THE ARMS INDUSTRY: The largest US arms manufacturers, Lockheed Martin, Boeing and RTX (Raytheon), have committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide under the Rome Statute. After three years of investigation and documentation of the major arms manufacturers, the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal issued its final report in January.
AWARD: David Swanson received 'The Real Nobel Peace Prize' this year. This has its background in Nobel's ambition to build down, yes, remove, the military, the weapons and consequently their manufacturers.
All hindsight notwithstanding – the Russian #invasion# came hard on the vast majority of us. In terms of peace policy, we were also ill-prepared for it...
WAR INDUSTRY:When the oil age is over, we can survive war – if we turn right. Drama series Made in Norway raises ethical issues for the Norwegian arms industry.
Ny Tid prints here an excerpt from Dag Hoel's new book, Fred is not the best – from inside the Norwegian ammunition industry. The book is about Hoel's upbringing close to Raufoss Ammunition Factories AS and international arms trade in general.