Activists are planning a tribunal where they will try the worlds biggest weapons manufacturers for war crimes.
nearly $1.7 trillion of funding for FY2023, but of that money, $858 billion is earmarked for the military and an additional $45 billion in ‘emergency assistance to Ukraine and our NATO allies.’ This means that more than half is not being used for ‘non-defense discretionary programs’ — and even that lesser portion includes $118.7 billion for funding of the Veterans Administration, another military-related expense.
The appallingly greedy Pentagon budget represents a corporate takeover of the U.S. Congress. As the coffers of weapons manufacturers swell, these military contractors hire legions of highly paid lobbyists tasked with persuading elected officials to earmark even more funds for companies like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon United, and General Atomics. According to militarists, stockpiles of weapons must be used up, in order to justify more weapons manufacturing.
One step we can take involves both political and humanitarian efforts to hold accountable the corporations profiting from the U.S. military budget. Drawing on Phil Berrigan’s steadfastness, activists worldwide arethe Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal scheduled to be held November 10 to 13, 2023. The Tribunal intends to collect evidence about crimes against humanity committed by those who develop, store, sell, and use weapons to commit crimes against humanity.
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