UK Arms fair to bring world’s worst dictators together with biggest arms companies
This week, between March 10-12 the quiet English town of Farnborough will play host to the Security and Policing conference and exhibition.
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Time to Act: No War! No Warming!
In his book Capitalist Realism: Is There no Alternative? Mark Fisher sharply argues that when it comes to thinking about changing entrenched social norms and priorities our lives have become dominated by an attitude of resignation and fatalism. Fisher’s argument can be easily applied to mainstream discourses around climate change and
Stop Elbit: Kent activists rooftop occupation of an Israeli drone factory
Local activists in East Kent take direct action to demand the UK Stops Arming Israel.
A New Vision of Security
The UK sells arms to over 100 countries across the globe, including manyabusive regimes, or those in conflict, even selling arms to both sides The official justification for the Government’s unquestioning support for the arms trade is that it is vital to safeguard “national security”. CAAT’s
New owners of Clarion Events face protests about their role in the arms trade
On Thursday 19th February, anti arms trade campaigners protested outside the office of Providence Equity, the global asset management firm that recently bought Clarion Events.
An uninvited guest at the arms dealers banquet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF92Kxlj4BA Last week, we were there to challenge arms dealers gathered in London for a £246/head 'networking' dinner, where they were wining and dining 40 MPs and 60 senior civil servants, with the BBC's Jeremy Vine to entertain them with an after dinner speech. After making their way past protesters at the door,
Protests call for South Korea to end tear gas supplies to Turkey
Protesters in gas-masks took action at the South Korean embassy in London this morning as part of an international campaign to stop tear gas shipments to Turkey.
East Kent CAAT target Barclays
Canterbury activists from the new East Kent CAAT group have been targeting Barclays over their shares in Israeli Arms company Elbit systems,. Barclays have been hit by a string of protests from activists across the country over their shares in Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. Elbit make 85% of the drones
