Workers in the Midwest are making weapons now being used in Gaza and elsewhere. The result: genocide.
These weapons include the 155mm artillery shell manufactured by General Dynamics at plants in Mesquite, Texas, and Camden, Arkansas, and made by American Ordinance at the Army Ammunition Plant in Middletown, Iowa. Since October 2023, the US has sent Israel more than 57,000 155mm artillery shells. More than 30 organizations have urged the Biden administration not to supply Israel with these shells because their inaccuracy and their 100-300 meter casualty radius mean they’re “inherently indiscriminant,” killing many civilians.
Also made in the Midwest is the MK-80 bomb series made by General Dynamics. The US sent Israel more than 14,000 MK-84 2,000-pound bombs from October 2023 to this June. In the first month of its offensive, Israel dropped more than 500 of the 2,000-pound bombs in Gaza, more than 40 percent of those bombs demolishing Israeli-designated safe zones and those who had fled there.
Chris Overfelt, of the Kansas City Chapter of Veterans for Peace and of the Board of Directors of PeaceWorks KC, has researched the Midwest weapons corridor. He is producing the new Midwest Weapons Report, an online newsletter giving info such as the above. To obtain the newsletter, send a request to midwestweaponsreport@proton.me.
You are also invited to hear Overfelt present his research at the Penn Valley Quaker Meeting House, 4405 Gillham Rd., KC MO, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 7 pm.
Don’t be late—Overfelt expects his presentation and the ensuing discussion will close by 7:45 pm. And don’t be surprised to hear that Overfelt needs help researching, newsletter-ing, and resisting the production and deployment of these weapons we’re making in the heart of America.
