The U.S. military is the world's biggest and most destructive polluter. Stopping the war machine is an essential part of saving the earth.
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Pentagon Pollution, 2: Military waste sickens land and people
The U.S. military generates more toxic waste than the five largest US chemical companies combined.
Pentagon Pollution, 3: Chemical warfare and Agent Orange
Four decades after the U.S. military fled Vietnam, millions of children and adults still suffer the devastating effects of its deliberately ecocidal assault
Pentagon Pollution, 4: A biological bargain with the devil
The "war on terror" includes massive federal funding for secret research on the most lethal bacteria and viruses with no known cure
Pentagon Pollution, 5: The deadly impact of depleted uranium
The use of depleted uranium weapons in the Balkans and Iraq has left a long-term legacy of cancers and birth defects among civilians
Pentagon Pollution, 6: Weapons of mass destruction in slow motion
During and after the Pentagon's wars, landmines and cluster bombs kill and maim, while blocking resettlement and agriculture in the poorest regions
Pentagon Pollution, 7: The military assault on global climate
The U.S. military is the single greatest institutional contributor to the growing natural disasters intensified by global climate change.
The extraordinary communities that arise in disaster
Challenging common myths, Rebecca Solnit shows that ordinary people often respond to disaster with self-sacrifice, humanity, kindness and basic solidarity
The liberal attack on Naomi Klein and ‘This Changes Everything’
Naomi Klein's inspiring book frightens capitalism's liberal defenders, making them desperate to blunt and undermine its message.
Syriza: A left-green government in Greece?
Syriza's colors are red and purple and green, identifying it as socialist, feminist and environmentalist. Its platform includes all the key demands of the Green Party.