion #49: October 2002 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2002 Obviously the invasion of Iraq had nothing to do with either finding "weapons of mass destruction" or fighting terrorism. These were just the phoney pretexts that U.S. and British warplanners used to ... Press for Conversion #50: January 2003 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2003 This issue contains original research revealing that U.S. war planners have repeatedly used elaborate webs of deceit to con the public into rallying behind major wars whose real purposes involved buil... Press for Conversion #52: October 2003 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2003 This issue is filled with detailed analysis of the many ways in which the Canadian government and corporations are deeply embedded in the U.S. “war machine.” Press for Conversion #55: December 2004 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2004 "Missile defense" is a deceptive term -- it is a linguistic shield to protect the military-industrial complex (and political allies) from public attack. The term disguises their plan to put weapons in... The Profits of War: Planning to Bomb Iran: Against The Current vol. 125 Hossein-zadeh, Ismael Article 2006 It is no longer a secret that the Bush administration has been methodically paving the way toward a bombing strike against Iran. The administration’s plans of an aerial military attack against that co... Putting the Arms Industry on Trial Douglas, Sean Article 2014 Sean Douglas and other activists are prosecuting two companies that promoted torture equipment in the UK. Surveillance Capitalism: Monopoly-Finance Capital, the Military-Industrial Complex, and the Digital Age  Foster, John Bellamy; McChesney, Robert W. Article 2014 A massive corporate sales effort and military-industrial complex constituted the two main surplus-absorption mechanisms in the U.S. economy in the first quarter-century after the Second World War, fol... Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky Chomsky, Noam; edited by Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel Book 2001 In a series of enlightening and wide-ranging discussions, all published here for the first time, Chomsky radically reinterprets the events of the past three decades, covering topics from foreign polic... Unspeakable: the Black Book of Imperial Terrorism Street, Paul Article 2017 American "mainstream" journalists who want to keep their paychecks flowing and their status afloat know they must report current events in a way that respects the taboo status of the nation's underlyi... The U.S. Military Under Stress: Against The Current vol. 112 Ensign, Todd Article 2004 John Kerry's campaign tome should dispel any illusion that he has any significant differences with George Bush on the aggressive use of the U.S. military to defend the empire. Victory Assured on the Military's Main Battlefield -- Washington Cockburn, Andrew Article 2016 When it comes to Pentagon weapons systems, have you ever heard of cost "underruns? I think not. Cost overruns? They turn out to be the unbreachable norm, as they seem to have been from time immemorial... War Against the People: Israel, The Palestinians and Global Pacification Halper, Jeff Book 2015 Governments today are waging a 'war against the people' -- whether 'securitization' against asylum seekers in Fortress Europe, 'counterinsurgency' in Afghanisation, or the subliminal war of policy and... War Colleges: The Politics of Militarization and Corporatization in Higher Education Girous, Henry Article 2011 One consequence of the increasing militarization of American society can be seen in changes that have taken place in public and higher education. Schools have become the testing grounds for new modes ... What If ObamaCare was a Fighter Jet?: Prospering Through Failure Sottile, JP Article 2013 Like the comically bad roll-out of the Affordable Care Act’s website, the long-delayed and often-rejiggered F-35 program is a costly disaster rife with technological snafus, software problems and repe... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesAntiwar.com Libertarian-capitalist site opposed to imperialism and war, with extensive news and analysis.
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade COAT is a national network of individuals and organizations in Canada that began in late 1988 to organize opposition to ARMX '89, which was the country's largest weapons bazaar. COAT has continued to ... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryLurching to War Introduction to the October 15, 2016 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli 2016 Capitalism hates competition, and the U.S., the world's dominant capitalist power, has never tolerated competitors, rivals, or leaders who dare to put their own country ahead of U.S. interests. Mercenaries on the make Iraq is now awash with unaccountable 'security contractors' Scahill, Jeremy 2007 Contracted mercenaries now outnumber American troops in Iraq. These contractors are immune to prosecution for any wrongdoing in Iraq thanks to provisional laws that came into effect after the invasion... MoD staff and thousands of military officers join arms firms Guardian research in the aftermath of the 'jobs for generals' scandal shows extent of links between MoD and private sector Hopkins, Nick; Evans, Rob; Norton-Taylor, Richard 2012 Conflicts of interests are brought to light as senior military personnel depart the military and transition into the private sector side of the military industrial complex. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 15, 2016 Lurching to War Diemer, Ulli (ed.) 2016 The risk of nuclear war is as great now as it was at the height of the Cold War. From the time the Warsaw Pact dissolved itself and the Soviet Union collapsed, the United States has single-mindedly pu... Tainted politics of a nuclear umbrella Monbiot, George 2008 A review of the US Pentagon's Missile Defence program since its incepton in 1946. From the Connexions ArchivesMaking a Killing The Canada-Israel Military-Industrial Partnership Young, Art (ed.) Article 2009 Canadian companies supply many essential components to Israel's war machine. This pamphlet provides information on the arms trade that will help to strengthen the movement for boycott, divestment and ... |
