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Virtual Teach-In: Divest from Militarism, Invest in Life!

Date:
Friday, December 08, 2023
Time:
4:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Event Type:
Teach-In
Organizer/Author:
Angela
Location Details:
Zoom (Registration link is below)

Join a virtual-teach in on U.S. militarism, corporate war profiteering, and Palestine

As we continue to fight for a permanent and lasting ceasefire in Palestine, we know that the current genocide unfolding is against the backdrop of 75+ years of occupation backed by the U.S. government and supplied by weapons manufacturing corporations. Between congressional actors who’ve yet to call for a ceasefire and corporations like Lockheed Martin still receiving contracts from the U.S. defense department, we know that the long-term struggle for a Free Palestine, and a world free from genocide, occupation, and war must confront the relationships between militarism and corporations.

Corporations are making billions while Palestinians are killed by a U.S. funded genocide and occupation. For 20 years the US has spent $21 trillion on militarism: $16 trillion went to the Pentagon and over $7 trillion went to Pentagon contractors like Lockheed Martin.

INSTEAD OF WAR PROFITEERING…​​​​​​​​​​​​​​That $21 TRILLION could have been used to:

🌱create millions of jobs at $15/hour with benefits and COLA

🌱Fully erase student debt

🌱Guarantee pre-school for every 3 & 4 year old for 10 years AND

🌱Fully decarbonize the electric grid

...leaving over $10 TRILLION more to move towards providing health care, housing, and thriving communities.

We know that a world in which all people can thrive cannot exist without confronting and dismantling the role of U.S. militarism and weapons corporations.
Added to the calendar on Wed, Dec 6, 2023 10:23AM
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