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Check out this amazing video from our partner organization Religions for Peace. So far they’ve amassed an unprecedented 20 million signatures from all over the world against rampant military spending.
UN HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS MARKS GDAMS!
The United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs made a statement on the occasion of GDAMS in support of our efforts to demilitarize for development. “In her message to mark the Global Day of Action on Military Spending, the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Angela Kane, highlighted the vast hidden human cost of excessive [...]
GDAMS 2.0 A MASSIVE WORLDWIDE SUCCESS
Through four months of fruitful outreach, fortifying and expanding the network of civil society groups that make up the Global Day on Military Spending (GDAMS) coalition, the second Global Day last Tuesday, 17 April, was a tremendous success worldwide. The International Peace Bureau (IPB) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) were able to convince [...]
SIPRI Releases 2011 Numbers on Military Spending
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI, has published its annual calculations of global military spending. This year there is some reason for hope, as the slight increase in military spending around the world marks a major slowdown compared to global trends since September 11, 2001. Nevertheless, spending did go up from 2010, and modest cuts will not be enough to free up the resources necessary to reach the millennium development goals, nor to mark a true reversal of priorities from militarism and corporate greed to human needs and environmental sustainability.
VIDEO: Nobel Laureate Óscar Arias: GDAMS and the Power of Demilitarization
The former Costa Rican President and 1987 Nobel Peace Prize winner has done us the honor of putting together this video in honor of the Global Day of Action on Military Spending! Without an army, Costa Rica has been able to invest public resources in the public interest – education, healthcare, development, humanity. Arias shares [...]
April Newsletter! Last One Before GDAMS!
Our final Newsletter before the big day on April 17th is here. In it you will find a summary of the events planned around the world – we’re on every continent, in more than 35 countries with over 100 actions! You’ll also see some important reminders on how to maximize your event’s impact. We especially [...]
Campaign Update
February 22nd, 2011 
editor Folks, we’re now less than two months from the big day. We are thrilled to have been joined by groups and organizers from Finland, Norway, Australia, Nepal, Pakistan, New York, and others in recent weeks.
Be sure to check out some of our new resources. For groups in the U.S., we hope you’ll check out our U.S. Tax Day Materials for information on organizing events that tackle specifically how our tax dollars are tied up in the military.
For all organizers and aspiring participants, we hope you’ll check out our new Meetup page to hammer out the details of your local events. It’s a great way for participants and organizers to touch base. Send the link to your networks — with any luck it will take on a life of its own!
Report: Questioning Arms Spending in Malaysia
February 22nd, 2011 editor 
Check out this report on how Malaysia’s naval expenditures balloon from GDAMS partner Kua Kia Soong.
VIDEO: “If I Had A Trillion Dollars”
February 22nd, 2011 editor 
The American Friends Service Committee and National Priorities Project recently sponsored a video contest for students to show what they would do if they had a trillion dollars. Check out this winning entry!
PRESS RELEASE: No Taxation without Demilitarization!
February 18th, 2011 editor 
New GDAMS Press Release to the Institute for Public Accuracy:
“Here in the United States, our focus will be on the huge portion of U.S. taxes that go to the military budget. Our call for 2011 is: No Taxation Without Demilitarization!”
NEW ORGANIZING MATERIALS: Actions for U.S. Tax Day
February 17th, 2011 editor In partnership with the New Priorities Network, many of our U.S. GDAMS affiliates — including the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC — will be organizing GDAMS events geared specifically toward Tax Day, which comes just three days after April 12 in the U.S. We have created a new page — available in the top navigation bar — with materials and information you can use for organizing a U.S. Tax Day event, in addition to the Organizers Packet that is already available.
Check it out: U.S. Tax Day Materials
Fact Sheet: 2009 Top Military Spenders
February 16th, 2011 editor 
As we prepare for the release of SIPRI’s estimates of global military spending in 2010, let’s take a quick look at the ledger for the top 15 spenders in 2009. An excellent resource for American organizers in particular.
