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The recent announcement by the British government that it plans a 40 percent increase in the number of nuclear weapons it possesses highlights the escalation of the exceptionally dangerous and costly nuclear arms race.
After decades of progress in reducing nuclear arsenals through arms control and disarmament agreements, all the nuclear powers are once again busily upgrading their nuclear weapons capabilities. For several years, the U.S. government has been engaged in a massive nuclear “modernization” program, designed to refurbish its production facilities, enhance existing weapons, and build new ones. The Russian government, too, is investing heavily in beefing up its nuclear forces, and in July 2020, President Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian navy would soon be armed with hypersonic nuclear weapons and underwater nuclear drones. Meanwhile, China, India, Pakistan, and North Korea are expanding the size of their nuclear a
Lawrence S. Wittner: Despite COVID-19, other crises, major powers increased military spending in 2020
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Last year was a terrible time for vast numbers of people around the globe, who experienced not only a terrible disease pandemic, accompanied by widespread sickness and death, but severe economic hardship.
Even so, the disasters of 2020 were not shocking enough to jolt the world’s most powerful nations out of their traditional preoccupation with enhancing their armed might, for once again they raised their military spending to new heights.
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FILE. Letter writer says, The Albany Common Council meeting Feb. 18 was devoted primarily to condemning the anti-union policies of Albany Medical Center and for good reason. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union
The Albany Common Council meeting Feb. 18 was devoted primarily to condemning the anti-union policies of Albany Medical Center and for good reason. In 2018, after the nurses at Albany Med, by an overwhelming vote, approved union representation by the New York State Nurses Association, management adopted the tactic that many unscrupulous employers use to destroy a fledgling union: endless stalling in negotiations over a first contract. In response to management’s dilatory negotiating behavior, the nurses and their community supporters have staged numerous rallies, picketed, held press conferences, posted lawn signs and distributed
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