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Award-winning exhibition against London arms fair back for third run, featuring Nobel Peace Prize Nominees, Campaign Against Arms Trade

On the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, Siana Bangura remembers him, as Campaign Against Arms Trade continues to condemn the UK’s role in arming repression around the world, including in the USA, and exporting violence and brutality.

By Sam Perlo-Freeman, CAAT Research Coordinator The war in Yemen is a horrific example of how major arms exporters, chiefly the US and UK, have continued to arm countries engaged in a brutal and devastating conflict, namely Saudi Arabia and the UAE. But it is far from the only example, and such policies are not

On Saturday, 25 October, as the United Friends and Family Campaign (UFFC) took to Trafalgar square for its 26th annual march in memory of loved ones who have died in police, prison, mental health and immigration custody, World Beyond War held

The Rapid Support Forces militia is committing genocide in Darfur in western Sudan, in the course of its civil war with Sudan's military rulers. The RSF is armed by the United Arab Emirates, a western ally in the Gulf which receives huge arms supplies from France, the US, the UK and others. UK military equipment

This is the dystopian, authoritarian country we now live in - one where you can end up sitting in a cell because the police believe you might protest.

The UK government touts its big increases in military spending - at the expense of overseas aid and the basic needs and dignity of disabled people in the UK - as not only necessary for security, but as a key driver of growth and innovation. But military spending is actually less effective at job creation