Stop the Arms Fair Week of Action Day 1: Stop Arming Israel
Day 1 of Stop the Arms Fair Week of action 2019 to shut down DSEI.
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Stop DSEI: How you can help
Want to join the Stop DSEI arms fair week of action, but not sure how to get involved? There are loads of ways you can be part of the action against Europe’s biggest arms fair. As well as checking out the Stop the Arms Fair website to find out about the themed days of
Solidarity with Hong Kong
Solidarity with Hong Kong protesters standing up against repressive laws. UK-made tear gas is still being used against protesters. Image: Studio Incendo on Flickr: Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protest, August 7, 2019
Countdown to the DSEI arms fair week of action
In just 6 weeks' time, arms companies from around the world will be setting up at the Excel Centre in East London for 'DSEI', one of the biggest arms fairs in the world, made possible by the political and financial backing of the UK government. We will be there to resist. Turkish explosives
Street art withdrawn from Science Museum over Saudi arms links
Increasingly, arms companies are sponsoring public events and spaces in order to boost their profiles and increase their profits. This has caused artists and performers to take action and demand better. In this blog, a member of the Protest Stencil art collective explains why they removed their work from the Science Museum in London. Keep on reading!
UK arms sales to Saudi for use in Yemen ruled unlawful
In the last few minutes the Court of Appeal has ruled that UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen are unlawful. The Court of Appeal concluded that it was ‘irrational and therefore unlawful’ for the Secretary of State for International Trade to have granted licences without making any
A view from inside the UK’s biggest arms company
Every year, CAAT activists attend the Annual General Meeting of the UK’s biggest arms company, BAE Systems. We do this so that we can challenge the Board face to face and expose the hypocrisy and greed at the heart of the arms trade. One campaigner who attended this year was Arabian activist, Ameen Nemer. Here
Arms race redux – SIPRI’s latest military expenditure data
World military spending is going up, according to data released this week by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the most authoritative and comprehensive international source on military expenditure.1 According to SIPRI, the world total increased by 2.6% in real, inflation-adjusted terms,
