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Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) welcomes the news that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged Count Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly with making illegal payments to officials in central and eastern Europe in connection with proposed BAE arms sales. The Count, who owns property in the UK, was charged at Highbury Magistrates Court on
Cordula Bieri describes how a CAAT protest took on a comic theme to highlight the absurdity of an arms company boss speaking on ethics. On a cold and wet Thursday evening, 12 November 2009, supporters of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) gathered outside Savoy Place in central London to have a good laugh. What happened? The Institution
Anti-arms trade campaigners have reacted with incredulity after the Chairman of BAE Systems appeared to dismiss the conclusions of the Nimrod Review. Mr Dick Olver was answering questions in a public meeting after delivering the Mountbatten Memorial Lecture at the Institute for Engineering and Technology (IET) on the evening of 12 November.
Clarion's ideal of "The Spirit of Christmas" Dan Viesnik explains why CAAT supporters dress up for the Spirit of Christmas and the message they are bringing to visitors. Photo by Ian MacKinnon. Members of London Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT), East London Against the Arms Fair
Anti-arms trade campaigners have reacted with anger and disbelief that the Chairman of Britain’s biggest arms manufacturer is to deliver a lecture on ethics in business. Mr Dick Olver, chairman of BAE Systems, is scheduled to give the public the benefit of his wisdom at the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) on 12
David Watson writes on weapons, wars and climate change for Blog Action Day on Climate Change - 15 October 2009. On 14 October, BBC's Newsnight asked the question "Can you be green and capitalist?" Simon Retallack, associate director at the centre-left think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research, was asked how best to fight
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
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