Chicago Should Divest from Weapons Manufacturers
Chicago pension funds are currently invested in massive weapons manufacturers. But community investments are not only better political options, they make more financial sense.
Chicago pension funds are currently invested in massive weapons manufacturers. But community investments are not only better political options, they make more financial sense.
Our town is home to Wall Street, the conduit of this industry of continuous war, the profiteers of the weapons of mass extinction, the channel of the great and present threat of future generations existence. Fortunately the city has concerned leaders who are pushing back.
How the United States and its NATO allies act now and in the coming months will be crucial in determining whether Ukraine is destroyed by years of war or whether this war ends quickly through a diplomatic process.
Anti-war organizers in Toronto just put up a billboard of a “corrected” Lockheed Martin ad on Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office building.
Guests in the following video include Rachel Small, World BEYOND War Canada Organizer.
The possibility that Costa Rica did something significant and hugely beneficial by abolishing its military is generally dealt with by ignoring it, but sometimes by making excuses for it.
Montréal for a World BEYOND War gathered downtown on Friday, April 22 as part of the Global Mobilization to #StopLockheedMartin.
Members of World Beyond War Victoria (WBWV) have joined with members of local spiritual communities and other peace groups to establish Canada’s first independent, in-person learning peace education centre.
World BEYOND War and allies protested outside Lockheed Martin’s headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland during its Annual General Meeting and delivered a petition with thousands of signatures calling on Lockheed to convert from weapons manufacturing to peaceful industries.