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Andrew Feinstein
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Andrew Feinstein
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Feinstein at the presentation of the documentary “Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade” in Copenhagen 2016
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| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| In office 1994–2001 |
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| Born | 16 March 1964 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Spouse(s) |
Simone Sultana (m. 1993)
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| Children | Three |
| Residence | London, England |
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Andrew Josef Feinstein (born 16 March 1964) is a former South African politician who currently resides in the United Kingdom, but remains a South African citizen.
Personal life[edit]
He was born in Cape Town to Ralph Josef Feinstein and Erika Hemmer. He graduated from Wynberg Boys’ High School in 1981, and received further education at King’s College, Cambridge, the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Cape Town. He married Simone Sultana on 18 December 1993, and has a son and a daughter. His interests include reading, classical & jazz music, cinema, theatre, watching rugby, cricket & soccer.[1]
Political life[edit]
A member of the African National Congress (ANC), his political life began when he served as an advisor to Gauteng‘s then-MEC of Finance, Jabu Moleketi, from 1994 to 1996. He also worked as an economic advisor to then-premier Tokyo Sexwale. He was elected as a member of the South African Parliament‘s lower house in 1997.
During his time in office, he served as chair of its study group on public accounts and ANC’s official spokesman on the National Assembly‘s public accounts committee. Feinstein was at the time referred to as “one of its most vocal and talented MPs”, who argued that a thorough investigation into the South African Arms Deal had to be done.[2] However, he resigned in 2001 when the ANC refused to launch an investigation into the matter.[3] He was succeeded by Geoff Doidge in both positions.
Immigration to the UK[edit]
He now resides in London, where he chairs the Aids charity Friends of the Treatment Action Campaign, and lectures and writes on South Africa. He also works as a Securities Coordinator for Investec Bank UK Ltd.
He is now considered an ANC dissident and critic, with his memoirs, After the Party, being severely critical of the political culture of the ANC.
In an interview with Democracy Now!, he noted the ways in which the global arms trade was linked to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.[4]
In 2011 Feinstein published The Shadow World, an investigation into the global arms industry. He reported “that the trade in weapons accounts for around 40 percent of all corruption in all world trade The .. trade in weapons is extremely closely tied into the mechanics of government. The defence manufacturers, those who make the weapons, are closely tied in to governments, to militaries, to intelligence agencies and crucially to political parties.”[5]
Books[edit]
- After the Party: A Personal and Political Journey Inside the ANC[6]
- The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ “Andrew Feinstein | Who’s Who SA”. http://www.whoswhosa.co.za. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ ANC seeks to play down Feinstein demotion, SAPA, 29 February 2001.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Statement by Andrew Feinstein MP – 30 August 2001Archived 23 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ “As U.S. Faces Gun Epidemic Post-Newtown, Obama Urged to Break With NRA & Back Global U.N. Arms Treaty”. 26 December 2012.
- ^ South to North. “Is society inherently corrupt? A look at the global arms industry and the effect corruption has on our politics, society and culture”. Al Jazeera English. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Andrew Feinstein (2007). After the party: a personal and political journey inside the ANC. Jonathan Ball. ISBN978-1-86842-262-3.
- ^ Andrew Feinstein (2011). The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade. Hamish Hamilton. ISBN978-0-241-14441-1.
External links[edit]
Al-Yamamah arms deal
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A central part of the Al Yamamah deal was the sale of Tornado fighters to the Royal Saudi Air Force.
Al Yamamah (Arabic: اليمامة, lit.‘The Dove‘) is the name of a series of record arms sales by the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia, paid for by the delivery of up to 600,000 barrels (95,000 m3) of crude oil per day to the UK government.[1] The prime contractor has been BAE Systems and its predecessor British Aerospace. The first sales occurred in September 1985 and the most recent contract for 72 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighters was signed in August 2006.
Mike Turner, then CEO of BAE Systems, said in August 2005 that BAE and its predecessor had earned £43 billion in twenty years from the contracts and that it could earn £40 billion more.[2] It is Britain’s largest ever export agreement, and employs at least 5,000 people in Saudi Arabia.[3]
In 2010, BAE Systems pleaded guilty to a United States court, to charges of false accounting and making misleading statements in connection with the sales.[4] An investigation by the British Serious Fraud Office into the deal was discontinued after political pressure from the Saudi and British governments.
Background[edit]
The UK was already a major supplier of arms to Saudi Arabia prior to Al Yamamah. In 1964 The British Aircraft Corporation conducted demonstration flights of their Lightning in Riyadh and in 1965 Saudi Arabia signed a letter of intent for the supply of Lightning and Strikemaster aircraft as well as Thunderbird surface to air missiles. The main contract was signed in 1966 for 40 Lightnings and 25 Strikemasters (eventually raised to 40). In 1973 the Saudi government signed an agreement with the British government which specified BAC as the contractor for all parts of the defence system (AEI was previously contracted to supply the radar equipment and Airwork Services provided servicing and training). Overall spending by the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) was over £10 billion GBP (SAR 57 Billion).[5]
In the 1970s United States defense contractors won major contracts, including 114 Northrop F-5s. In 1981 the RSAF ordered 46 F-15Cs and 16 F-15Ds, followed in 1982 by the purchase of 5 E-3A AWACS aircraft. Following these deals and partly due to pro-Israeli sentiment in the US Congress, which would have either blocked a deal or insisted on usage restrictions for exported aircraft, Saudi Arabia turned to the UK for further arms purchases.[6]
THE IRON LAW OF OLIGARCHY.
The resulting elites, who control the three dominant institutions
(military, economic and political) can be generally grouped into one of
six types, according to Mills:
the “Metropolitan 400” – members of historically notable local
families in the principal American cities, generally represented on the Social Register
“Celebrities” – prominent entertainers and media personalities
the “Chief Executives” – presidents and CEO’s of the most important companies within each industrial sector
the “Corporate Rich” – major landowners and corporate shareholders
the “Warlords” – senior military officers, most importantly the Joint Chiefs of Staff
the “Political Directorate” – “fifty-odd men of the executive
branch” of the U.S. federal government, including the senior leadership
in the Executive Office of the President, sometimes variously drawn from elected officials of the Democratic and Republican parties but usually professional government bureaucrats”
dalbyspook 12 Oct 2012 23:38
After they’ve used the economic depression to achieve even greater “political integration” then it’ll only be a matter of time before they unveil plans for an EU military. Perhaps the establishment of Britain thinks we are better off with NATO for the time being but sooner or late the EU will be pushing for a unified military and no doubt using the tried and tested existential threats of global terrorism to achieve this. I can almost hear the EU bureaucrats saying “global terrorism is something we must unite together to fight therefore the EU military is essential if we to protect the free democratic countries of Europe”. These people think Orwell’s 1984 is an instruction manual.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/12/bae-eads-merger-complex-handle