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I am from Cornwall and doing two weeks work experience with CAAT as part of my degree course in journalism. Its only my second day at CAAT but so far its been very exciting being in London. Yesterday we held a protest outside the AGM meeting of Reed Elsevier who run arms fairs as a subsidiary

BAE Systems have admitted paying a private investigation agency to gather information on activists and groups including Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT). BAE paid £2,500 per month to LigneDeux Associates, whose agent Paul Mercer passed information about CAAT to BAE’s Director of Security, Mike McGinty. BAE insist that they expected Paul Mercer to operate within

Reed Elsevier’s board today struggled to defend their reputation at an AGM dominated by criticism of their role in the arms trade. Reed is best known as an academic and medical publisher but most questions concentrated on their subsidiary business running arms fairs. Meanwhile academics, medics and students joined Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT)

A sobering reminder of why opposing the international arms trade and working for de-militarisation across the world is increasingly vital was provided to me today. The latest report published by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows the catastrophic effects on the world that climate change is seemingly certain to have. There are

London CAAT met at 11am today to start our “Central London Arms Trade Crawl” outside BAE’s headquarters. Perhaps unsurprisingly, in this first leg we were emphasising the corrupt nature of the trade in death in our home city. The secluded Carlton Gardens, where the firm that the government won't allow to be investigated for corruption

Sorry I am so late in posting this. But it is a good time for it, as we have just had a successful public meeting this evening organised by Bristol CAAT, on the title "A law unto themselves: BAE, the arms trade and corruption". The speakers were Nick Gilby (fellow blogger here) and Nick

Hi, it’s Anne here – a brand new CAAT volunteer. I was down at the Shut DESO demonstration yesterday. DESO (Defence Export Services Organisation) is a government agency which promotes the UK arms export business. It employs about 500 civil servants. About thirty people turned up which is great for a mid-morning, mid-week demo. DESO were holding their

Over 10,000 people have called for the closure of DESO (Defence Export Services Organisation), a Government unit which exists to find sales for private arms companies. A petition received today by the Treasury contained signatures from throughout the UK, including prominent names such as economist Samuel Brittan, writer George Monbiot and comedian Mark Thomas.