When you put all of that together, these post-9/11 wars have already cost, or will cost, $8 trillion. And that number may continue to rise.
Interviews
Journalist Dave Lindorff Asks Why He Landed on a Terrorist Watch List
In 2018, the rumor circulated among alternative media that the Pentagon was operating with $21 trillion more than accounted for in its budget. While members of the press speculated that the federal government was printing the money, journalist Dave Lindorff doubted...
Raza Rumi and Sonali Samarasinghe on Survival and Journalism
On a recent episode of the WCIB news podcast “Asian in Ithaca: Stories of Race, Culture & Identity,” PCIM Director Raza Rumi told his story of working in, and being forced to flee, Pakistan. Sonali Samarasinghe, a journalist, human rights lawyer, and diplomat,...
Interview: Bill Fletcher Jr. on Protests against Racism
Longtime activist and writer Bill Fletcher Jr. speaks to PCIM Director Raza Rumi about the ongoing protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Fletcher says a variety of pressures exploded into a spontaneous, multiracial uprising rife with demands against not only...