Moving away from weapons of war
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https://bangordailynews.com/2019/03/27/opinion/letters/thursday-march-28-2019-muellers-cost-an-important-distinction-on-israel-moving-away-from-weapons-of-war/?fbclid=IwAR3kczPzVL--CjgeMQE8MnXsc5gkkiEKk0viK2ZM1sbUGlYCyfIX3DxWEiE
Moving away from weapons of war
In April, another Zumwalt warship, costing more than $4 billion dollars to U.S. taxpayers, will be christened at Bath Iron Works (BIW). The destroyer may soon travel to foreign ports, like the one constructed in Gangjeong, on Jeju Island, South Korea, despite strong local resistance.
When the port was built, Gangjeong villagers were frustrated in their nonviolent struggle to preserve the area’s unique marine ecosystem and their traditional community life. Nevertheless, villagers have persisted in working for a sustainable, peaceful world. They have created the Hope School, where Yemeni and Korean youth share their language, culture, and history. These Yemenis, having fled bombs and starvation, seek asylum in South Korea.
The skilled BIW workers could also be working for a peaceful, sustainable future — and enhance their job security — if BIW converted its facility to building solar panels and high-speed trains instead of destroyers. A 2017 University of Massachusetts at Amherst study reports that because the U.S. spends billions of dollars on war, it loses the opportunity to create even more jobs in other sectors and “improve educational, health, and environmental outcomes.”
Converting BIW from building weapons of war to green technologies would benefit BIW workers and people worldwide.
Carolyn Coe
Orland
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 652
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 443-9502
http://www.space4peace.org
http://space4peace.blogspot.com (blog)
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. - Henry David Thoreau
PO Box 652
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 443-9502
http://www.space4peace.org
http://space4peace.blogspot.com (blog)
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. - Henry David Thoreau
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