View, read, listen to information and analysis on the connections between the climate crisis and militarism/war.
Recommended books:
- The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War by Neta C. Crawford
- What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Despair to Action by Veterans For Peace Advisory Board member Jane Fonda
- Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change by George Marshall
- The Militarization of Indian Country by Winona LaDuke
- Understanding the War Industry by Christian Sorensen
- Un-American: A Soldier's Reckoning of Our Longest War by Erik Edstrom
- I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor by Andrew Boyd
Recommended articles:
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"US Militarism Is a Leading Cause of the Climate Catastrophe" by VFP Advisory Board Member Marjorie Cohn
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"Against a Military Transition" by Nico Edwards and Khem Rogaly
- “Military Emissions Are Too Big To Keep Ignoring” - https://portside.org/2024-01-17/military-emissions-are-too-big-keep-ignoring
- “How the US Military Fuels Climate Change” - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/23/science/how-us-military-fuels-climate-change/
- “Emissions from Israel’s War on Gaza” - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/emissions-gaza-israel-hamas-war-climate-change
- Veterans target US military’s outsized impact on the climate crisis: https://wagingnonviolence.org/forusa/2021/12/veterans-target-us-militarys-outsized-impact-on-the-climate-crisis/
- “The Problem of the Unionized War Machine” - https://jewishcurrents.org/the-problem-of-the-unionized-war-machine
- “Tax Season Is Upon Us. But Who Pays Taxes? And How Are They Spent?” - https://apwu.org/news/magazine/tax-season-upon-us-who-pays-taxes-and-how-are-they-spent
- “NATO Cannot Combat Climate Change” - https://inkstickmedia.com/nato-cannot-combat-climate-change/
Recommended reports:
- Tipping Point North South report proposing an excess profits tax on the global arms industry. Foreword by Nick Dearden, Director Global Justice Now - https://transformdefence.org/publication/excessprofitstax/
- Synthesis Report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report, 2023 - https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/
- Pentagon Fuel Use, Climate Change, and the Costs of War by Brown University Costs of War Project - Pentagon Fuel Use, Climate Change, and the Costs of War
- Environmental Protection Agency 5th National Climate Assessment - https://www.epa.gov/climate-change
Recommended interviews:
- Veterans for Peace with Cindy Piester and Dr. Omar Clay on the good and bad of COP28 (soundcloud.com)
- Veterans For Peace Take on Climate Collapse with CCMP Steering Committee Member Vince Dijanich
- Veterans for Peace with Jim Rine of the VFP Climate Project on Militarism and the Climate
- Interview with CCMP member Steve Morse - "I was trying to put the army on trial"
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