militarism
The Weapons and Weapons Systems Used to Exploit Nonhuman Animals
If a weapon can be defined as an instrument or device of any kind used to injure, incapacitate, or kill another, then it is only correct that we also call an instrument or device of any kind used to exploit other animals a weapon as well. And if any integrated system for the control and operation of a specific type of weaponry is a weapons system, then a similar system of weapons used to exploit other animals is also a weapons system.
Seeing the Bigger Picture
Some recent articles ("Idaho dairy producer battles U.S. military," "Valley Milk in Iraq?," "Dairyman wants to send milk to Middle East," "Idaho Dairymen Fights with U.S. Military") on the local dairy industries connections to US militarism illustrates the complex interrelations and interconnections of various forms of privilege and oppression.


