From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/3506 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marco Grandis Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Elsevier and weapons trade Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 09:47:43 +0100 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241019347 9050 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:35:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:35:47 +0000 (UTC) To: categories@mta.ca Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Thu Dec 7 19:40:08 2006 -0400 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:40:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1GsSmU-0003GJ-Qp for categories-list@mta.ca; Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:35:58 -0400 Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 7 Original-Lines: 57 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:3506 Archived-At: Dear colleagues, I happened to know now of a strange, seemingly incredible, connection =20= between the Elsevier publishing company and arms fairs. There is a dedicated web page: http://cage.ugent.be/~npg/elsevier/index.html Quoting from the beginning: " Background on Elsevier and the arms trade If you are an academic then you may well know the publishing house =20 Reed-Elsevier as a publisher of your papers. What you may not know is =20= that they also have a sideline organising arms fairs. Through its =20 subsidiary companies, Reed Exhibitions and Spearhead Exhibitions, =20 Reed Elsevier is responsible for organising major arms fairs in =20 several countries across the world, as well as here in the UK. The majority of Reed's work is in providing information services and =20 publications for a wide variety of professional groups whose work is =20 in the public interest. Consequently it is surprising that they would =20= want to muddy their good work by involvement in the arms trade. It =20 also means that they have received significant criticism from =20 professional groups who use their more legitimate services. " (end =20 of citation.) --- More information can be found on other links of the previous page. =20 For instance: http://cage.ugent.be/~npg/elsevier/Reedbackgrounder.pdf or reading the following letter from "Timesonline" (March 1, 2006), =20 signed also by JM Coetzee, a Nobel prize winner: http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25390-2064400,00.html --- The replies I have seen to all that seem to be of the following kind: [from the "Timesonline" article cited above] "Reed Exhibitions have =20 publicly insisted that =93the defence industry is central to the =20 preservation of freedom and national security=94. (end of citation.) I think that all scientists are concerned, in particular our group. With kind regards Marco Grandis