5.05.07 countering weapons production and sales

The Mad Plan: Activists Blockade Nuclear Weapons Base in Scotland for an Entire Year

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Authors: Brian Larkin Jane Tallents

Summary:The Spaniards poured red paint over themselves and danced through the gate, unimpeded by the amused police.There has been a Tea Party, a Silent Disco, and even a "Banana Blockade."

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Offensive US Biowarfare Research Violates US Law Spending Endangers Basic Biological Research

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Authors: Rebecca Recant excerpting material from Sherwood Ross

Summary:

The Pentagon's Chemical and Biological Defense Program of 2003 endorsed a "first-use" strike of chemical and biological weapons (CBW) in war, thus violating the law.

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Campaign for the Peaceful Development of the Biological Sciences

Campaign for the Peaceful Development of the Biological Sciences
Authors: the Council of Responsible Genetics

Summary:

The current biodefense expansion has the potential to seriously threaten public safety, international security, and the vitality of open biomedical research, and to drain scarce resources from key public health programs.

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Textron Profits From Cluster-Bombing Civilians

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Authors: AnnaMarie Russo

Summary:

Activists called on Textron, one of the two largest producers of cluster bombs in the US, to convert to producing wind turbines.

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