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| Rethink Weapons Exports |
By Kristin Y. Christman 2018-04-11
... Instead of resolving conflict, weapons dealers thrive within it, like parasites infesting a wound. As William Hartung describes in "Prophets of War," Lockheed Martin has lobbied to drive foreign policy towards company goals of increasing foreign exports by 25 percent. Lockheed pushed for NATO expansion to Russia's doorstep to make billion dollar weapons deals with new members. The Project for the New American Century, an influential "think tank" with a Lockheed Martin executive as director, pushed to invade Iraq.... |
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| Some US states press ahead on climate change goals, despite Trump |
By Ivan Couronne, AFP 2018-04-09
Twenty of the 50 states, some hundred cities and a thousand companies have already set targets for reducing the greenhouse effect, according to America's Pledge, an initiative launched by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and the California Governor Jerry Brown. |
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