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“We are everywhere”

Activists in Seoul have drawn on some of the actions we had organised at DSEI - and improved them! South Korean activists even used some of the same slogans so that if any arms dealers who had been at DSEI also went to Seoul, they would know that “we are everywhere”.

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Arms Companies Not Welcome at UWE

Arms dealers access to the site was somewhat impeded by the protest Companies attending Wednesday’s ‘Defence, Procurement, Research, Technology and Exportation’ event were greeted by queues trailing back along the A4174 as protesters blocked the UWE North Entrance. One gate was eventually locked and attendees forced to use

Campaigners celebrate with a banner saying 'arms dealers NOT here today' Blogs

One less venue for arms dealers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBX35XRmZqY We were there to greet them, but where were the arms dealers? Turns out direct action at the last arms dealers' breakfast at the Savile Club was enough to put them off! In July, the Chamber of Commerce hosted a Defence Breakfast at the Savile Club in Mayfair.

Blogs

Hack Day is a happy day for CAAT data

EU arms export browser When Ian Mackinnon proposed that CAAT hold a "Hack Day" to help enhance and improve the presentation of CAAT's data, I was intrigued. Ian is the data programmer whose skills have enabled CAAT to convert static arms export data from the UK and the

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The award BAE’s Olver wouldn’t accept

A shareholder activist is evicted from the AGM What do you get for leading an arms company facing billion-dollar corruption investigations? Well, BAE's outgoing Chairman, Dick Olver, has been given a knighthood for his “services to business.” CAAT had already recognised Olver's 'achievements' at the company's recent AGM,

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Welfare or Warfare?…The UK government has made their choice very clear at the expense of the taxpayer

This blog is reposted with kind permission from Life requires Freedom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C90zaGS8iiY Today (14/05/13) the UK Trade and Investment: Defence and Security Organisation (UKTI DSO) held a symposium at the BIS conference centre in Westminster, London. In order to facilitate the networking of UK small and medium-sized arms enterprises with larger companies and to

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