We must DE-MILITARIZE our democracy!

March 21, 2021 GlenAnderson Conservatism and Right Wing, Democracy, Electoral Reforms, Voting Rights (Also see Political Parties and Elections), Examples of Parallax Views, Governmental Abuses, Human Rights, Judicial and Constitutional, Nonviolence (Also see Peace, Conflict Resolution, Organizing & Activism), Organizing & Activism (Also see Nonviolence, Outreach), Our Current Political Crisis (in addition to Trump and Trumpism), Peace (See Foreign Policy and specific nations and regions -- and ALSO see Military Spending and Nuclear Weapons) 0

It’s Time to Demilitarize Our Democracy.  The national security state has come to dominate our ostensibly “civilian” government.

See this February 1, 2021, article by Mandy Smithberger and William D. Hartung

 https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/military-pentagon-democracy/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%2002.01.2021&utm_term=daily

 

It was also posted here on  January 29, 2021:  Demilitarizing Our Democracy:  How the National Security State Has Come to Dominate a “Civilian” Government

https://www.juancole.com/2021/01/demilitarizing-democracy-government.html