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The Peace Economy Project researches military spending, educates about the hazards of an unchecked military-industrial complex and advocates for conversion from a military- to a more stable, peace-based economy. We focus our attention on local weapons manu
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Escalation in Venezuela raises urgent questions about U.S. war powers.
As U.S. officials claim large-scale military action, key questions about congressional authorization, civilian harm, and executive authority remain unresolved. peaceeconomyproject.org/wordpress/es...
January 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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A little-noticed reported CIA drone strike in Venezuela raises important questions about oversight, covert authority, and the expanding use of force. Here’s what we know so far.

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A Little-Noticed Strike With Big Implications for U.S. Power
New reports reveal a CIA drone strike in Venezuela. We break down what’s known, what’s unclear, and why it raises concerns about oversight and militarization.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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There's still time to give before the year runs out. peaceeconomyproject.org/wordpress/ab...
December 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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We’re documenting how immigration enforcement, surveillance, and militarized power intersect—and who pays the price.

If you believe in transparency, human rights, and peace:
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#DomesticMilitarization #AbolishICE #FundPeace
December 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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DMW is Live!

We’re documenting how immigration enforcement, surveillance, and militarized tactics are expanding inside the U.S.—and what it means for our rights and communities. @alexjn.bsky.social
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#AbolishICE #EndMilitarization
ICE-Domestic Militarization Watch |
Welcome to the Domestic Militarization Watch The Domestic Militarization Watch (DMW) is an initiative of the Peace Economy Project (PEP) dedicated to monitoring how military practices, spending, and i...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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🚨 NEW CAMPAIGN LAUNCH 🚨

We just launched ICE & Domestic Militarization Watch, tracking enforcement, surveillance, and the erosion of civil liberties in U.S. communities.

🔎 Learn more: peaceeconomyproject.org/wordpress/ic...

#DomesticMilitarization #AbolishICE #CivilLiberties
ICE-Domestic Militarization Watch |
Welcome to the Domestic Militarization Watch The Domestic Militarization Watch (DMW) is an initiative of the Peace Economy Project (PEP) dedicated to monitoring how military practices, spending, and i...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Join us at the Valentine’s Day Vigil Against Gun Violence on Feb 14, 12 PM at the Deaconess Foundation.

We honor lives lost—especially the women whose deaths at the hands of intimate partners rarely make headlines.

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#EndGunViolence #LoveDemandsSafety
A Day of Love and Action: Valentine’s Vigil Against Gun Violence |
This Valentine's Day, Peace Economy Project invites you to gather in love, remembrance, and collective action at our Valentine's Vigil Against Gun Violence.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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📣 Follow PEP for updates on militarization, transparency, and human rights.

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December 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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NEW: Imran’s Unwellness Empire: Part II – Scars of Oppression.

Colonial violence doesn’t end—it mutates.
It lives on in memory, identity, biology, and generations of families.

Different histories, same architecture of trauma.

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Unwellness Empire: Part II – Scars of Oppression
How do the wounds of imperial violence live on in the mind and body?
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December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Settler violence in the West Bank is surging. Congress must act.
Tell your representatives: Pass the West Bank Violence Prevention Act (H.R.3045 / S.2667).
Accountability saves lives. #PeaceEconomyProject peaceeconomyproject.org/wordpress/st...
Stand for Peace: Urge Congress to Act Now
Pass the West Bank Violence Prevention Act (H.R. 3045 / S. 2667) Your voice can help save lives. A devastating rise in extremist settler violence is sweeping through Palestinian communities in the Wes...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Thank you! 💛✊🏽

Because of your support, we raised $4,005 on Giving Tuesday.
Your generosity strengthens our work to end militarization and build a peace-centered future.

We’re grateful for you. #GivingTuesday #ChoosePeace

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December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Today is Giving Tuesday, and Peace Economy Project is pushing for something bold:
a future where communities are funded, not militarized.

Your support truly matters — and it’s needed today more than ever.
Give here: peaceeconomyproject.org/wordpress/ab...

#GivingTuesday #FundPeaceNotWar
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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✨ MATCH UNLOCKED! ✨

Thanks to a generous board member, our $1,000 Good Now Farms match is now LIVE.

Every donation until midnight is doubled (up to $1,000).

