Re: What have Reed Elsevier to do with war industry and=09cluster bombs?

["S Lynn McDonald" <lmcd@loc.gov>]

(message 2 of 2) Oops, not that that's a Swedish name.

>>> Jan.Szczepanski@ub.gu.se 09/16/05 5:37 PM >>>

One connection is Reed Elsevier, the world largest publisher and=20
leading within STM-publishing.

Lancet has protested and demanded that Reed Elsevier stop hosting=20
the Defence Systems and Equipment international because its=20
"threat to human health and wellbeing" that is the world*s=20
biggest arms fair.

Voices are heard that demands that Lancet changes publisher.

Reed Elsvier's defense:

"The defence industry is necessary for upholding national=20
security, for the preservation of democratic values and=20
supporting the ever widening role played by the armed forces"

Read these articles:

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/150905/lancet_hits_out

and You can also read about Reed Elsevier and cluster bombs at
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=3D1&click_id=3D139&art_id=3Dvn2005091=
5060448581C125783

I think that publishing should not have anything to do with war=20
industry! It's unethical and morally wrong even if it's good=20
business.

Jan Szczepanski
F=F6rste bibliotekarie
Goteborgs universitetsbibliotek
Box 222
SE 405 30 Goteborg, SWEDEN
Tel: +46 31 773 1164 Fax: +46 31 163797
E-mail: Jan.Szczepanski@ub.gu.se
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