On Militarism and Arms Trade 

Between 1960 and 1990, military spending  world-wide rose by 150%, the fastest growth being found in the countries of the South. They now account for 20% of military spending compared with 7% in 1960. Arms Supermarket: the rich countries become richer through the trade of arms and the poor countries become poorer through buying arms. The arms which are bought are replacing food, health care, education,  water supplies etc. of the developing countries. On average, poor nations have nineteen soldiers for every one doctor. Militarism is destroying people and the environment. Today, global arms’ spending is 2400 times higher than the expenditure on international peacekeeping. Half a million of the world’s scientists are doing research and development for the military. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and USA) are the five biggest exporters of arms to developing countries.

PRESENT POLITICAL WORLD ORDER
1. The present democracies are not the voice of the people, but rather the defense of the interests of the various political parties and their economic interests.
2. The governing party and the opposition spend more time in the struggle to maintain or gain power than in seeking the national common good.
3. The political program is being increasingly influenced by the neo-political agenda.
4. The same model of democracy is being imposed on the whole world.
5. There is exclusion at the political level on the basis of race, religion, ethnic group, etc.
6. CAPITAL now has a political wing and a military arm.
7. Both capitalists and communist countries are guilty of a high degree of bureaucracy and a lack of true freedom.