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Check out this exhaustive document released by our partner Org. Pax Christi. It’s a great resource on development, including on the estimated costs of the Millennium Development Goals, and on why development only seems so out of reach because of the elephant in the room: Military Spending.
January Newsletter
Our first Newsletter of 2012 is finally here! In it we will sum up global and regional trends in military spending, touch on a few of the development needs the world faces and cover a few steps you can start to take towards planning your action! There’s also a sneak peek of what we’ve got planned in Washington DC for April 17th!
GDAMS 2.0 Call to Action!
There are officially just 3 months remaining until GDAMS 2012! Check out this call to action, download it, and distribute it to your mailing lists, contacts, friends and relatives! Available for download in Japanese here. Available for download in German here. Bajen el llamado a la participación en español aquí. Download the call to action [...]
New Priorities Network: Federal Budget Preference Poll
Take the New Priorities Network poll, and share it with your networks!
Three very different federal budget choices are being proposed for fiscal year 2012:- President Obama’s Budget Framework
- The “People’s Budget” proposed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC)
- The GOP Budget proposed by House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI)
THIS POLL GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD IN THIS BUDGET DEBATE.
Event Reports!
Check out our new Event Reports page, where we’ll be uploading photos, videos, and reports we receive from our partners all over the world. We’ve got a good start, but there’s much more to come!
Reminder: if you haven’t sent us photos, video, or descriptions of your event, please do so at gdams2011@gmail.com (note: please do not use the Google group for this).
VIDEO: GDAMS Tax Day Questionnaire
We gave a short questionnaire to students at American University, who were none too pleased to learn about the incredibly high level of military spending in the United States. Check out the questionnaire in our U.S. Tax Day Materials and try it out on your own!
Video after the jump.
January Newsletter
January 29th, 2012 
editor 
Our first Newsletter of 2012 is finally here! In it we will sum up global and regional trends in military spending, touch on a few of the development needs the world faces and cover a few steps you can start to take towards planning your action! There’s also a sneak peek of what we’ve got planned in Washington DC for April 17th!
How Would NY Times Readers Cut Military Spending?
January 27th, 2012 editor 
This graphic, released in the wake of announced budget-increase slowdowns from the Pentagon, shows the areas of the U.S. Military that readers of the Times would cut. Have a look, and play imperialist and design your own military budget here!
Does the Public Favor Defense Budget Cuts?
January 27th, 2012 editor 
This analysis from Steven Kull at World Public Opinion shows how ready Americans are to cut military spending. Polling on the subject reveals that less informed respondents are less likely to favor cuts. GDAMS participants should focus on raising peoples’ awareness of just how wasteful and excessive military spending is, and what human cost that carries.
Kull writes:
“As respondents are given more information, support for reductions rises. When Quinnipiac University in March simply told respondents that defense, Social Security and Medicare together constitute more than half of the federal budget, 54% favored cutting defense spending.
Will Cutting the Defense Budget Leave America at Risk?
January 27th, 2012 editor 
In this article from The Atlantic Jeffery Smith breaks down the so-called ‘budget cuts’ to the Pentagon, touching on everything from jobs affected to potential security risks.
Smith states: “Actually, describing it as a cut is a misnomer. The plan actually calls for an increase in the national security budget over the next decade — but it would scale back the 18 percent boost previously set for that period.”
