The Military-Industrial Complex Is Killing Us All.

By DAVID VINE and THERESA (ISA) ARRIOLA

Freeing Ourselves from the Monster Destroying Our Planet and Our Futures.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower famously warned Americans about it in his 1961 farewell address, calling it for the first time “the military-industrial complex,” or the MIC.

The bulk of our taxpayer dollars are seized by a relatively small group of corporate war profiteers led by the five biggest companies profiting off the war industry: Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon (RTX), Boeing, and General Dynamics. As those companies have profited, the MIC has...

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