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The idea of Europe's biggest arms company running a school may seems like something out of an Orwellian nightmare. However, it may be about to happen in Barrow, Cumbria, where BAE Systems is on the verge of taking over the faltering Furness Academy.
With the death toll in Yemen passing 2000, and with the punishment of blogger Raid Badawi being upheld, Campaign Against Arms Trade has reiterated its call for the UK to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
The last week has seen a significant victory for our campaign to get the arms trade out of public institutions. On Monday 18th May, the Public and Commercial Sector Union (PCS), which represents 5,000 workers in public galleries and museums across the UK, passed two motions at their annual conference in Brighton
This morning, activists from Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) delivered a 6350 strong petition to the BBC calling for the removal of Roger Carr, the Chair of BAE Systems, from his new position as Vice-Chair of the BBC Trust.
Last month a number of local campaign groups based in Lambeth got together in a church hall in Streatham for a meeting that has been called by CAAT. The purpose wasn't just to analyse the problems, it was also to discover what we have in common and to discuss our common ground.
Our friends at Arms Dealers on Trial have made this excellent and inspiring film about their attempts to hold arms dealers from the DSEI arms fair to account for the promotion of illegal torture weapons. https://player.vimeo.com/video/122144971
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has called on the UK government to ensure that weapons supplied by UK companies are not being used in the ongoing Saudi led air-strikes on Yemen.
Activist are cycling from London to Burghfield to protest the UK's , as part of protests around the Global Day of Action on Military Spending. Here, activist Nikki Ray explains why she's joining the Wheel Stop Trident cycle. A few weeks ago I was invited to join Wheel Stop Trident,
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