2023-10-192023-10-192023https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/61213This paper highlights the perspectives of defence workers regarding a Just Transition of their industry, one of the most environmentally harmful sectors in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, pollution and use of non-renewable resources. It is based on (i) interviews with defence sector workers in the United States and the United Kingdom (n58); and (ii) focus groups with key representatives of national and international labour unions, defence companies and relevant NGOs (n18). Some of these defence workers and their trade union representatives envisioned a transformational path towards sustainability, including converting the defence sector to more socially useful production. Drawing on Gramsci, we define these as ¿counter-hegemonic views', since they challenge the hegemonic ¿growth coalition' and ¿treadmill of destruction' paradigms. Such views support and echo more radical interpretations of Just Transition, emphasising the necessity of a structural transformation of society to achieve a fair and effective transition to sustainability.Military emissionsmilitary-industrialpeacetrade unionswarworkplace democracyArticleCC BY-NC-ND 4.0https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2023.2199661