Military Industrial Complex Archives – The Real News Network

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to announce the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

AOC: US-Israeli military integration measure “existential threat” to democracy

by Sharon Zhang July 23, 2026July 23, 2026

The measure, known as Section 219, is included in the Pentagon budget bill advancing through Congress.

A pro-Palestine protester holds a placard that says, "No more research for IOF (Israeli Occupation Forces)" during the rally. Rallies and protest camps persist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus as student demonstrators demand divestment from Israeli military ties. Photo by Vincent Ricci/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Higher education must not become a research arm of militarized power

by Henry A. Giroux June 9, 2026June 9, 2026

Politics and Movements: US

Abby Martin: The US military machine is destroying our planet

by Maximillian Alvarez June 1, 2026June 1, 2026

Northrop-Grumman's employees came out in force to observe the 20th anniversary celebration of the first flight of the B-2 stealth bomber. Photo by Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

War isn’t working for American workers

by Lorah Steichen April 24, 2026April 24, 2026

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought speaks during a news conference after a meeting with President Donald Trump, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., ahead of the deadline to fund the government and try to avoid a government shutdown, at the White House on Monday, September 29, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

‘A moral obscenity’: Trump budget pairs record military boost with billions in cuts to social programs

by Jake Johnson April 3, 2026April 3, 2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gestures as he speaks to the press following a G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting with Partner Countries before his departure at the Bourget airport in Le Bourget, outside Paris, on March 27, 2026. Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / POOL / AFP via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Rubio ironically says Iran should spend money on its people, not on the military

by Sharon Zhang April 1, 2026April 1, 2026

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Politics and Movements: US

Abby Martin: The US military is ‘Earth’s greatest enemy’

by Maximillian Alvarez March 27, 2026March 27, 2026

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host tech leaders, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Microsoft founder Bill Gates (R) for a dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2025. Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Trump and Silicon Valley’s plan to rule the world with AI weapons

by Marc Steiner September 9, 2025September 9, 2025

Israeli security forces gather at the site of an attack near the village of al-Funduq, in the occupied West Bank, on January 6, 2025. Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images

Prisons and Policing

‘Deadly Exchange’: US sends hundreds of law enforcement to Israel to learn ‘worst practices’ from IDF

by Victoria Valenzuela January 7, 2025January 8, 2025

The body of a dead baby is wrapped in a white body bag with their face visible. The child is held in the arms of an adult.

The Marc Steiner Show

Chris Hedges: Israel’s endgame is ‘destruction of the idea of Palestine’

by Marc Steiner November 7, 2023October 7, 2024

Two helmeted US soldiers seen from the back, looking into binoculars at a small mushroom cloud in the distance.

US to begin sending depleted uranium shells to Ukraine

by Common Dreams Staff September 8, 2023September 8, 2023

A woman in a coat and hat cries into a handkerchief amidst the rubble of a building. Behind her is a blue sky and the steeple of a cathedral.

The Cultural Front

The Washington Post keeps cheerleading sending cluster bombs to Ukraine

by Brandon Warner August 1, 2023August 1, 2023