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Battlefield dispatch from General Whitewash and his brigade of rebel clowns: #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Austin caption Today at 17:00 hours a highly militarised clown battalion laid siege to the BAE Systems stand at the Edinburgh University Careers Fair on Chambers Street. In a bid to disrupt the recruiting efforts of the world’s third largest arms

In 2008/9 students across the UK made massive advances in breaking the links between universities and the arms trade, campaigning on issues such as university shareholdings in arms companies and military research. To build on that success, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has launched a Universities Network website to assist students in their continuing

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and The Corner House have welcomed the decision of the Director of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Richard Alderman, to begin prosecution proceedings against BAE Systems for alleged corruption and false accounting in its arms sales to at least four countries – Czech Republic, Romania, South Africa and

On the 8 September the DSEI arms fair opened in East London.  I spent the day meandering around CAAT’s demonstration outside the offices of UKTI DSO talking to all and sundry. I wanted to see the range of reasons why such a large group of people had gathered to fight actions our government deems to

#gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Austin caption CAAT's Media Coordinator Kaye Stearman writes: I lay unmoving on the walkway above Trafalgar Square, in front of the National Gallery. Through my half-closed eyes, I could see passers-by stopping to look at me, some taking photos. My knees stiffened and my back arched on the still damp ground yet I felt strangely content.

Iconic London Routemaster buses bedecked with anti-arms trade messages and an anti-arms trade fayre will be highlights of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT)’s protests against the London arms fair in September. CAAT’s protest will begin on the opening morning of 8 September with a rally near the ExCeL centre in Docklands followed

A young woman living sculpture will use her slot on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth to highlight the immense damage done by the international arms trade. Quinnie, who will be on the plinth on 7 September, will use her moment in the limelight to focus on the London arms fair, which starts the following day.

The UK is booked to attend a major arms fair in Libya, despite the controversy around the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds. United Kingdom Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation (UKTI DSO) will be exhibiting at the Libyan Aviation Exhibition (LAVEX) in October. Their attendance was confirmed to Campaign