Undercover Policing Inquiry reveals BAE Systems offered money to Special Branch to spy on anti arms trade campaigners
This is a private company essentially prepared to bribe the police for information about its critics.
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Burnham’s non-apology for Labour inaction over genocide is mere gaslighting while arms sales continue
An ‘apology’ issued by Andy Burnham yesterday over the Labour party’s response to the Israeli genocide is “meaningless” unless followed by an end to arms sales to Israel, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has said. This includes components for the F-35 combat aircraft that Israel has used extensively in its attacks in Gaza, Iran and
Open Letter to the Prime Minister on military spending
Following the release of his government’s Defence Investment Plan (DIP), more than 50 organisations from across the UK, including CAAT, have jointly written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to warn against the government’s increasing focus of British public resources on the military over other forms of international engagement.
Billions more for nuclear weapons and AI warfare will make for a more dangerous world
The Defence Investment Plan announced yesterday by the outgoing Prime Minister from the offices of a drone-making BAE Systems subsidiary represents a dangerous failure of imagination. The last 25 years have seen major UK military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. In addition, the UK has been heavily involved in wars
Global Sanctions Coalition calls for stronger action to confront Israel’s illegal settler economy
UK members of the Global Sanctions Coalition note the recent announcement of sanctions by the UK government against some individuals and entities responsible for violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The Coalition’s UK supporters – the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), and War
Pressure mounts on UK government after seizure of illegal military transfers to Israel
A group of over 60 parliamentarians have written to the government demanding an investigation into illegal military transfers from the UK to Israel. The letter to the Department for Business and Trade, authored by Steve Witherden MP on 15 June, asks the UK authorities to explain how an illegal transfer of arms to Israel was
Direct action saves lives
Our government winning its appeal to keep Palestine Action proscribed as a 'terrorist organisation' won't stop people across the country taking action against genocide.
Palantir, the arms trade and the militarisation of AI
On Monday, 1 June, CAAT teamed up with our friends at Open Rights Group for a public meeting to discuss Big Tech and the militarisation of AI. Thank you to all the supporters who joined us.
