Links and Resources

Maryland’s coalition to Fund Our Communities, Bring the War Dollars Home:
http://ourfunds.org/

Peace Action Montgomery:
http://www.peaceactionmc.org/

Progressive Democrats of America:
http://www.pdamerica.org/

New Priorities Network:
http://newprioritiesnetwork.org/

Fellowship of Reconciliation:
http://forusa.org/

Information on the Budget Deal:

What the Debt Deal Costs:
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/08/debt_deal_choices.html

Comparison of all recent deficit reduction plans:
http://armscontrolcenter.org/policy/securityspending/articles/2010_Deficit_Reduction/

There is an Alternative: The People’s Budget

Article on the People’s Budget :
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/the-peoples-budget_b_846573.html

About the People’s Budget, from the Congressional Progressive Caucus:
http://grijalva.house.gov/uploads/People%27s%20Budget%20One-Page%20Handout.pdf

Web Sites with Good Resources on the Budget and/or Military Spending

Institute for Policy Studies: http://www.ips-dc.org/
Center for American Progress: http://www.americanprogress.org/
Coalition on Human Needs: http://www.chn.org/
Friends Committee on National Legislation: http://www.fcnl.org/budget/
National Priorities Project: http://nationalpriorities.org/en/

Articles on Military Spending:

Letter from MD state legislators to the MD Congressional delegation:
http://ourfunds.org/2011/03/40-md-legislators-ask-congress-to-move-money-from-pentagon-to-communities/

Three Good Reasons to Liquidate Our Empire:
http://www.nationofchange.org/three-good-reasons-liquidate-our-empire-1312817571

Refocusing Defense Strategy:
http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/defense/refocusing_strategy

Lowering the War Ceiling:
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/02-1

$1.2 Trillion the National Security Figure No One Wants You to See:
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/01-7


For these and other online resources, see Fund Our Communities
http://ourfunds.org/