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Vermont Peace Activists Occupy General Dynamics Weapons Plant
Submitted by Jeff P. on May 9, 2008 - 11:12am.
Hmm, aren't war machines produced here in London as well?
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On May 1st, International Workers’ Day, ten peace
activists in Burlington, Vermont entered General Dynamics and locked
themselves together in the main lobby of the building in protest
against the company’s weapons manufacturing and war profiteering.
University of Vermont student Benjamin Dube, one of the dozens of other
activists present at the event, leaned out a window of the lobby, and
pointed to the GD building, explaining, "This is the gas tank of the
war machine, and we are the sugar."
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Sugar
Sugar in the gas tank usualy results in something.
Honeywell
Honeywell may be worth taking a look at too:
Their defense division makes components for many military aircraft, guided munitions, tanks, and they are the manufacture of the Rockeye Cluster Bomb
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Mike.
"Debout les damnés de l'Université."
-=There is no Cabal, Long live the Cabal=-
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Honeyhell
that website was terrifying.
I couldn't find out if the only location, which happens to be their headquarters, is in Arizona. Is there a location here in London? If so, where?
favorite quote off the site - "Our technology is important because it
saves lives and money."
Just look at those lifesavers go and they are damn cheap too! Good thing they have Honeyhell guidance systems on board.
They used to have a
They used to have a location in the building next to the Oxford Arms on dundas and Waterloo, now I believe they're in the Galleria. Selling thermostat do-dads and the such.
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Mike.
"Debout les damnés de l'Université."
-=There is no Cabal, Long live the Cabal=-
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They are - what's your
They are - what's your point? You wanna make something of it?
"Every act we perform today
"Every act we perform today must reflect the kind of human relationships we are fighting to establish tomorrow"
Dave Dellinger (1915 - 2004)
"I just want you to know
"I just want you to know that, when we talk about war,
we're really talking about peace."
-George Bush, Washington, D.C. June 18, 2002
"Intent is not a thought,
"Intent is not a thought, or an object, or a wish. Intent is what
can make (wo)man succeed when her/his thoughts tell him/her that s/he is defeated.
It operates in spite of the warrior’s indulgence. Intent is what makes her/him invulnerable. Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through
space, to infinity."
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