How the ‘West Point Mafia’ Runs Washington
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What If They Called an Election and Nothing Changed in the War State?
What If They Called an Election and Nothing Changed in the War State?
This election season, neither Democrats nor Republicans challenged the cultural components justifying the great game, which is evidence of one thing: empires come home, folks, even if the troops never seem to.
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House Democrats Warn Biden Against Hiring SecDef With Arms Industry Ties
House Democrats Warn Biden Against Hiring SecDef With Arms Industry Ties
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Progressive House Democrats urge Biden against Defense chief with contractor ties
“The transition from President Trump’s administration to yours promises to be the end of what you have called ‘the dark era,’ ” they added. “The legacy of Trump’s presidency will undoubtedly linger, but one way we can quickly distance the nation from the stain of his tenure is to immediately remove the profiteering ethos Donald Trump fostered throughout government.”
US prison labour, foreign weapons-makers finance Australian government think tank ASPI
US prison labour, foreign weapons-makers finance Australian government think tank ASPI
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is not only funded by the Defence Department but also receives sponsorship money from foreign governments, weapons manufacturers, and US corporations that have used or are using prison workers paid as little as 23 cents an hour. Marcus Reubenstein reports.
Sinophobia Inc: Understanding the Anti-China Industrial Complex
Sinophobia Inc: Understanding the Anti-China Industrial Complex
The revolving door of the military-industrial complex crosses party lines. Take Randall Schriver, a China hawk hand-picked by Steve Bannon to serve as the Trump Administration’s Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs. Schriver was the founding president of the Project 2049 Institute, a hardline security think tank funded by weapons giants like Lockheed Martin and General Atomics and government entities including the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense and the National Endowment for Democracy. Predictably, under Schriver’s leadership, Project 2049 called for increased arms sales to Japan and Taiwan while sounding the alarm on the supposed threat of a “flash invasion” of Taiwan or a “sharp war” with Japan.
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Mike Pompeo Asks China to Reconsider Sanctions on Lockheed Martin
Mike Pompeo Asks China to Reconsider Sanctions on Lockheed Martin
Whilst some experts have argued the sanctions are “symbolic” others have pointed out that whilst the firm does little direct business in China, it nevertheless relies heavily on rare earth exports from the country which constitute 80% of U.S supplies.
China will sanction Lockheed Martin over arms sales to Taiwan
Trump Invokes Defense Production Act to Produce Hypersonic Missile Parts, Space Launch Systems
Hawkish, Gov’t Funded Think Tank Behind Twitter Decision to Delete Thousands of Chinese Accounts
Twitter’s decision came after close collaboration with a deeply controversial U.S. and Australian government-funded think tank that has been denounced by Australia’s former ambassador in Beijing as “the architect of the China threat theory in Australia.”
Hawkish, Gov’t Funded Think Tank Behind Twitter Decision to Delete Thousands of Chinese Accounts
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Lockheed Martin hires Trump-tied lobbyist who pushed for strike against Iran
David Urban, a CNN contributor and former Trump campaign aide, pushed for a military strike on Iran while inking a lobbying deal with Lockheed Martin.
— Read on www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/06/lockheed-martin-hires-trump-tied-lobbyist/
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