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Dear Friends, As we come to the end of 2025, all of us at CAAT would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of you – members of local groups, campaigners, funders, and partners – for your support, tenacity, confidence and encouragement. We just wouldn’t exist without you. We would not be
On Monday, the SPIE Security and Defence 2024 arms industry conference, will open at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, amidst protests and opposition from Edinburgh city councillors and the local community.
Edinburgh CAAT and other groups took action outside the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 21st February 2024 after a report in the Ferret revealed that the ADS Group had organised a reception within Holyrood. This event was also sponsored by French arms company Thales and Scottish Labour MSP Paul Sweeney who shortly
In this guest post, David Bloomfield from the Glasgow University Arms Divestment Coalition (GUADC) provides an update on the campaign against Glasgow University investments in the arms trade. Unfortunately a similar story can be told about universities across the UK. We recommend reading this post as background. At the
The Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) arms fair took place at SEC Glasgow at the end of June. It was met by a large, boisterous protest, which made it very clear that weapons trading should not be happening in Glasgow, or anywhere! As a result, Glasgow Council took the decision to no longer support arms fairs.
Yesterday our friends at Edinburgh CAAT and the Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre presented a 400 strong petition to Councillor Chas Booth, the Convener of Edinburgh Council's petitions committee.
As Edinburgh CAAT group celebrates it’s 20th birthday, long-term group member David Turner reflects on 20 years of campaigning against the arms trade in Scotland. In 1995 a group of Campaign Against Arms Trade supporters came together for an inaugural meeting, and the Edinburgh CAAT group was formed- the first CAAT group in Scotland.
Who are the best people to teach children about science? You may say world renowned experts and professors, like Steven Hawking or Brian Cox, but you are unlikely to say opportunistic and repressive arms companies like Selex ES. Selex ES is a major arms company that makes surveillance systems, weapon control systems
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