Join us for our first ever Reading Group series! Following our ‘Arms Trade 101 and intersecting issues’ panel, we will delve deeper into some of the profound issues connected to the global arms trade over the course of 6 weeks with the help of some of the UK’s brightest critical thinkers.
Starting by setting the landscape with an overview of the arms trade by CAAT’s very own Andrew Smith, we will move through the weeks grappling with issues including the UK’s arming of Saudi Arabia and the devastating effects on Yemen; militarised policing, borders and migration, capitalism, colonialism as well as drawing connections between the current pandemic and the arms trade.
Wk 1: Arms Trade 101 (Thursday 16th July) with Andrew Smith (CAAT)
Wk 2: Stop Arming Saudi/ Yemen (Thursday 23rd July) with Sham Murad (‘A’ is for Activism)
Wk 3: Policing & the Arms Trade (Thursday 30th July) with Dr. Adam Elliott-Cooper
Wk 4: Borders & Migration & the Arms Trade (Thursday 6th August) with Dr. Nadine El-Enany
Wk 5: Coronavirus and the Arms Trade (Thursday 13th August) with Reem Abu-Hayyeh (MedAct)
One reply to “CAAT Reading Group: ‘Arms Trade 101 and intersecting issues’ series – 6 parts”
We can all see that the appalling genocide in Gaza is horrifying people across this country. Watching it unfold over the past 2 years has pushed many to stop watching and reading the news altogether. The truth of “the death of one child is an unbearable tragedy, but that of 14,000 is merely a statistic”; testifies to the seemingly infinite capacity of humanity for denial. It is the revenue that the arms trade brings with it that blocks the eyesight of governments from change. Where can we pinpoint ways forward to unleash the horror of this denial of responsibility into ACTION? And what can I do, aged 80, to assist with this? (Apart from offering dismally small amounts of money to CAAT)
We can all see that the appalling genocide in Gaza is horrifying people across this country. Watching it unfold over the past 2 years has pushed many to stop watching and reading the news altogether. The truth of “the death of one child is an unbearable tragedy, but that of 14,000 is merely a statistic”; testifies to the seemingly infinite capacity of humanity for denial. It is the revenue that the arms trade brings with it that blocks the eyesight of governments from change. Where can we pinpoint ways forward to unleash the horror of this denial of responsibility into ACTION? And what can I do, aged 80, to assist with this? (Apart from offering dismally small amounts of money to CAAT)