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Stop the arms fair, stop the invasion of Syria

4 September 2013

A guest post from Kirsten Bayes, kindly reposted from her personal blog. I like a good embassy demonstration. I must have protested half a dozen in my time, for various causes. But in the end, an embassy is a building far away from the capital of the nation it represents, where real power lies. Still,...

Women in Black anti-DSEi protest

Gender and the arms trade: what’s the link?

5 September 2013

Cynthia Cockburn is an ardent feminist and peace campaigner, involved in international feminist antimilitarist networks such as “Women in Black against War” and the “Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom”. She very kindly wrote a piece just for us! What does gender have to do with the arms trade? The best place to start...

DSEI is nearly here! Get prepared…

6 September 2013

The UK government is condemning violence in Syria, just days before inviting other dictatorships to shop for weapons at the London arms fair. Despite having threatened military action against Assad, it will still host his weapons suppliers at the arms fair. The arms fair fuels death, conflict, fear and repression the world over. The arms...

Everything you ever wanted to know about the arms fair

7 September 2013

Over the past few months, we’ve collected some gems on our blog. Naturally, we didn’t want you to miss out, so see below for a categorised list of posts to whet your lips before the arms fair starts… Intersections with other struggles Palestine: The UK’s dirty secrets: Palestine and the arms trade // Israel’s booming...

Send a message to the arms dealers

9 September 2013

On Tuesday 10 September, we’ll be welcoming arms dealers as they arrive at London City Airport for the first day of the Arms Fair. If you were going to be greeting them by holding up a sign – of the kind taxi drivers use – what would it say? How would you tell them where to...

Colombia and its Military Suppliers at DSEI

9 September 2013

(Riot police in Bogota, Colombia- photograph by Oneris Rico) The last six months were apparently the bloodiest on record for human rights workers in war-torn Colombia, a country which has been ravaged by internal conflict for nearly half a century. The national watchdog group ‘Somos Defensores’ reports that thirty-seven human rights workers were killed between...

Arms fair challenged with daily direct action

14 September 2013

See photos of many of the week’s actions here. A key event for the international arms trade took place in London from 9-13 Sept: the DSEI arms fair which hosted 1500 arms companies and 30,000 arms buyers and sellers. The UK government’s invite list was a roll call of authoritarian regimes and human rights abusers....

A sneaky visit beyond the security fences of the arms fair

16 September 2013

An anonymous report of another action to challenge the arms fair has emerged… Excel East My handbag stuffed with gruesome cards. My mission to remind the arms dealers of the human costs of their work. My disguise: grey jacket, white blouse, fake badge.

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