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Anti-arms trade activists will demonstrate outside an industry conference on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - commonly known as drones - on Wednesday 16 November. The protest is organised by Drone Wars and Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) Universities' Network.
The conflict in Libya has only just ended but already the UK government is preparing to sell arms to the new government, just as it did to the Gaddafi regime. Business, Innovation and Skills Minister Mark Prisk has revealed that UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation (UKTI DSO) would send a trade mission
The UK government should go beyond the call for an Olympic truce and take steps to end the arms trade says Kaye Stearman. It's good to see the UK government leading the call for a worldwide truce during the 2012 London Olympics. UK
The 2011-12 academic year will see anti-arms trade campaigners intensify efforts to kick arms companies off university campuses. Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) Universities' Network will be supporting students, staff and academics to Ban BAE and other arms companies from all aspects of university life.
How shameless is the government's arms sales unit? Even as ordinary people across the Middle East are laying down their lives in the struggle for democracy, UKTI DSO organises a seminar to help arms companies to sell weapons to the repressive regimes of the region. The event was called Middle East: A vast market
Anti-arms trade campaigners have launched a media blitz in East London to protest against the forthcoming arms fair at the ExCeL Centre. Newham Adversary is a one-off special edition newspaper which highlights the unethical nature of the arms trade and the horrors of conflict.
Representatives of the arms industry are to speak at a London Chamber of Commerce (LCC) seminar that openly extols the further potential of selling arms to repressive regimes in the Middle East. Scheduled for Thursday 8 September, Middle East: A vast market for UK Defence and security companies features speakers from UK Trade & Industry
It’s easy to lose hope when facing down such huge monsters as the global arms trade. But the AIDEX story shows that popular protest and people power can, and does, work.
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