Latest Addition: United States Militarism, Global Instability and Environmental Destruction by Richard Wilcox, December, 2003 This paper will employ the concept of militarism in the broadest sense. At the time of writing, the U.S. is not directly under military control and is nominally under civilian rule. However, extensive military operations are integral to the operations of empire, Pax Americana. Global instability refers to many areas in the social and natural worlds that are affected by the military empire. Environmental destruction will be treated as the major and culminating theme of this paper since without a thriving habitat, Homo sapiens will cease to exist. 1. Introduction 2. The U.S. imperial alliance system 2.1 Socio-political background 2.2 Economic genocide 2.3 Murdering the body politic 2.4 Building empire 2.5 Social impacts 2.6 Spreading like cancer 3. Environmental impacts: The case of Japan 3.1 Political background 3.2 Okinawa: 'A great stationary aircraft carrier' 3.3 Depleted uranium 3.4 Ui Jun, fighter for environmental justice 3.5 No nukes! 3.6 Making noise 4. Environmental impacts in the U.S. and abroad 4.1 Toxic pollution 4.2 Undermining environmental protection laws 4.3 Depleted uranium 4.4 Undermining global security 4.5 Toward omnicide 5. Conclusion 6. References ***   Campaigns: Please note campaings are listed in no particular order. This list will be added to as and when I discover information. For Mother Earth Join the International Day of Anti-war Boycott Action Tuesday 15th April Sign up to support this day of action with your group!! We are looking for organisers in all corners of the planet. Actions could include picketting a McDonalds, having restaurant owners withdraw US products, schools withdrawing Coke machines, e-mail avalanches calling for a boycott, shutting down an Esso petrol station... 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