A pack of war profiteers

The Ruckus Society has produced the War Profiteers Deck of cards to expose some of the real war criminals in Washington's endless war of terror against the Third World. This is no Sunday bridge club. These are individuals and institutions that stack the deck against democracy in the rigged game of global power.

Exposing their place in the house of cards illuminates the links among corporations, institutions and government officials that profit from endless war. The US war of terror is not about liberation, democracy or UN resolutions. Plainly put, the war of terror — whether in Iraq, Colombia, Afghanistan or the USA — is about subjugation, resource extraction and opening markets: a practice once referred to more honestly as colonialism.

Each suit in the deck represents a category of war profiteers: spades — oil, gas and energy companies; hearts — US government officials; clubs — military contractors; and diamonds — heads of industry, finance and the mass media.

The deck is designed to support on-going campaigns against these evil-doers. It is available from <http://www.warprofiteers.com/>.

From Green Left Weekly, May 28, 2003.

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From GLW issue 539