Want to help build a real peace economy? Now is the moment.
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#GivingTuesday #PeaceEconomy
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The donation page for the Peace Economy Project to help support our work researching military spending and advocating for a more peace-based economy.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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COMING SOON: Domestic Militarization Watch.
A new initiative from Peace Economy Project tracking how militarization is shaping life inside the United States.

Because our communities deserve to know.
#DomesticMilitarizationWatch #DMW

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November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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One week until #GivingTuesday.
This year, we’re raising $10,000 to confront the rise of militarization in our communities.
Join us as we launch the Domestic Militarization Watch!
Donate early: peaceeconomyproject.org/wordpress/ab...
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Trump has directed the U.S. military to restart nuclear weapons testing after 30+ years. The U.S. then stood alone at the UN opposing the CTBT.

We must say NO to nuclear testing.
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#NuclearDisarmament #NoNukes #CTBT
A Dangerous Step Backward: Renewed Threat of Nuclear Testing | Friends Committee On National Legislation
On October 30, former President Donald Trump directed the U.S. military to restart nuclear weapons testing after more than 30 years of restraint.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Call Representative and tell them to vote YES on the Protect America’s Workforce Act @integritycoalition.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Charlotte is showing the country what community looks like.
As ICE and Border Patrol launch “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” residents are responding with courage, solidarity, and protection.
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Charlotte Residents Defend Community as ICE Arrives for Latest Trump Immigration Crackdown | Common Dreams
In Charlotte, NC, Trump's anti-immigration crackdown sparked outrage as Border Patrol and ICE agents targeted Latino communities. Local residents fought back, filming agents, handing out whistles, and...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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“We are living in an age of unwellness—our minds haunted, our bodies marked, our planet burning. But what if it’s all the same disease?”

In Unwellness Empire, PEP Fellow Imran Hossain traces how dehumanization shapes our crises of mind, body, and Earth.

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Unwellness Empire: The Politics of Mind, Body, and Earth
Part 1 - The Architecture of Dehumanization
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November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Democracy thrives when communities are supported, not surveilled; when people are empowered, not patrolled, says Katerina Canyon of @peaceeconomy.bsky.social.
Our Cities Are Not Training Grounds for War
​What neighborhoods need are affordable housing, accessible healthcare, well-funded schools, and good jobs—not Humvees on their corners.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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What does it mean when private wealth fuels public policing?

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#Demilitarization #PublicAccountability #PeaceEconomy
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November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The third nuclear age isn’t coming — it’s here.
Deterrence is shifting, arms control is collapsing, and emerging tech like AI + hypersonics is raising the risk of miscalculation.

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#NuclearRisk #ArmsControl #PeaceSecurity #NuclearWeapons
The third nuclear age is here. With more dangers
The sobering reality is that nuclear danger has not gone away. Regional deterrence relationships are being tested by border tensions and military modernisation of adversaries.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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The Pentagon’s new press rules mark a dangerous step toward censorship.
When journalists are forced to sign away their right to report, democracy itself is at risk.

🕊️ We stand with the reporters who walked out.

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#FreedomOfThePress #DemocracyMatters
The Pentagon’s New Rules Silence the Press — and the People’s Right to Know |
The First Amendment guarantees freedom of the press as a cornerstone of democracy — yet, the Pentagon’s new rules for journalists threaten to dismantle that foundation piece by piece. Last week, dozen...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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The U.S. has quietly massed F-35s, destroyers, and Marines in the Caribbean—reviving a Puerto Rican base closed for decades. Officials call it “counter-narcotics,” but it looks like pressure on Venezuela. Militarism isn’t peace. It’s profit.
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Here’s what the US military has positioned in the Caribbean as Trump pressures Venezuela | CNN
The US military has been steadily massing a large number of troops, naval and air assets in the Caribbean over the last two months, conducting training missions off the coast of Venezuela, reopening a...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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🚨 Despite declining crime rates in cities like Memphis, Chicago & Baltimore, the Trump admin is sending troops into Black communities.

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#EndMilitarization #BlackLivesMatter #PeaceEconomy
The Not-So-Hidden Agenda Behind the Troop Deployments
Data contradicts the official narrative, raising troubling questions about the motivations driving the militarization of Black communities.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM