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In the United States, a woman is beaten every 15 seconds.
UNDP: "Human Development report", 1995 / penpress.org 020529
Nearly 1 in 3 adult women in the U.S. experience at least one physical assault by a partner during adulthood.
American Psychological Association, Presidential Task Force on Violence and the Family, 1996 / penpress.org 020529
Mäns våld mot kvinnor
Enligt en undersökning från BRÅ dödades 164 kvinnor av män som stod dem nära mellan år 1990 och 1999. I 40 procent av fallen fanns hot mot kvinnan dokumenterade innan gärningen. I en tredjedel av fallen finns uppgifter om att mannen tidigare misshandlat kvinnan.
Undersökningen har kritiserats av kvinnojourer för att underskatta antalet dödade, bland annat för att det är en form av brott som sällan leder till fällande domar. De menar också att uppgifterna om sambandet med händelser före mordet är missvisande låga, eftersom trakasserierna sällan kommer till myndigheternas kännedom.
BRÅ: "Dödligt våld mot kvinnor i nära relationer" / Tidningen Lava #3, 2002
Female victims of violence in the U.S. are 2.5 times more likely to be injured when the violence is committed by a partner than when committed by a stranger.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Special Report: Violence Against Women, 1995 / penpress.org 020529
Det finns fler bilar i Los Angeles än i Kina.
American Automobile Manufacturers Association, World Motor Vehicle Data, 1997 / penpress.org 020529
USA står för 25 procent av världens oljekonsumtion.
UNFPA: "The State of World Population", 2001 / penpress.org 020529
Den som föds i ett i-land konsumerar och förorenar mer under sin livstid än 40 personer i u-länder.
UNDP: "Human Development Report 1998" / penpress.org 020529
About 1 in every 20 Americans is expected to serve time in prison during their lifetime. For African-American men, the number is greater than 1 in 4.
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Lifetime Likelihood of Going to State or Federal Prison, March 1997 / penpress.org 020529
The number of people in U.S. prisons and jails tripled between 1980 and 1996.
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1998 / penpress.org 020529
Vad det skulle kosta
To achieve universal provision of basic services in developing countries would cost 80 billion a year, less than 10 percent of global military expenditures.
United Nations Development Program: "Human Development Report", 2000 / penpress.org 020529
From 1989 to 1996 the U.S. sold more than $117 billion of arms, about 45% of the global total.
U.S. State Department and U.S. Department of Defense, Foreign Military Assistance Act, Report to Congress, Financial Year 1996: Authorized U.S. Commercial Exports, Military Assistance, Foreign Military Sales and Military Imports, September 1997 / penpress
In 1997, the U.S. exported $15.6 billion in military arms to developing countries, 54% of these to non-democratic regimes.
U.S. Department of Defense Security Assistance Agency: "Foreign Military Sales, Construction and Assistance Facts", 1997; "Non-democratic regimes" is defined by U.S. Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers, and the U.S. Department of State's "Country R
Since 1990, the U.S. government has given away, free of charge, more than $8 billion worth of "surplus" equipment from U.S. military stocks, including 4,000 heavy tanks, 500 bombers and 200,000 light arms.
U.S. State Department and U.S. Department of Defense, Foreign Military Assistance Act, Report to Congress, Financial Year 1996: Authorized U.S. Commercial Exports, Military Assistance, Foreign Military Sales and Military Imports, September 1997 / penpress
In 1996, the U.S. Department of Defense dedicated 6,000 employees and $450 million to promote U.S. arms sales overseas.
World Policy Institute: "Arms Trade Report", 1996 / penpress.org 020529
Oops!
From 1945 to 1997, the U.S. "lost" 11 nuclear weapons, still unaccounted for.
U.S. Department of Defense, "Lost Weapons," 1997 / penpress.org 020529
The U.S. now spends $4.5 billion a year on nuclear weapons research, up from the $3.7 billion a year average during the Cold War. Both figures are in 1998 dollars.
U.S. Department of Energy, Stockpile Stewardship and Management Report, 1998 / penpress.org 020529
Det organiserade vansinnet
Global expenditures on education: $80 billion annually
Global defense expenditures: $781 billion annually
$781 billion is more than the total income of the poorest 45% of the global population.
