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MediaFaro AnalysisWindfall for European arms makers.Weapons manufacturers across Europe are rushing to secure contracts after EU countries announced plans to dramatically increase defence spending.Share prices of European arms companies had already risen sharply following the US decision to suspend military aid to Ukraine.<a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250307-windfall-for-european-arms-makers?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mediafaro.org/article/20250307-windfall-for-european-arms-makers?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</a><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/ArmsManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArmsManufacturers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/WeaponsManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeaponsManufacturers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/SharePrices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SharePrices</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Europe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/WarInUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarInUkraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/RearmEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RearmEurope</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Thales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thales</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Rheinmetall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rheinmetall</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Eutelsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eutelsat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Leonardo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Leonardo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Saab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Saab</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/BAESystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BAESystems</a>

Charlie McHenryA New York Times investigation conducted last year found that shooters have used bullets from the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in at least 12 high-profile mass shootings, including at a supermarket in Buffalo (2022), a movie theater in Aurora (2012), a concert venue in Las Vegas (2017), and schools in Parkland (2018) and Uvalde (2022).[1] Over a year after these troubling revelations came to light, the Pentagon is STILL allowing Lake City to pump “billions of rounds of military-grade ammunition into the commercial market.” It’s no wonder the US has such a high rate of mass shootings. <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GunControl</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/WeaponsManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeaponsManufacturers</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bullets</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/USArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USArmy</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Arizona</a>'s Universities are Instruments of WarThe United States provides more than 70% of the funds and weapons used for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarCrimes</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genocide</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestine</a>. Arizona universities are a backbone of the war industry.by Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 31, 2024 TUCSON, Arizona -- "When Arizona's largest universities slammed down on Palestine supporters, it was obvious they were hiding something. What they were hiding was the fact that they are thriving on war dollars. "The most obvious is Raytheon Missiles located at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversityOfArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversityOfArizona</a>'s Tech Park in Tucson. The less obvious are the millions in grants and contracts that both the University of Arizona and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaStateUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArizonaStateUniversity</a> receive for technology, including cyber technology, artificial intelligence and robotics. "While slamming down on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestinian</a> support -- and shooting them with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RubberBullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RubberBullets</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tucson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tucson</a> and denying some graduation at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ASU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ASU</a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PhoenixValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhoenixValley</a> -- both universities were heading up a national coalition of U.S. universities to support Israel, after the genocide was underway. "Arizona State University in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tempe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tempe</a>, in the Phoenix Valley, has gone to the extreme to silence voices in support of Palestine. Besides forbidding pro-Palestine rallies, its harsh crackdown on encampments has resulted in 62 Palestine supporters now facing charges."Read more: <a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/arizonas-universities-are-instruments.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/arizonas-universities-are-instruments.html</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CeasefireNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CeasefireNow</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarProfiteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarProfiteers</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarIsBigBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarIsBigBusiness</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Raytheon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Raytheon</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RaytheonKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RaytheonKills</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RTX</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BloodMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BloodMoney</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Divest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Divest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeaponsManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeaponsManufacturers</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BibiIsAWarCriminal</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IsraelWarCrimes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReaderSupportedNews</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genocide</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://mastodon.social/@sibrosan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@sibrosan</a> So, after reviewing articles and my notes, it seems pretty clear that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigBanks</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeaponsManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeaponsManufacturers</a> encouraged Putin's invasion of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> because they would make an obscene amount of profit from such a war. For whatever reason, some western nations (including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>), did not nip Putin's bluff in the bud, and their hesitancy emboldened <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putin</a>. This is what happens when war profiteers are running things. No thought given to civilian deaths, destruction, and environmental damage. Same thing is going on in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a>. We should have said, "Hey, cut it out. You're committing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarCrimes</a>!" but instead the US supplied even more weapons to Israel ('cuz <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Raytheon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Raytheon</a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LockheedMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LockheedMartin</a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Boeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Boeing</a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Halliburton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Halliburton</a> ) need to make enough money to keep buying members of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> (and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HouseOfLords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HouseOfLords</a>). Does THAT answer your question?

