by Stavroula Pabst | May 9, 2026 | Cost of War, iran war, Israel, Lockheed Martin, News, Pentagon, Weapons industry, White House
As the U.S. blockade on the Strait of Hormuz threatens an already tenuous ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, many at home are looking to profit. Below are five examples of wartime grifters, profiteers, and opportunists absolutely outdoing themselves. Late last month, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet lavished praise on the Trump administration for rolling out the red carpet to the…
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by Tamara Pearson | Apr 18, 2026 | disappearances, disappearances in Mexico, Environment, Extractivism, Indigenous communities, Indigenous Resistance, mexico, Militarization, minerals, Mining, News, Resistance, tech industry, Water, weapons, Weapons industry
The U.S. and Mexico have established a mining agreement which has Indigenous and other residents of the Sierra Norte mountains, as well as activists around Mexico, worried. Announced on February 4, the U.S.-Mexico Action Plan on Critical Minerals aims to guarantee the U.S.’s supply of minerals for its arms industry, technology like data centers and smartphones, and the so-called energy…
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