Lockheed Martin says that it no longer manufactures cluster munitions. Canada is signatory to the international treaty to ban cluster munitions and to use economic sanctions in support of the ban. In blatant disregard of our legal obligations we have enriched Lockheed Martin Corporation – – also in spite of Canadian and International Law that prohibits land mines […]
From: Global Network THE OTHER MISSILE DEFENSE (Link no longer valid) While in Korea for our Global Network annual conference last month we were taken to Pyeongtaek where the US is dramatically expanding a military base. There we were shown nearly a dozen mobile PAC-3 (Patriot Advanced Capability) launchers parked just beyond the razor-wired fence. […]
Note: Congressman Dennis Kucinich does very good work. He spoke albeit briefly at the Washington Conference I attended in June 2010 to see what the thinking of activists in the U.S. is. He is behind this achievement. From: Nicole Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 9:11:59 PM Subject: Victory against privatization http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/04/20-13 Kucinich: Victory Against Privatization […]
NOTE 1: In 2007 the news of the criminal charges against Pfizer (for murder, as far as I am concerned) was not heard in western countries. It was eclipsed by a same-day scare-story about tuberculosis, see: http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=4369 2007-06-01 Tuberculosis story improbable ?? Same day, Nigerian Government brings criminal charges against Pfizer. NOTE 2: The book and movie, “The Constant […]
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1888572,00.html By Lisa Abend / Madrid Mar. 31, 2009 Nacho Doce/Reuters Chile’s Pinochet. Argentina’s Scilingo. Guatemala’s Rios Montt. To the roster of international figures whom Spanish investigative judge Baltasar Garzón has sought to bring to justice, the name of Gonzales may soon be added — as in Alberto Gonzales, former U.S. Attorney General and one […]
Don Raymond, Senior VP, CPPIB, came from Goldman-Sachs. See 2012-06-11 CPPIB investment in Lockheed Martin increased by 14 times, 2010 to 2011. The article below, CPPIB going on a buying spree, was written in March 2009. By the end of 2009, excerpt from 2012-04-23 From Tootsie Rolls to tobacco: What’s in your CPP fund? (CPPIB), […]
There will be demonstrations in Calgary on Tuesday, March 17th as a consequence of George Bush’s visit. The story is now in the international media. There is a great deal we can all do to help avert violence. But it has to be done quickly. The best thing you can do is to read (below) […]
Hi All, The laws and the judicial system belong to us. – Notoriously the laws are not enforced against the oil and gas companies, e.g. the Tar Sands. – George Bush is about large American oil and gas corporations. – The Iraq War was about oil and gas. – George Bush is a war […]
“No degree of prosperity could justify the accumulation of large amounts of highly toxic substances which nobody knows how to make safe and which remain an incalculable danger to the whole of creation for historical or even geological ages. To do such a thing is a transgression against life itself, a transgression infinitely more serious […]
Many thanks to Robin: the event is sponsored in part by The Calgary Chamber of Commerce. I phoned the Chamber: (403) 750 0400 – Told the fellow who answered the phone my concerns. – He put me through to the organizer of the event, Geoff Pradella Vice President, Public & Government Affairs (403) 750 0406 […]