Frida Berrigan

Frida Berrigan, a TomDispatch regular, writes the Little Insurrections blog for WagingNonviolence.org, is the author of It Runs In The Family: On Being Raised By Radicals and Growing Into Rebellious Motherhood, and lives in New London, Connecticut.

School lockdown drill

When Your 3-Year-Old Son Asks, ‘Are They Going to Kill Me?’ When Your 3-Year-Old Son Asks, ‘Are They Going to Kill Me?’

We shouldn’t have to explain lockdown drills to preschoolers.

Dec 22, 2015 / Frida Berrigan

Mother and child in Detroit

The Art of Parenting on a Disappearing Planet The Art of Parenting on a Disappearing Planet

From mommy magazines to child-development specialists, we are constantly told how to protect our children—but how do we protect them from climate change?

Oct 6, 2015 / Frida Berrigan

Uncle Pentagon: Growing Up in the Shadow of the American War State

Uncle Pentagon: Growing Up in the Shadow of the American War State Uncle Pentagon: Growing Up in the Shadow of the American War State

For the daughter of two radical pacifists, antiwar advocacy runs in the family.

Mar 10, 2015 / Frida Berrigan

For the Sixty-Fourth Time: No More Nuclear War For the Sixty-Fourth Time: No More Nuclear War

On the 64th anniversary of atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki the threat of a nuclear war remains potent. US nuclear policy hasn't changed enough since the Bush years.

Aug 5, 2009 / Feature / Frida Berrigan

Is the Next Defense Budget a Stimulus Package? Is the Next Defense Budget a Stimulus Package?

World War II defense spending helped pull us out of a depression, but don't count on that happening this time.

Mar 12, 2009 / Editorial / Frida Berrigan

Can Obama Take On the Pentagon? Can Obama Take On the Pentagon?

Taking on the Pentagon, with its mega-budget and its mega-power, may be the hardest task Barack Obama faces.

Nov 25, 2008 / Feature / Frida Berrigan

US Marine

Operation Endless Deployment Operation Endless Deployment

The war with Iraq is part of a larger plan for global military dominance.

Oct 3, 2002 / Feature / William D. Hartung, Michelle Ciarrocca, and Frida Berrigan

War, Inc. War, Inc.

Expanding the US global military presence is costly to taxpayers but highly profitable for private military contractors.

Oct 3, 2002 / Feature / William D. Hartung, Michelle Ciarrocca, and Frida Berrigan

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