#australia #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #armsindustry / #armssales
„The Australian counter-drone weapons system seen at a weapons demonstration in Israel recently is actually just one of a few that were sold by the Canberra-based company Electro Optic Systems (#EOS) and sent through its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary to Israel, Declassified Australia can reveal.“
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/29/confirmed-australian-weapons-sold-to-israel/
#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #armsindustry / #elbit / #militarytechnology
„Israeli Defence Forces launched a new rocket weapon in Gaza on April 28 amid ceasefire talks with Hamas. IDF said fired "bar" rocket for the first time. The Bar rockets, developed by Elbit, were used by the 282nd Artillery Regiment to hit Hamas terror targets in southern Gaza.“
#uk #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #government / #ukforeignpolicy / #armsindustry / #elbit / #armssales / #protest / #counterterrorism / #framing / #repression
„The UK government shared contact details of counter-terrorism police and prosecutors with the Israeli embassy during an investigation into protests at an arms factory, official documents suggest, raising concerns about foreign interference.“
#sweden #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #armsindustry / #elbit / #teenager / #conviction
„A fourth teen, who was accused of actually carrying out the attack in October, was 13 at the time – too young for him to stand trial under Swedish law.“
Painting on paper, 20 x 20 cm: Ambiguous impulses for your mental cinema!
#kunst #contemporaryArt #mentalCinema #rubberStamp #reliefPrinting #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #noAFD #NoRacism #NoFascism #humanRights #humanDignity #Нетвойны #defence #armament #aufrüstung #armsIndustry #soldier #gasMask #toxicGas #airPollution #suffocate ##toxicMasculinity #structuralViolence #innerOrgans #anatomy #innerLife #introspection #ants #workingClass #maxwellsSilverHammer
Painting on paper, 20 x 20 cm: Ambiguous impulses for your mental cinema!
#kunst #contemporaryArt #mentalCinema #analogArt #painting #rubberStamp #reliefPrinting #saveBioDiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #noAFD #NoRacism #NoFascism #humanRights #humanDignity #Нетвойны #defence #armament #aufrüstung #armsIndustry #soldier #sniper #heroOfWar #warGames #toxicMasculinity #structuralViolence #innerOrgans #anatomy #innerLife #introspection #penguins
This expectation of a minimum of 2% of GDP in government spending on weapons ("defence") guarantees massive public subsidies to the arms industry;
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/focusonpolitics?share=d4610255-08d8-40f0-b43e-b494055e5660
Why can't we have minimum % of GDP in government spending on public healthcare systems?
Interview: Musk Stands to Get Even Richer as Trump seeks $1 Trillion Budget for Pentagon
A $1 trillion budget is a record amount since World War II.
The $1t budget is completely unnecessary, & "almost the only beneficiaries are going to be the weapons manufacturers", Silicon Valley defense technology startups, eg, Palantir & SpaceX, included.
William Hartung, Quincy Institute
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/9/william_hartung
#trump #uspol #musk #pentagon #oligarchy #spaceX #palantir #armsindustry #mic .
#usa : #usforeignpolicy / #armsindustry / #armsbuildup / #claimtoworldpower
„Pres. D. Trump this week unveiled plans for a $1 trillion defense budget next year, a massive increase that he claimed will provide the country with unmatched military strength for years to come.
During a press event with Israeli Prime Minister B. Netanyahu on Monday, Trump offered the outline for total defense spending (…) as part of his larger plans for U.S. national security.“
Cognitive dissonance
Until February 2025, Europe had been a willing tool of US foreign policy. Realizing it just now, the rulers cannot change their belief in standing for good versus evil. So they choose to change their narrative from one of enlightenment to one of rearmament.
"In spite of all the grand-standing and posturing, Europe has been reduced to a geopolitical appendage of the United States, following Washington’s lead in prolonging the conflict while shouldering the costs. While the EU sees itself as a global moral authority, it has been sidelined in actual negotiations. Instead, peace talks are being brokered by the U.S. and China, with Europe playing no decisive role. Even within the European Parliament, there exists a near-religious belief in a narrative that contradicts basic military and economic realities."
(Read or watch) https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/the-eus-decision-to-die-on-the-hill
#change #changeManagement #narratives #loomingDefeat #EU #Europe #defeat #EuropeanParliament #Europe #UrsulaVonDerLeyen #VonDerLeyen #UvDL #EuropeanCommission #EU27 #KajaKallas #Kallas #Ukraine #EuropeUkraine #UkraineSupport #foreignPolicy #StandForUkraine #growth #policy #greyTransition #RearmEurope #RearmEuropePlan #rearmament #debt #money #industry #weapons #armsIndustry #economy #Germany #Starmer #Macron #Merz #France #UK
Rearmament is an opportunity for capital to obtain reductions in welfare and public services, at the cost of lower profitability.
Chatham House: “Politicians will have to brace themselves to reclaim money through cuts to sickness benefits, pensions and healthcare.”
Britain’s finance minister Rachel Reeves, who has been steadily cutting spending on child credits, winter payments for the aged and disability benefits, announced that the remit of the Labour government’s new National Wealth Fund would be changed to let it invest in defence.
More military spending spurs growth but can damage the ‘health’ of the capitalist accumulation process: https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/from-welfare-to-warfare-military-keynesianism/
#growth #policy #greyTransition #RearmEurope #RearmEuropePlan #rearmament #debt #money #industry #weapons #armsIndustry #Europe #EU #LoomingDefeat #defeat #EuropeanCommission #VonDerLeyen #UvDL #EuropeUkraine #UkraineSupport #foreignPolicy #allies #defense #defence #deficit #stateViolence #UK #Britain #Starmer #welfare #publicServices #economics
#israel #netherlands #belgium : #military / #nato / #armssales / #armsindustry
„#Rafael and #ElbitSystems will supply a European NATO country with electronic countermeasures for protecting frigates from ship-killing missiles, the companies announced on Monday.“
The "altruism" of big guns, a.k.a. "supporting democracy" around the globe, in places where it never was.
What would the #US arms industry do if there was no conflict in the world? Make sure one spark can become a wildfire and then level cities to the ground?
Nah, these things never happen. #sarcasm
(My added) blue/red zones are Democrat/Republican administrations.
The graphs are from here: https://www.stephensemler.com/p/the-us-exports-more-weapons-than
#Gaza #Ukraine #Yugoslavia #Iraq #Afghanistan #USpol #armsIndustry
#eu : #militarization / #rearmamentrace / #armsindustry / #eupeacefacility / #enaat
Now online: the latest ENAAT Newsletter, focus on the REARM Europe plan, intending to bring European militarization to a different scale
https://enaat.org/2025/03/12/nbb-2025-1-rearm-europe-plan-headlong-rush-into-the-rearmament-race/