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Banks</a> and financial institutions profiting from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weapons</a>By Clare Carlile Friday 7th of April 2023High street banks are funding some of the world’s most notorious <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArmsCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArmsCompanies</a>. We look at which banks are involved and what consumers can do. We also look at the wider financial industry and its links with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuclearWeapons</a> in particular. How are banks financing the arms industry?"Banks are behind almost every industry in the world, through their loans, insurance and other kinds of financing, including the arms industry. "By funding arms companies, banks allow them to grow and innovate – developing new forms of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lethal</a> weapons. "In fact, banks are behind companies involved in the very worst forms of arms, such as nuclear weapons and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClusterMunitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClusterMunitions</a>, despite the latter being banned by 120 countries. "Unsurprisingly, arms companies are not generally picky about who they sell weapons to. This means that if a bank is funding an arms company, it may well be one that is selling to oppressive regimes. Which banks are involved in financing arms companies?"Unfortunately, many banks still finance arms companies."While some have said they will not fund the most destructive weapons, lots fall far short of refusing funding to arms companies altogether. And it is not just banks that are involved in the global arms trade. Lots of other financial institutions, such as investors, are also involved."Over three quarters of the brands included in our ethical current accounts guide lost half a mark under Arms & Military supply for their investments. This included all the five major high street banks: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Barclays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Barclays</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HSBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HSBC</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lloyds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lloyds</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NatWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NatWest</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Santander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Santander</a>."Banks such as Barclays, Lloyds, NatWest, Santander and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Citigroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Citigroup</a>, and other financial institutions such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Aviva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aviva</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OldMutual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OldMutual</a> have been named in relation to funding cluster munitions, nuclear weapons on the sale of arms to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Yemen</a>. What weapons are banks funding? Banks funding cluster munitions“Cluster munitions are indiscriminate weapons that pose a serious threat to civilian populations during and long after an attack. They spread dozens, or even hundreds, of bomblets called submunitions over an area the size of a football stadium or even more. On impact cluster munitions kill or maim anyone that is in that area. Also, many submunitions fail to explode on impact: they remain on the ground like landmines that kill and injure civilians long after the conflict has ended.'"120 countries have signed a Convention that that bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClusterBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClusterBombs</a>."Yet, in 2018, the Cluster Munition Coalition found that financial institutions had invested almost $9 billion in companies producing cluster munitions. Citigroup and Old Mutual were both found to invest in companies involved. "Amongst the banks named in the report, Triodos, Co-operative Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland were all praised for having divestment policies in place. "However, Aviva, Axa, Deutsche Bank, Edentree Investment Management, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered were all found to have incomplete policies in place."<a href="https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/money-finance/banks-weapons" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/money-finance/banks-weapons</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarIsBigBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarIsBigBusiness</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoWar</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeaponsManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeaponsManufacturers</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoNuclearWeapons</a>

DoomsdaysCWSounds like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Raytheon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Raytheon</a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RTX</a> is supplying weapons to both <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iran</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a>, as well as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>!"RTX fined $200M for exporting defense tech to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a>, Russia, Iran Among other violations, employees traveled abroad with unauthorized technical data about U.S. aircraft and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weapons</a>."<a href="https://www.defenseone.com/business/2024/08/rtx-fined-200m-exporting-defense-tech-china-russia-iran/399220/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.defenseone.com/business/2024/08/rtx-fined-200m-exporting-defense-tech-china-russia-iran/399220/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodNotBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FoodNotBombs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoWar</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeaponsManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeaponsManufacturers</a>

DoomsdaysCWWhen <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BloodMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BloodMoney</a> Isn’t Enough: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Raytheon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Raytheon</a> Admits to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Defrauding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Defrauding</a> Pentagon<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RTX</a>’s bombs regularly kill children and civilians. It does white-collar crimes too, according to a $950 million <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fraud</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bribery</a> settlement this week. Nick Turse October 18 2024"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RTXCorporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RTXCorporation</a>, the weapons giant formerly (and better) known as Raytheon, agreed on Wednesday to pay almost $1 billion to resolve allegations that it <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/defrauded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#defrauded</a> the U.S. government and paid bribes to secure business with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Qatar</a>."<a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/10/18/raytheon-rtx-bribery-fraud-weapons-war-crimes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theintercept.com/2024/10/18/raytheon-rtx-bribery-fraud-weapons-war-crimes/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodNotBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FoodNotBombs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoWar</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeaponsManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeaponsManufacturers</a>

AutisticMumTo3Labour Party conference events sponsored by Palantir, Boeing and Babcock | openDemocracy <a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-party-conference-greenwashing-weapons-boeing-palantir-babcock/?source=in-article-related-story" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-party-conference-greenwashing-weapons-boeing-palantir-babcock/?source=in-article-related-story</a><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/WeaponsManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeaponsManufacturers</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/LabourPartyConference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LabourPartyConference</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/SpyTechFirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpyTechFirm</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NewStatesmanMediaGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewStatesmanMediaGroup</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/FossilFuelCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFuelCompanies</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Weapons</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ArmsDealers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArmsDealers</a>

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