All the latest from Campaign Against Arms Trade, across the country and near you, including press releases, the CAAT Blog, articles from the CAAT News magazine, and info on local actions. Browse the full list, or filter by type or topic.
Photo call: Outside the BAE Systems AGM, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London at 10.30am on Wednesday 4 May. A door, resembling the door to Number 10 Downing Street, set on an axis so it can rotate – a revolving door. An actor dressed as Tony Blair will invite two BAE Systems
LONDON: Campaign Against Arms Trade is publishing its annual survey of organisations with investments in arms companies, today Wednesday 30 March 2005 [1]. CAAT surveyed 99 local authority pension funds in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as part of its Clean Investment Campaign 2005. Twelve local authority pension funds, dubbed The Dirty Dozen,
LONDON: Campaign Against Arms Trade has welcomed the new report (published on 24 March) by the committee of MP’s which scrutinise arms exports[1]. The Committees on Strategic Export Controls (‘The Quadripartite Committee’)[2] expresses concern at planned cuts to the Export Control Organisation, the civil service organisation which licenses arms exports[3]. CAAT is instead suggesting
LONDON: Today Jack Straw, Foreign Secretary, committed the Government to working towards an international arms treaty in his speech SECURING A GLOBAL ARMS TRADE TREATY at the Institute of Civil Engineers, London [1]. Commenting on the speech, Andrew Wood, a spokesperson for Campaign Against Arms Trade said: An international arms
Photo-call: At 11.00am on Wednesday 9 march at the entrance to the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, where the Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO) is holding a symposium, a life-size door, set on an axis at a peculiar angle, will be set revolving by an actor dressed as a civil
LONDON: The 2005 Campaign Against Arms Trade lecture will by given by journalist and political economist Joe Roeber of Transparency International[1]. It will be held in the Old Theatre at London School of Economics (LSE), Houghton Street, London W2 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm on Wednesday 9th February[2]. Corruption is both a crucial
Today, Wednesday 24th November, Indonesia hosts its first ever arms fair in Jakarta, with over 250 companies attending [1] including UK based Rolls-Royce [2] and a subsidiary of BAE Systems, Atlas Elektronik [3]. Arms from UK based companies have been used against civilians and insurgents in the conflicts of West Papua and Aceh. Campaigners
An opinion poll for Campaign Against Arms Trade, published today Monday 22 November 2004, shows majority support for a ban on arms exports. Of those questioned 44% said we should not sell military equipment to other countries, while 35% disagreed[1]. Currently the Government allows arms to be exported to many other countries, including countries
CAAT would not exist without its supporters. Each new supporter helps us strengthen our call for an end to the international arms trade.
Keep in touch