In our Red Weekly Column, Labour Outlook’s Sam Browse writes on the proposal to lift military spending to 5% of GDP.
Tag: Military Spending
“Simply grotesque”: Stop the War respond to Defence Review
"The only beneficiaries of this defence review will be the warmongers & the arms companies."
Welfare not Warfare: the case against higher military spending
CND Vice President Kate Hudson sets out the case for a strong campaign against increased militarism.
Starmer’s ‘warfare state’ must be opposed – Red Weekly column
"We need to be clear what our priorities are - nurses, not nukes; books, not bombs; welfare, not warfare."
Stop the War slam Starmer’s ‘sickening’ spending priorities
"The PM’s announcement of a rapid increase in ‘defence’ spending to 2.6% by 2027 and to 3% in the next parliament was designed to appease Donald Trump and the right wing in Britain."
Trump is proof that the World can’t survive another “New American Century”
Trump's push to war and his dangerous climate change denial must be challenged - Paul Atkin spoke at a rally outside the US Embassy last week.
Spending billions on defence won’t restore stability – CND
"Far from creating stability, pouring billions more into the military and replacing Trident will only exacerbate domestic and global insecurity."