Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) were up bright and early to conduct their own peaceful protests against the world’s arms trade.
Their pre-dawn
activities consisted of the following:
2.30 a.m.: Despite media assumptions that CAAT would arrive in Pall Mall at 8.30 a.m., CAAT activists leave leaflets at BAE Systems’ HQ in Pall Mall at 2.30 a.m.
5 a.m.: CAAT activists visit the scene of the Metropolitan Police’s Big Breakfast
. May Day is a traditional day for peaceful protest and CAAT activists were keen to emphasise these values.
8.30 a.m.: 8 CAAT protesters went back to BAE HQ to eat cake
with BAE employees. Some were dressed as angels. I’m referring to the CAAT contingent of course. Anticipating trouble . . . four Riot Control vans were stationed outside, theoretically leaving one van to cover two peaceful CAAT supporters.
Midday: CAAT protesters then stationed
themselves at Hatton Gardens. This was to coincide with the second day of a Battle Management Systems
symposium, kindly facilitated by SMI Defence Conferences. CAAT members attempted to constructively engage delegates in today’s advertised theme. . . the human factor.
After volunteering to leave, the CAAT’s returned to nap at their HQ – including their attendant parody of the arms trade, Mr. Grim Reaper.
