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1. Boeing Awareness
The St. Louis hosts the weapons divisions of this major military contractor, responsible for a variety of missiles and fighter planes. Boeing's subsidiary McDonnell Douglas had a longtime St. Louis presence as a military contractor before being purchased by Boeing. PEP tracks the activities and contracts of this company and seeks to show the connections between its activities and world events. The company is involved in jet, space, missile, and bomb manufacture and sales. In association with our on going monitoring of Boeing's activities, PEP tracks military spending and foreign arms sales, and offers some analysis of the military budget. While several groups track the arms trade, only PEP focuses on Boeing.
Newsletter articles:
- Summer 2002 Where Have All the Smart Bombs Gone?
- Summer 2002 Another (Undeserved) Win for Boeing
- Summer 2002 SLECP Goes to South Korea
- Fall/Winter 2001 Boeing: The Year in Review
- Fall 1999 Not Quite a Code of Conduct on Arms Trade
- Summer 1999 Boeing Layoffs Provide Opportunity
- Spring 1999 SLECP Urges Action on Upcoming Offsets Legislation
- Spring 1999 Need for Code of Conduct for Arms Sales
- Spring 1999 Need for Code of Conduct for Arms Sales
- Spring 1999 Global Arms Sales and
- St. Louis Economy
- Winter 1997 Wrestling Peacetime
- Technology from Military Industry
- Winter 1996 Say That Again
- Spring 1995 SLECP and MCRI Negotiate with McDonnell Douglas
- Fall 1995 SLECP Begins New Campaign: Reduce Foreign Military Sales/Create Alternative Jobs
- Winter 1994 McDonnell Douglas Can't Let Go of Foreign Markets
External links:
- The Boeing Company - www.boeing.com
- Center for Defense Information - www.cdi.org
- Demilitarization for Democracy - www.dfd.net
- U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency - www.acda.gov
- Jane's Military Information- www.janes.com
- Defense and the national Interest - www.d-n-i.net
- Global Security. Org - www.globalsecurity.org
- Center for International Policy - www.ciponline.org
2. Weapons in Space
PEP tracks the increasing trends towards weaponization of space, including initiatives such as "Star Wars" and other programs geared towards the militarization of space.
Newsletter articles:
- Fall/Winter 2001 SLECP's Fall Events: Stopping Star Wars
- Fall/Winter 2001 War in Afghanistan and the ABM Treaty
- Spring 2001 Star Wars: It's Not Just Missile Defense
- Winter 2000 National Missile Defense
External links:
- Federation of American Scientists - www.fas.org
- Center for Defense Information - www.cdi.org
- Space for Peace - www.space4peace.org
- Council for a Livable World - www.clw.org
- Department of Defense - www.defenselink.mil
3. Instead of War
This is our newest project. PEP is part of the local coalition speaking out against a looming war with Iraq. Over twelve organizations participate in this collaboration, which advocates for nonviolent alternatives to war. The coalition was developed after September 11, 2001 as an organizing entity in St. Louis on this issue. The coalition connects the question of a war on Iraq with both domestic and local consequences through organizing rallies, sponsoring speakers, hosting a Town Hall meeting and nonviolent direct actions.
Newsletter articles:
- Summer 2002 Back in Iraq
- Summer 1999 Hague Appeal For Peace
- Spring 1998 Iraq Included in Past US Arms Sales to Mid East
External links:
- Peace Action - www.peace-action.org
- Hague Appeal for Peace campaign - www.haguepeace.org
- Vietnam Veterans of America - www.vvaf.org
- Demilitarization for Democracy - www.dfd.net
- Mother Jones Action Atlas - www.motherjones.com/arms
4. Economic Conversion
PEP advocates for cuts in military spending and in foreign arms sales, as part of a shift away from military production and towards a peace economy with sustainable living-wage jobs.
Newsletter articles:
- Spring 2001 In the News
- Summer 2000 Our National Priorities
- Fall 1999 US Weapons Fuel Repression, Undermine Democracy
- Summer 1999 Boeing Layoffs Provide Opportunity
- Spring 1999 Global Arms Sales and St. Louis Economy
- Spring 1998 Arms Sales Abroad Obstruct Conversion At Home
- Winter 1997 SLECP Initiates City Manufacturers' Association
- Winter 1997 International Arms Industries Seek to Convert
- Winter 1997 Wrestling Peace Time Technology from Military Industry
- Winter 1997 Church Mission Expands to Economic Development in Wellston
- Summer 1996 Mary Ann to Travel to Europe
- Summer 1996 SLECP to Participate in Workshops by Coalition for the Environment
- Summer 1996 Urban Revitalization Set to Go in Wellston
- Spring 1996 We Can Choose Peace
- Spring 1996 Clinton's New Policy: A Step Backwards
- Winter 1996 Everybody's Rotten Business
- Winter 1996 Building the High Road: Report on the November Conference
- Winter 1996 Social Entrepreneurship
- Winter 1995 Economic Empowerment for African American Communities
- Winter 1995 Road to a Backwater Economy
- Spring 1995 Industrial Policy News
- Spring 1995 Guns But No Butter
- Fall 1995 'The High Road' Hot Off the Presses
- Fall 1995 The Human Cost of Medicaid Cuts
- Fall 1995 GOP Puts Military Ahead of the Poor
- Fall 1995 SLECP Begins New Campaign: Reduce Foreign Military Sales/Create Alternative Jobs
- Fall 1995 European Conference Highlights New Era of Peace
- Fall 1995 Center For Popular Economics
- Winter 1994 Spin Offs from an Industrial Policy
- Winter 1994 St. Louis Could Lose Its Industrial Base
External links:
- Economists Allied for Arms Reduction - www.ecaar.org
- National commission for Economic conversion and Disarmament - www.webcom.com/ncecd
- Center for Economic Conversion - www.conversion.org
Related topics
These are topics on which PEP has done work in the past but to which, due to limited resources, we devotes less time.
- Analysis of Military Budget
- The Arms Trade around the World
- Landmines
- South and Central America
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