Meet the Genocide Gentry

Dear Mark,   Today, Adalah Justice Project is releasing new research along with our partners LittleSis and the Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE). Over the last few months, we’ve worked together to document the connections between executives and board members at major weapons manufacturers, and educational and cultural institutions in the U.S.   What we discovered is a deep web of complicity, granting these war profiteers singular influence within our cultural spheres and academia – despite their connections to the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza. Meet the Genocide Gentry. The new research found that executives and board members at six top weapons companies have been granted prominent positions at 54 prestigious universities, colleges, and cultural institutions. These six top weapons companies are: Lockheed Martin Boeing Northrop Grumman General Dynamics RTX/Raytheon Elbit Systems of America Our universities, museums, educational and cultural institutions shouldn’t be taking money or guidance from war profiteers.  Since October 2023, Israel has targeted universities and cultural centers across Gaza, destroying campuses, museums, libraries, and more. That this is all backed by the United States means U.S. educational and cultural institutions have a responsibility to consider their role in helping to end these war crimes.  That starts with reconsidering their connections with the weapons companies profiting from war and genocide. When they give voice and cultural respectability to arms dealers, they are themselves enabling mass destruction. Our hope is that, with this data, you can find more opportunities to organize within your communities, and chip away at the influence of the Genocide Gentry.  Visit the Genocide Gentry website to get acquainted with the key players and the institutions that host them.  In solidarity, Shona Clarkson Adalah Justice Project

Adalah Justice Project is a Palestinian-led advocacy organization based in the U.S. that builds cross-movement coalitions to achieve collective liberation. Our work is rooted in the conviction that drawing the linkages between US policy abroad and repressive state practices at home is crucial to shifting the balance of power.

https://mailchi.mp/adalahjusticeproject/genocide-gentry-9-12?e=e4aceabdd6