Boeing Awareness

The St. Louis hosts the weapons divisions of this major military contractor, responsible for a variety of missiles and fighter planes. Boeing's subsidiary McDonnell Douglas had a longtime St. Louis presence as a military contractor before being purchased by Boeing. the Peace Economy Project tracks the activities and contracts of this company and seeks to show the connections between its activities and world events. The company is involved in jet, space, missile, and bomb manufacture and sales. In association with our on going monitoring of Boeing's activities, the Peace Economy Project tracks military spending and foreign arms sales, and offers some analysis of the military budget. While several groups track the arms trade, only the Peace Economy Project focuses on Boeing.

Weapons in Space

PEP tracks the increasing trends towards weaponization of space, including initiatives such as "Star Wars" and other programs geared towards the militarization of space.

Instead of War

This is our newest project. PEP is part of the local coalition speaking out against a looming war with Iraq. Over twelve organizations participate in this collaboration, which advocates for nonviolent alternatives to war. The coalition was developed after September 11, 2001 as an organizing entity in St. Louis on this issue. The coalition connects the question of a war on Iraq with both domestic and local consequences through organizing rallies, sponsoring speakers, hosting a Town Hall meeting and nonviolent direct actions.

Economic Conversion

PEP advocates for cuts in military spending and in foreign arms sales, as part of a shift away from military production and towards a peace economy with sustainable living-wage jobs.

Related topics

These are topics on which PEP has done work in the past but to which, due to limited resources, we devotes less time.

• Analysis of Military Budget

• The Arms Trade around the World

• Landmines

• South and Central America