war crimes start in corporate boardrooms
“When we say People Not War, we mean people over profit, over hyper-capitalist pursuits and gains that oppress and kill. We mean prioritise our lives over looting the earth and its resources, over exploiting workers, the marginalised, those living in Global South countries.”
From the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) a UK-based organisation working to end the international arms trade.
The global weapons industry profits from war and insecurity, and is associated with corruption and human rights violations.
The Australian government has committed to making Australia a ‘top ten’ arms exporter, investing billions of dollars to grow a domestic arms industry.
Our research shows major weapons companies seek to build positive brand recognition amongst Australian primary and secondary students, and attract the ‘best and brightest’ young people into careers in the arms industry through interference in STEM education.
The intrusion of weapons companies into children’s lives is a moral and social issue that undermines educational values, promotes militarism, and inures children to war and the human cost of the development, trade, and use of weapons.
Click here to read the MAPW full report on weapons company intrusion into Australian STEM education.
