Resources

Below is our curated collection of recommended articles, videos, websites, and organizing tools. Want to suggest a resource for this page? Email wirn@worldbeyondwar.org!

General Resources

Articles

1 in 3 Big Defense Contractors Profit from US Prisoner Suffering
Lessons from Pearl Harbor
“Queremos Vivir”: The Workers Who Wouldn’t Die for the Pentagon
Exclusive-Biden to Seek More Than $770 Billion in 2023 Defense Budget, Sources Say
War in Ukraine Spells Bounty for Weapons Contractors
America’s Military-Industrial Oligarchy vs. Our Small Towns
Weapons Industry Exploits Ukraine War as Profits Pile Up
The New Gold Rush: How Pentagon Contractors Are Cashing in on the Ukraine Crisis
Global Capitalism Has Become Dependent on War-Making to Sustain Itself
The Border-Industrial Complex in the Biden Era
10 Negative Consequences of Boundless US Militarism and Imperialism
Inside Lockheed Martin’s Sweeping Recruitment on College Campuses
While its Humanities programs suffer from budget cuts, Purdue University increases focus on military
Earth Day 8 walk away with a win
The Military-Industrial-Think Tank Complex
Book Review: The Trillion Dollar Silencer
William Astore: War Dividends
William Astore: The Mainstream Media and the US Military
David Swanson: Ukraine and the Anti-Communications System
Jeremy Scahill: The War Caucus Always Wins
William Hartung: Pentagon Profiteers: Executive Compensation in the Arms Industry
Ben Freeman and William Hartung: New Ukraine aid is a go – and it’s more than most US states get in a year
William Hartung: Profits of War: Corporate Beneficiaries of the Post-9/11 Pentagon Spending Surge
Indigo Olivier: Don’t just cut the defense spending. Convert the defense industry into a green powerhouse
Michael Klare: The Pentagon’s quest for academic intelligence (AI): Remilitarizing the university
Taylor Barnes: Utah refuses to share details of nuclear weapons plant subsidy
Jack Gilroy: Messing with the Merchants of Death
The largest military contractor in every state
Christian Sorensen: Public Need vs. the Business of War

Websites

National Priorities Project
Who Arms War? – A project from the World Peace Foundation
Costs of War – from Brown University
War Industry Muster – Who profits from war?
Government Contracts Won – find what defense contracts have been received by specific localities
Dissenters – Campus-based young BIPOC organization
National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY)
Divest from War, Reinvest in CODEPINK Approved Banks
Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal
Mapping the Business of War

Organizing tools, presentation slides, videos from Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal, & more

Letter to a CEO
Reject Raytheon AVL flyer
California media contact listing
(Prezi) The Think Tank Military Industrial Complex – Ben Freeman
National Priorities Trade-Off tool
Choose Action Now fact sheet
Handout – Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes FY2023
[Song – Listen Now!] Reject-Raytheon-AVL by Tom Neilson
Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal: Opening Session
Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal video #1: Why the US Military is in Syria
Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal video #2: Somalia, the U.S. Military, and Oil
Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal video #3: Understanding the War Industry, with Christian Sorensen
Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal video #4: Empire of War, with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson

Video Playlist

15 Videos