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DESCRIPTION:Join CODEPINK for a conversation with Chris Smalls and Steven Donziger 
 about Defunding the Pentagon: What it Means to Invest in the People and the 
 Planet. The anti-war movement started calling for cuts to the massive 
 pentagon budget decades ago, and now the budget topline is nearly one 
 trillion dollars. Figures like Elon Musk, who’ve been nominated by the 
 incoming Trump Administration to “end government waste” recently 
 focused in on the Pentagon – drawing attention to its audit failures. But 
 Elon Musk represents a very different viewpoint from organizers who have 
 been calling for cuts to the outrageous military budget. The people want 
 reinvestment into our communities. We don’t want budget cuts for the sake 
 of budget cuts. That $1 trillion can be reallocated to fund housing, 
 education, infrastructure, and green transitions. This discussion will 
 highlight the differences in approach to Pentagon cuts between the movement 
 and billionaires like Elon, discuss the pressing needs of the people, and 
 reimagine a world where all those resources go to sustaining life instead 
 of promoting death. \n\nFeaturing:\nChris Smalls is the founder and 
 president of the Amazon Labor Union. Under his leadership, the ALU 
 successfully unionized an Amazon warehouse: a historic victory for workers 
 and a titanic defeat for the behemoth corporation. The epitome of an 
 industry disruptor, he inspires students, workers, and communities to use 
 their voices to envision and build a better future. He is also the founder 
 of The Congress of Essential Workers. \n\nSteven Donziger is a lawyer and 
 climate activist who has been the target of an oil company revenge campaign 
 for over 30 years. In 2013, Steven helped Amazon communities in Ecuador win 
 the largest environmental judgment in history when a court ordered Chevron 
 to pay $9.5 billion ($12 billion today) to restore ancestral lands 
 despoiled by the dumping of billions of gallons of cancer-causing oil 
 waste. In retaliation, Chevron used its political and financial capital to 
 countersue Steven for contempt of court, strip him of his law license, and 
 detain him at home and prison for close to three years. While Steven 
 continues the battle against Chevron, he also advocates for other victims 
 of corporate malfeasance and offers legal interpretations of human rights 
 issues.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/12/27/18871744.php
SUMMARY:Defunding the Pentagon: What it Means to Invest in the People and Planet
LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://www.codepink.org/defund114
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/12/27/18871744.php
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