Lockheed Martin

Episode 1 May 23, 2022 01:05:19
Lockheed Martin
Busted Business Bureau
Lockheed Martin

May 23 2022 | 01:05:19

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Show Notes

National Organizer at CODEPINK, Danaka, joins me for the girliest episode of Busted Business Bureau: the multibillion dollar weapons company, Lockheed Martin! If you pay taxes, I promise this episode is about you. For a company that's been around so long, you think they'd build less stuff that caught on fire or less stuff that made Vermonter children lose control of their bowels. This one's got explosions, missed deadlines, a bit of the red scare, bribery, and the WHITE MAN'S CAUCUS, which I promise is just as funny as it sounds. Follow @wifeoftoast on twitter or @CODEPINK everywhere! 

PS, if you live in Chicago, Mike Quigley takes money from Lockheed Martin. Follow @DivestMike and tell him to cut it out! 

Footnotes: 

Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex, William D. Hartung

Inside America’s Dysfunctional Trillion-Dollar Fighter-Jet Program, Valerie Insinna, New York Times 2019

Federal Contractors Are Violating Workers’ Rights and Harming the U.S. Government, Center for American Progress Report

Sandia National Labs Bribery Scandal, Department of Justice Summary

Lockheed Subsidiary (Tools and Metals) Overcharging Scheme, Jerry Seper, Washington Times 2000

Working for Equality: The Narrative of Harry Hudson, Harry Hudson

Wikipedia List of Lockheed Bribery Scandals

How Lockheed Martin Makes Money, Investopedia

Nooses, Symbols of Race Hatred, At Center of Workplace Lawsuits, Sana Siwolap, NYT 2000

Lockheed's Latest Battle: Bias, Greg Schneider, NYT 2000

Remove Labels This Ramadan <3, Coca Cola XOXO

I don't want to plug that right wing guy's website or the White Man's Caucus website but if you're dying to look them up, they're easily googlable lol. 

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