Arms Exports: The Stop-gap Alternative to Pentagon Contracts?

Weapons of public health

“…2021 Currently, such diversification is a wealthy world phenomenon: tobacco companies are diversifying to prop up their operations in Europe and North America, while world-wide they continue to increase tobacco sales through Third World markets; 22 familiar. 23 There is a need for greater international action against the vested interests in death and disease; there is a need for greater pooling of resources in public health lobbying -whatever the unhealthy industry -to tackle public health problems where they are caused: in the means of production, the goods produced and in the marketing and targetting at vulnerable consumers. The international boycott of General Electric, because of its involvement in nuclear weapons production, and in creating demand for nuclear weapons, is an example of co-ordinated consumer action for health.…”