3. WHAT IS MILITARISM ?
The US spends 35% of the world’s
total military spending.
In 2017, that was $610 billion.
48% of the Federal Budget went
to military spending in 2020.
Source: thefiscaltimes.com
Source: warresisters.org
4. HOW MUCH MONEY IS IT, REALLY?
YOU READ THAT RIGHT.
THAT'S ENOUGH
MONEY TO FUND ALL
OF THE THINGS ON
THIS LIST. -->
Source: https://www.nationalpriorities.org
6. MILITARISM RUINS AND ENDS LIVES.
Militarism isn't wrong because it's expensive. It's wrong because people's lives are being lost for the power and profit of greedy
elites.
7. SOME MODERN DAY EXAMPLES:
PALESTINE SOMALIA THE WORLD
source: @theslowfactory on Instagram
Source:@adnan_barq on Instagram
source: https://www.newamerica.org/in-depth/americas-counterterrorism-
wars/somalia/
Source: https://theintercept.com/2018/08/21/us-
drone-base-niger-africa/
8. UCHICAGO
Of the 5 biggest weapons manufacturing corporations, UChicago has investments in 4 of them.
War Profiteers on the BOT?! Satya Nadella (BOT ‘18) CEO of Microsoft but also on the Board of
Directors of Starbucks
Starbucks purchases tens of millions of dollars worth of Ethiopian coffee which funds the
ongoing Tigrayan genocides
UChicago’s Crime Lab works in service of the Chicago Police Department
They uphold the current state of policing and partner with CPD to develop new forms of policing
around the city
9. How will we fight against this unjust system of violence?
DIRECT ACTION.
