Confront NYC’s #1 Merchant of Death
L-3 Communications
at their world headquarters at
600 Third Avenue (btwn 39th & 40th Streets), Manhattan
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 • 4:30 to 6 pm
L-3, whose work is almost exclusively military-based, is a prime contractor for Predator drones. The drones have been used in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bosnia, Serbia, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia, among other countries. They are licensed to sell to Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and UAE. They also gained notoriety for having provided translators at Abu Ghraib prison.
We plan to vigorously protest L-3's role
in weapons production
as well as
inform others about their neighbor's role in killing and torturing
leaflet
vigil
scale model drone
picket
carry signs and banners
inform other tenants*
demand eviction from NYC
*Other Major Tenants of 600 Third Ave.:
Court TV, Sumitomo Corp., Loral Space
& Communication, Jaffe & Asher,
New
Zealand
UN Mission, Austria UN Mission
“L-3 is clearly a go-to company for carrying out some of the
U.S.’s most extreme tactics in the 'War on Terror.’”
-Reprieve (legal action charity), Jan. 2013
| Top U.S. Merchants of Death (2010) 1. Lockheed Martin $36 billion 2. Boeing $31 billion 3. Northrop Grumman $28 billion 4. General Dynamics $24 billion 5. Raytheon $23 billion 6. L-3 Communications $13 billion 7. United Technologies $11 billion 8. SAIC $8 billion 9. Oshkosh Truck $7 billion 10. Computer Sciences Corp. $6 billion |
Quick L-3 Facts
Formed: 1997
CEO: Michael T. Strianese
Headquarters: 600 Third Ave., New York, NY
L-3’s Promotional Video (2012)
DoD sales: $13 billion (2010)
DoD contractor rank:
6th among U.S. military contractors (2010)
Military share of total sales: 83%, second only to Raytheon at 91% (2010)
Notable contracts: Predator drone guidance and electronics, translators for Abu Ghraib prison, mobile power sources for U.S. Army
Self-description:
“L-3 is a prime contractor in Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems, aircraft modernization and maintenance, and national security solutions. L-3 is also a leading provider of a broad range of electronic systems used on military and commercial platforms. Our customers include the U.S. Department of Defense and its prime contractors, U.S. Government intelligence agencies, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Justice, allied foreign governments, domestic and foreign commercial customers and select other U.S. federal, state and local government agencies.”
L-3 “Trading Card”
Call-to-action for March 19, 2014, demo
Click here to view a video of the March 25, 2013, L-3 action.
sponsoring organizations (list in formation)
NYC War Resisters League • World Can't Wait • Brooklyn For Peace • Granny Peace Brigade •
NYC Metro Raging Grannies •
Park Slope Greens • Green Party of Brooklyn •
Veterans for Peace NYC Chapter 34 • New Yorkers Against the Cornell-Technion Partnership
NYC War Resisters League • nycwrl@att.net • www.warresisters.org