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East London Against the Arms Fair (ELAAF) are appealing directly to the state-owned Abu Dhabi Exhibition Company, owners of the ExCeL Centre, to stop hosting the London Arms Fair in 2009. On 25 March ELAAF will hold a musical protest outside the United Arab Emirates (UAE) embassy in Kensington. The musical protest
Campaigning organisations Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR) and Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) have jointly condemned the sponsorship of a youth science event by the UK’s largest arms company. Arms manufacturer BAE Systems is a major sponsor of The Big Bang, a science and technology education event aimed at young people. CAAT
Clarion Events, organisers of the forthcoming Baby Show at London’s ExCeL Centre, are enthusiastic promoters of the trade in deadly weapons. Supporters of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) will be there to inform Baby Show visitors of Clarion’s dirty business record. Clarion held its last Baby Show in London in October 2008.
Students on campuses throughout the UK have demonstrated their opposition to the arms trade as part of a national Universities’ Day of Action. Following on from the recent wave of demonstrations that swept 19 campuses in January, students, supported by Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), have engaged in activities calling for an end to
Students on campuses throughout the UK are preparing for a Day of Action against the arms trade on 11 February 2009. The Universities’ Day of Action has been organised by students and student groups with support from Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT). The run-up to the Day of Action has seen some
A nationwide wave of activism has swept through university campuses in response to Israeli military action in Gaza, underpinned by university links to the arms industry. The intensity and co-ordination of the current campaign looks set to gather steam in the run-up to a nationwide Day of Action set for the 11 February.
Barnaby Pace updates us on the current wave of anti-arms activism to sweep the nations universities: - Since 12.30 yesterday a number of Warwick students have occupied our SO.21 lecture theatre. We are demanding firstly that the university help the victims of the Israel-Palestine conflict by sending textbooks and computer equipment, restoring the ability of
Barnaby Pace writes On Thursday 15 January a group of Warwick University students, in opposition to the arms trade and in solidarity with Gaza, protested at a recruitment event run by BAE and Warwick University Careers Service. Why BAE? Is it especially unethical? Just look at their record. BAE is the third largest arms manufacturer
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