Arms fairs

It was great (and surprising?) to see the police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission, criticising the Met officer for using CS gas on protesters at a UK Uncut action last year. Whilst the IPCC is notoriously ineffectual at challenging police behaviour, it managed to publicly challenge the use of CS gas on this occasion....

An amazing documentary was released this year, that investigated how Israel uses Palestinians as guinea pigs in military weapons experiments. Al Jazeera English wrote an insightful review:

This September, a delegation from Algeria is expected to attend the DSEI arms fair in London at the invitation of the UK government. The country has a long record of carrying out human rights abuses against political dissidents and human rights defenders. Here is an article by Hamza Hamouchene, currently researching the UK’s energy interests...

Article written by Ozlem Atik, London Gezi A group of people from different ethnic and religious backgrounds and political views came together during the Gezi -Taksim resistance. They did not and do not represent a political party or any other organization. In support of the Gezi movement they organised flashmobs, protests, workshops, and started to interact...