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Report, "The State of the World's Children", 1999, World Bank: "World Development Indicators", 1998 / penpress.org 020529
Global Annual Military Spending
United States $271 billion
All U.S. allies combined $205 billion
Russia $70 billion
China $38 billion
All potential U.S. adversaries combined $15 billion
US Arms Control & Disarmament Agency, 1998; Center for Defense Information, 1998; 'Potential adversaries' defined by US Department of Defense "Bottom Up Review", 1993 / penpress.org 020529
Two-thirds of all U.S. scientists and engineers work for defense contractors or on defense contracts in industry or in universities. Nowhere else in the world is this true.
Center for Defense Information, 1998 / penpress.org 020529
Weapon manufacturers' stock price increases during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, from March 24 to May 24, 1999:
Rockwell International
(B-1 bomber, etc) | +48% |
Boeing Aircraft
(the B-52 Stratofortress, KC-135 Stratotanker, etc.) | +30% |
Raytheon Systems
(the Tomahawk cruise missile, AGM-88 HARM Missile, etc.) | +37% |
Lockheed Martin
(the F-117A Nighthawk, F-16 Falcon, etc.) | +18% |
Northrop Grumman
(the B-2 bomber, EA-6B Prowler, etc.) | +16% |
U.S. Department of Defense, May 24, 1999; New York Stock Exchange, May 24, 1999 / penpress.org 020529
The net worth of the world’s 200 richest people increased from $440 billion to more than $1 trillion in the four years from 1994 to 1998. In 1998, the assets of the three richest people were more than the combined GNP of the 582 million people living in the 48 least developed countries.
UNDP: "Human Development Report", 1999 / penpress.org 020529
During the Gulf War, the United States suffered 148 soldiers killed in action, and 458 wounded. The U.S. estimated that more than 100,000 Iraqi soldiers died, 300,000 were wounded, 150,000 deserted, and 60,000 were taken prisoner.
U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, 1992 / penpress.org 020529
The U.S. Department of Defense provides professional military training to more than 100 countries, annually.
U.S. Department of Defense, Defense 96, 1996 / penpress.org 020529
The U.S. maintains a military presence in more than 140 countries.
U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Almanac 2000 / penpress.org 020529
In the last ten years, U.S. Navy deployments abroad have increased by half, U.S. Army deployments have tripled, and U.S. Air Force deployments have quadrupled.
U.S. Department of Defense: "Major Deployments/Operations", 1999 / penpress.org 020529
In 1999, more than 250,000 personnel from U.S. Armed Forces occupied foreign countries, more than one-fifth of all U.S. Armed Forces personnel.
U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Almanac 1999 / penpress.org 020529
Den sociala snedrekryteringen finns i hela högskolan, men den är mindre på de små högskolorna. Med den definition Högskoleverket har valt har 37 procent av befolkningen i motsvarande åldrar arbetarbakgrund, men bara 26 procent av högskolestudenterna.
KTH och Stockholms, Uppsala och Lunds universitet har den lägsta andelen studenter med arbetarbakgrund: 16-19 procent. Undantaget är Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, som står i särklass med 4,5 procent studenter med arbetarbakgrund.
Den sociala snedrekryteringen är störst på långa utbildningar som leder till statusyrken med höga löner: till exempel läkare, jurist eller civilingenjör. Studenter med arbetarbakgrund är däremot väl representerade på kortare utbildningar, till exempel högskoleingenjörsutbildningen, lärarutbildningen och sjuksköterskeutbildningen. Befolkningens sociala struktur i högskolornas närområden har också en viss betydelse.
Högskoleverket: "Den sociala snedrekryteringen består", 020528
From 1940 through 1996, expenditures for nuclear weapons ($5.5 trillion), exceeded the combined total federal spending on education, training, employment, and social services; agriculture; natural resources and the environment; general sciences and space research; community and regional development; law enforcement; and energy production and regulation.
Brookings Institution, Atomic Audit: 1940-1996 / penpress.org 020529
The world's richest countries, with 20 per cent of global population, account for 86 per cent of total private consumption, whereas the poorest 20 per cent of the world's people account for just 1.3 per cent.
UNFPA: "The State of World Population", 2001 / penpress.org 020529
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