http://netvouz.com/narky/tag/funding?feed=rss narky's bookmarks tagged "funding" on Netvouz http://www.helencaldicott.com The single most articulate and passionate advocate of citizen action to remedy the nuclear and environmental crises, Dr Helen Caldicott, has devoted the last 35 years to an international campaign to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age and the necessary changes in human behavior to stop environmental destruction. Political narky Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:08:37 GMT http://www.amazon.com/New-Nuclear-Danger-Military-Industrial-Complex/dp/1565847407 Since September 11, it has become clear that the United States is headed for more military funding to fight the "war on terrorism." But as longtime antinuclear activist, author and pediatrician Caldicott (Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do) shows, this buildup is nothing new with the exception of the first President Bush, U.S. policy has generally favored military spending. But spending on nuclear weapons is ineffective in fighting terrorists holed up in caves, Caldicott contends. Using a medical model, she focuses on what she calls the "disease" before she launches into her "remedy." She is strongest focusing on the ties between the American nuclear arsenal and large corporations, which have only their own interests at heart a point that should resonate in t Political > Books narky Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:07:36 GMT