arms industry

The death of the "Israel Lobby?"

Django — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:32:05 +0000

The news that president Bush vetoed Israeli plans to attack Iranian nuclear facilities whilst visiting the country in May should, with some luck, permanently put to bed the belief shared by conservatives, liberals and leftists alike in the “Israel Lobby”, and its grip on US interests.

South African workers refuse to move arms bound for Zimbabwe

dara — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:42:12 +0000

A boat carrying an arms shipment destined for Zimbabwe is anchored at the South African port of Durban. However the South African Transport Workers' Union has already announced that their members will not offload any of the cargo, nor will any of their truckers transport it.

US: Machinists to strike against Raytheon

catch — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:41:32 +0000

The machinists, who work at the company's plant in Tucson Arizon, voted 1,000-4 in favour of the strike yesterday at a meeting of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 933. Workers will be striking over a new contract which has yet to be agreed by the company.

1976: The fight for useful work at Lucas Aerospace

Steven. — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:08:07 +0000

In the 1970s workers at the Lucas Aerospace Company in Britain set out to defeat the bosses plans to axe jobs. They produced their own alternative "Corporate Plan" for the company's future. In doing so they attacked some of the underlying priorities of capitalism.

1986: The Iran-Contra Affair

Steven. — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:57:55 +0000

The major elements of the Iran/contra story were well known long before the 1986 exposures, apart from one fact: that the sale of arms to Iran via Israel and the illegal contra war run out of Colonel Oliver North's White House office were connected.

MoD PLC - The sell-off of the Ministry of Defence's research agency

Steven. — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:33:41 +0000

In case you missed it while checking your portfolios(!), last week ‘defence research’ group QinetiQ was floated on the stock exchange, which even in the world of cut-throat capitalism raised quite a few eyebrows and mutterings of ‘rip off’ - even from those unconcerned about the whole profiting-from-killing-people business.