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The UK government touts its big increases in military spending - at the expense of overseas aid and the basic needs and dignity of disabled people in the UK - as not only necessary for security, but as a key driver of growth and innovation. But military spending is actually less effective at job creation
“It is unconscionable that Israeli delegations and arms companies will be allowed to conduct business as usual at DSEI, and it is down to campaigners to do everything they can to kick Israel out of DSEI and stop this from happening."
“We are witnessing the systematic ethnic cleansing of a people—and our own money, our institutions, and our silence are part of it. We will not be complicit.”
Negotiations appear to be nearing a conclusion for the sale of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft to Turkey by the UK. Turkey under President Erdogan is a highly authoritarian regime, engaged in deepening repression of political opposition, and a brutal war against both its own Kurdish population and Kurdish regions in neighbouring Iraq and Syria.
CAAT condemns slashing of overseas aid and disability benefits while increasing military spending
This report shows the UK’s arms system is unethical and unaccountable and in desperate need of radical reform.
CAAT is seeking one or more freelance researchers to update and extend our country and company profiles on our website.
The genocidal attack that Israel has unleashed on the people of Gaza is designed to inflict maximum suffering and terror on Palestinians. Israel has killed more than 400 Palestinians in dozens of airstrikes across Gaza. More than 600 people are reported injured. Israel has also issued evacuation orders for parts of
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