Movement for the Abolition of War

The world is over-armed; the world is over-hungry. This is not a new slogan - this is a proven fact showing that the world spends well over 1.6 trillion dollars a year on weapons, while more than one billion people are hungry, and record high food prices are causing more hunger and deaths. Just think that one of every six persons on Earth either does not eat at all or is always hungry. The latest figure gives more than one billion good reasons to disarm the planet. The chances for the current scenario to change are, however, very little, if any.

"In this one hearing, when we were able to focus on only four projects, we identified over £8 billion of taxpayers' money which has been written off or incurred simply for reasons of delay."

"...in our devotion to militarism (despite our limited resources), we are failing to invest in our social infrastructure and other requirements for the long-term health of our country."