Join a Protest and Petition Delivery at Lockheed Martin Headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland
On the day of Lockheed Martin's annual meeting, and a day that begins a week of actions around the world, we will be delivering a petition and demonstrating at the company's headquarters.
WHEN: Thursday, April 21, 2022 • 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
WHERE: Lockheed Martin Headquarters• 6801 Rockledge Dr, Bethesda, MD 20817
Learn more and sign up here.
Part of a global week of action:
Lockheed Martin is by far the largest weapons producer in the world. From Ukraine to Yemen, from Palestine to Colombia, from Somalia to Syria, from Afghanistan and West Papua to Ethiopia, no one profits more from war and bloodshed than Lockheed Martin.
We call on people around the world to join the Global Mobilization to #StopLockheedMartin starting on April 21, the same day that Lockheed Martin holds its Annual General Meeting.
Individuals and organisations everywhere — we invite you to call for protests in your towns and cities, wherever Lockheed Martin produces weapons or profits from violence we must mobilize to #StopLockheedMartin.
Not part of a group but want to plan something for April 21-28? Reply to let us know.
Individuals: Sign the petition we will deliver to Lockheed Martin.
Organizations: Endorse the Global Mobilization to #StopLockheedMartin.
Core Mobilization Organizers
What's Wrong With Lockheed Martin?
By far the world’s biggest weapons dealer, Lockheed Martin brags
about arming over 50 countries. These include many of the most
oppressive governments and dictatorships, and countries on opposite
sides of wars. Some of the governments armed by Lockheed Martin are
Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium,
Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador,
Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Libya,
Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab
Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam.
Weapons often come with “lifetime service agreements” in which only Lockheed can service the equipment.
Lockheed
Martin weapons have been used against the people of Yemen, Iraq,
Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya, and many other countries.
Apart from the crimes its products are manufactured for, Lockheed Martin
is frequently found guilty of fraud and other misconduct.
Lockheed Martin is involved in U.S. and UK nuclear weapons, as well as being the producer of the horrific and disastrous F-35, and the THAAD missile systems used to escalate tensions around the globe and manufactured in 42 U.S. states the better to assure Congress members’ support.
In the United States in the 2020 election cycle, according to Open Secrets,
Lockheed Martin’s affiliates spent almost $7 million on candidates,
political parties, and PACs, and almost $13 million on lobbying
including almost a half a million each on Donald Trump and Joe Biden,
$197 thousand on Kay Granger, $138 thousand on Bernie Sanders, and $114
thousand on Chuck Schumer.
Of Lockheed Martin’s 70 U.S. lobbyists, 49 previously held government jobs. Lockheed
Martin lobbies the U.S. government primarily for an enormous military
spending bill, which in 2021 amounted to $778 billion, of which $75
billion went straight to Lockheed Martin.
The U.S. State Department is effectively a marketing arm of Lockheed Martin, promoting its weapons to governments.
Congress members also own stock in and profit from Lockheed Martin’s profiting, including from the latest weapons shipments to Ukraine. Lockheed Martin’s stocks soar whenever there’s a new big war. Lockheed Martin brags that war is good for business. One Congresswoman bought Lockheed Martin stock on February 22, 2022, and the next day tweeted “War and rumors of war is incredibly profitable…”
Individuals: Sign the petition we will deliver to Lockheed Martin.
Organizations: Endorse the Global Mobilization to #StopLockheedMartin.
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