Fwd: Divestment from fossil fuels and weapons manufacturing

[Denis Kalthofer]

Hello All,

We have been having a conversation about divestment from fossil fuels and arms manufacturers (the military being the largest user of fossil fuels and other pollution, etc).

Please see the links below, as well as the wonderful work that Patty is doing for divestment from fossil fuels.

1. From institute for policy studies on climate and militarism: https://ips-dc.org/climate-militarism-primer/

 

2. From National Priorities Project: https://unitedwedream.org/defund-militarism-invest-in-what-keeps-us-safe/week-4-migrant-justice-is-climate-justice/

 

3. From Brown University study on Jobs created by military vs civilian sectors: https://www.brown.edu/news/2017-05-25/jobscow

4. From Political Economy Research Institute: https://peri.umass.edu/economists/robert-pollin

5. From City of Burlington Vermont's resolution where they divested from arms manufacturers: https://go.boarddocs.com/vt/burlingtonvt/Board.nsf/files/C4QNXV621C18/$file/RESOLUTION%20DIVESTMENT%20FROM%20WEAPONS%20MANUFACTURERS.pdf

Thanks,

Denis

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Subject: Re: Divestment from fossil fuels and weapons manufacturing

Thanks Patty and Craig,

Thank you for your work on the letter for councilors, Patty.

Allowing municipalities to decide on their own investment priorities is the first step.

If we get enough people to sign on to that and get home rule for this for municipalities, they can also divest from arms manufacturers if they agree to do that.

Thank you Craig for telling me about PERI and Pollin. I'll keep that info for future possible use.

Re the second link I included, the purpose of that is to be able to argue that a lot of migration happens not just because of political persecution or economic deprivation, but also because of climate change, and who is responsible for climate change if not the most developed countries. So we can argue against militarized borders, obviously for humanitarian reasons, but also because the industrialized nations that create climate change have a responsibility for climate migration.

By the way, everyone, last night we saw an incredible documentary from Netflix called "Biking for Borders" about two young German men who bicycled from Berlin to Bejing, going through about 10 countries including Turkey, Iran and Uzbekistan. It was an education for them in addition to a successful fundraiser to build a school in Guatemala. Uplifting.

Thanks,

Denis