Transition Security Project

Investigating the US and UK military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats. By @Cmmonwealth and @cplusci.

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While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.

Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵

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Around the world and in Hawaiʻi, base conversions have often offered civilian infrastructure for the benefit of local communities.

How can we learn from those and imagine a future beyond bases in Hawaiʻi?

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Leases on more than a fifth of the 222,000 acres of Hawaiian land occupied by the US military are set to expire.

What could Hawaiʻi look like if the military didn’t occupy so much land?

Watch our new video to learn more 👇

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Combining archival material, historical research, cartographic techniques and community consultation, we’ve produced a video mapping the potential for military base conversion, based on calls from local organisers for reparative justice and land return.

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“Pentagon & state officials claim the US military contributes roughly $10bn annually to Hawaiʻi’s economy. The real figure is $7.2bn — nearly 30% less — representing 6.4% of GDP, not the purported 9.2%.”

Find out more about the true costs of the US military in Hawaiʻi. 👇

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NEW: The U.S. military's presence in Hawaiʻi has been touted as a boon for the local economy. But our new report reveals a slew of hidden costs behind the overstated benefits—including environmental harms that disproportionately affect native Hawaiians. https://t.co/7HyL6xNYsm

[Institute for Policy Studies @IPS_DC]

NEW: The U.S. military's presence in Hawaiʻi has been touted as a boon for the local economy. But our new report reveals a slew of hidden costs behind the overstated benefits—including environmental harms that disproportionately affect native Hawaiians. https://t.co/7HyL6xNYsm

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“Expiring military leases on Hawaii’s public lands around 2029 create a once-in-a-generation window to re-examine the costs of the military’s footprint.”

We're excited to support this crucial analysis on the true cost of the U.S. military In Hawaii. 👇

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«A los políticos les es cada vez más difícil justificar la alianza con EEUU»

https://t.co/G3obCE7ErW

Entrevista a Khem Rogaly, experto en industria militar que ha pasado por Euskal Herria

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[Institute for Policy Studies @IPS_DC]

This report, produced by ʻĀina Aloha Economic Futures, ʻĪlioʻulaokalani Coalition, Institute for Policy Studies, @sierraclubhi, @CostsOfWar, and @TransitionSec, challenges long-held claims about the military's presence in Hawaiʻi. https://t.co/7HyL6xNYsm

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As Pentagon demand for minerals grows, Canada’s mining expansion is accelerating extraction on Indigenous territories.

Read Nessie Nankivell’s recent essay on how US military demand is intensifying extraction on indigenous lands at our website. 👇

https://t.co/YFQRKDccjJ

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“From Canada’s underbelly came the uranium for the U.S.’s nuclear bombs, nickel for armoured plates on its battleships, and aluminium for its warplanes.”

🖋️ Nessie Nankivell writes on mineral extraction and the US military for @TheBreachMedia 🔗👇

https://t.co/rmHlPyaGbR

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🚨 NEW ESSAY: “Military Minerals: How US Military Demand Is Intensifying Extraction on Indigenous Lands”

Nessie Nankivell explores the Pentagon’s expansion of mining on Indigenous territories in Canada.

https://t.co/YFQRKDccjJ

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Read our new essay by Nessie Nankivell “Military Minerals: How US Military Demand Is Intensifying Extraction on Indigenous Lands in Canada” on our website.

https://t.co/YFQRKDccjJ

[Transition Security Project @TransitionSec]

🚨 NEW ESSAY: “Military Minerals: How US Military Demand Is Intensifying Extraction on Indigenous Lands”

Nessie Nankivell explores the Pentagon’s expansion of mining on Indigenous territories in Canada.

https://t.co/YFQRKDccjJ

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Militarised mining in Ontario’s Ring of Fire region could mean ecological risk, land dispossession & ongoing colonial violence for Neskantaga First Nation.

Their message is clear: “all attempts to fast-track to the Ring of Fire will fail … Our people will meet you on the land”.