Some gems dropped so far on our U.S. Militarism + Climate Justice webinar happening right now:

-The green house gas emissions emitted by the U.S. military is as much as entire industrialized countries do like Denmark

-U.S. has a long history of fighting wars for oils. An estimated 1/4 to 1/2 of all interstate wars since 1973 have been linked to oil

Climate justice is put in the lens of our environment. And we talk about climate justice through the lens of every space you step into is your environment. The skin color that you have is an environment @Generation__G

Low-income Black and Brown folks are collateral to the military in so many ways. They are targeted to fight wars that can get them killed.

The U.S. military is the largest federal job program. Why don't we allocate our resources to create jobs and communities that allow us take care of one other and the planet?

Vulnerable Black and Brown folks are being used to push the agenda of the military system. To escape poverty, lack of health insurance, homelessness, and more

If we want to tackle climate justice and climate change, when the U.S. military is the main cause of it - how do you think we can combat the climate crisis without combatting the U.S. military?

The fact that the U.S. doesn't invest in health care, in education, and community building, it's not because we don't have money, it's because we don't have will

Just to get a sense of how connected militarism is to the climate crisis: Nigeria is one of the richest countries in Africa because of...oil. A heavily militarized commodity. And now we are seeing Nigerians facing violence from SARS

The term, industrial complex, comes from concerns from the 50s about the military. And now we are seeing what that looks like with the prison industrial complex and immigration industrial complex

Climate justice is about figuring out a sustainable way to be in right relation with the earth while upholding human life.

Honoring the military is seen as this very patriotic thing that protects our troops. But half of the military budget is going to corporations not to troops or their families.

great thread on the need for global solidarity: https://www.instagram.com/p/CFzo6KAhUsn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link