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END ENDLESS WARS!
The federal government has become a permanent warfare state. It has been at constant war since 2001, and almost as constantly since the Korean War. It currently maintains over 730 military bases worldwide. Current U. S. military spending is greater than that of the next 9 highest national military budgets combined.
Yet as costly as it is to us, the corporate interests that dominate government today find it immensely profitable. Fed by our own tax dollars, supported by Democrats and Republicans alike, the military industrial complex has become a mainstay of our economy. In addition, the interests of multinational corporations generally have driven our government to seek to dominate other nations, in order to control their resources and markets, and provide investment opportunities where labor costs, taxes and/or regulations are kept low.
The Illinois Green Party opposes aggressive war and intervention as a matter of central principle. We oppose the continuing occupation of Afghanistan, the drone strikes and other military attacks on other nations, unconstitutionally ordered by the president without congressional authority — and any military intervention and war, excepting for legitimate self-defense to repel an attack. We call for a redefinition of “national security” – a definition based on providing for the economic security and well-being of the people of the nation, rather than the ability to militarily dominate any other nation around the globe.
While it is true that the military-industrial complex does employ many civilians, studies have shown that expending the same tax dollars on clean energy, health care, education and other social needs would create far more employment. Thus the military-industrial complex does not promote national security but detracts from it. Principled opposition to war is necessary – but not sufficient.
It is not enough to be “anti-war”; we must be pro-peace. It is not enough to protest against war: We must understand and eliminate the structural, economic causes of war. Here again, the immediate struggle against militarism and war must be linked to the larger struggle against corporate domination of our economy, government and media. If we do not fight the corporatist agenda, if we do not dismantle the military-industrial complex, if we do not put an end to corporate domination of our government, we will be doomed to continuing periodic protests against continuing periodic wars. Accordingly, while waging the larger fight against corporate domination, the Illinois Green Party, and its candidates for federal office, are committed to the struggle, not only against war, but against militarism.
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