Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal

About Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal

The Opening Session of The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal began on November 12, 2023. This People’s Tribunal will hold accountable — through testimony of witnesses and documentary evidence — four U.S. weapons manufacturers which produce and sell products that attack and kill not only combatants but non-combatants as well. These four defendants— Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Atomics—are representative of the entire U.S. War Industry. On November 10, 2022, the four defendants were served with subpoenas and asked to participate. All four defendants declined. This Tribunal alleges these weapons manufacturers have committed War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity. The Judges of the Tribunal will hear the evidence, render a verdict, and issue an extensive report. Testifying will be Dr. Cornel West, Richard Falk, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Norman Solomon, John Pilger, Jeremy Kuzmarov, Christian Sorensen, Jeffrey Stern, William Astore, Aisha Jumaan, Matt Aikens, Marie Dennis, Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug, and numerous others. The testimonies of the witnesses for the Tribunal have been video-recorded during the last year as investigative teams identified witnesses and elicited their testimony. This included testimonies from the victims of war, military and weapons analysts, lawyers, journalists, moral philosophers and theologians. Once the Opening Session concludes, the entire Tribunal will be streamed via video links over consecutive weeks examining War Crimes in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Gaza, and Yemen. The role of Lobbying, Think Tanks, the “Revolving Door,” and other means by which these predatory capitalists enrich themselves through war will be explored. These recorded testimonies will be presented to the Jurors of the Tribunal and a worldwide audience (via livestream). The first segment of the Tribunal aired on November 12, 2023. The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal was recently recognized by the US Peace Memorial Foundation for its work in opposing militarism and holding United States weapons manufacturers accountable for creating needless war and suffering across the globe.

Publisher

War Tribunal

Category

education · history · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Jan 2025

Latest episode

22 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

8 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Apr 2025

   Cornel West: Militarism and Spiritual Decay

   The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal interviews renowned author and philosopher Cornel West who provides a fascinating examination of the U.S. culture of militarism and its consequences on our society and the world.

2. 

   13 Mar 2025

   Lobbyists and War: Part 2

   The Tribunal's close examination continues into how lobbying is used by weapons makers to bribe elected officials into rewarding enormous weapons contracts and to manipulate mainstream media into creating a pro-war narrative needlessly causing suffering and death across the globe.

3. 

   27 Feb 2025

   Lobbyists and War

   The pernicious influence of lobbying within the U.S. war industry and how it creates needless suffering and death abroad is closely examined in this segment of the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal.

4. 

   15 Feb 2025

   Military Moral Injury: Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug

   A fascinating conversation with Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug, whose work began soon after the events of 9/11 with her investigation into what she calls “U.S. war-culture.” In more recent years, Denton-Borhaug’s focus moved to “military moral injury.” This invisible epidemic (linked to the frighteningly high numbers of servicemember and veteran suicides) springs from the intolerable moral pain and suffering experienced by too many of the 1% fighting on the front lines of our war-culture.

5. 

   28 Jan 2025

   Closing Argument with International Lawyer Richard Falk

   The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal closes its case with international lawyer Richard Falk providing the summation. Mr. Falk is a professor emeritus at Princeton University in international Law and has written over 20 books on international law, arms control, and United Nations.

6. 

   23 Jan 2025

   The Military Industrial Complex: Lt. Col. William Astore

   The Tribunal interviews Lt. Col William Astore who shares his experience and knowledge working within and against the military industrial complex. This fascinating expose provides an insiders look at how wars are fostered and perpetuated by the MIC. William J. Astore is a retired lieutenant colonel of the United States Air Force and a current professor of history. He is a senior fellow at the Eisenhower Media Network (EMN), an organization of critical veteran military and national security professionals.

7. 

   11 Jan 2025

   Operation Cast Lead

   The 2008-2009 Israeli invasion of Gaza. Subscribe to the Merchants of Death email list to receive notifications as weekly videos are released throughout the Tribunal: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-for-emails-from-the-merchants-of-death-war-crimes-tribunal?clear_id=true

8. 

   9 Jan 2025

   Empire of War: Interview with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson

   Retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (U.S. Army) was Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. In dramatic testimony Col. Wilkerson exposes the corruption of the Military Industrial Complex and how it has hijacked U.S. foreign policy to create Endless War, huge profits for weapons makers, and caused the United States to be less safe and secure in the world.

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Podcast Authority Score: 4 / 100

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