The F-35 is loud and polluting, a waste of money, an instrument of war and will not create jobs in Vermont. We demand that our representatives work to stop the F-35 from being stationed at the Burlington Airport.

Protest Lockheed Wednesday June 15th at 2:30pm Burlington International Airport

Tue, 06/14/2011 - 8:55pm — odmin

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116886535066814

Call Jonathan Leavitt for more details at 802 859 3456.

Lockheed, Raytheon and other war profiteers will be meeting with a representative from Senator Leahy's office, the Vermont Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Brian Dubie and local business leaders to discuss how to develop Vermont's economy. Clearly this is an attempt to militarize Vermont's economy that could have far reaching impact. This is a sharp slap in the face to six months of inspired community organizing against Lockheed helping determine Vermont's future.

Hartford CT Passes Resolution Demanding War $$ Be Brought Back Home

Tue, 06/14/2011 - 9:51pm — odmin

From Christopher Hutchins of Hartford Bring Our War Dollars Home:

This is the Resolution that just passed through the city council of Hartford!

RESOLUTION

A resolution of the city council of Hartford, CT calling upon the US
government and President Obama to Bring Our War Dollars Home Now

Whereas, the economic collapse has exhausted the financial resources at the
local, county, state and federal levels of the US; and

Whereas, the US government since
2001 has spent well over 1 trillion dollars nationally on the wars and

F-35s cost more than $100M each

Tue, 06/14/2011 - 9:24pm — odmin

New fighter jets Canada plans to buy will be more than $100 million each — at least $25 million more per plane than government estimates — according to a top U.S. budget watchdog.

Conservative government officials have said 65 new joint strike fighters being built to replace Canada's F-18 jets will cost about $75 million each, about $9 billion with training and an additional $200-$300 million a year in maintenance.

See the full story at http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/03/29/cv-f35-costs.html

House Votes to End Alternate Jet Engine Program

Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:22am — odmin

By CHRISTOPHER DREW, The NY Times
In a sign that more than half the Republican freshmen are willing to cut military spending, the House voted 233 to 198 on Wednesday to cancel an alternate fighter jet engine that the Bush and Obama administrations had tried to kill for the last five years.

The vote was another instance in which some of the new legislators, including several affiliated with the Tea Party, broke ranks with the House speaker, John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, where the engine provided more than 1,000 jobs.

Stop the Militarization of Burlington!

Mon, 02/07/2011 - 9:33pm — odmin

Check out this video of the public forum on the Militarization of Burlington, held Jan 20th, 20010 at Burlington city hall.

Thanks as always to CCTV for providing great local coverage. See the original video on their site at http://www.cctv.org/node/102233

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