Call-outs

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Say no to the arms trade in 2013!

16 January 2013
Are you planning to take action against the arms trade in 2013? Or maybe you’d like to take action but are not sure how to get started? DSEI, the world’s largest arms fair, threatens to return to London in 2013. It is at the heart of the global trade in arms: repressive regimes are routinely...
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Resist the arms fair

10 September 2012
DSEI, one of the world’s biggest arms fairs, is scheduled to return to London’s docklands in September 2013. One year before it plans to open its doors, Stop the Arms Fair pledges to resist the arms fair and is calling for a massive day of action on 10 September 2013 if the fair goes ahead.
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Leaflet at the National Gallery

4 July 2012
It has been great fun leafleting visitors to the National Gallery. In just an hour, you can get rid of loads of leaflets and talking to people gets a really good response. (Wearing artist smocks, berets and moustaches is optional!). It would be great if you could leaflet for an hour or two over the...
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Wanted: artwork to challenge the National Gallery’s arms trade links

4 July 2012
Last year the National Gallery hosted an evening reception to celebrate the first day of business at DSEI, the world’s largest arms fair. The Gallery allows arms company Finmeccanica to buy the opportunity to use the Gallery’s rooms for its ‘corporate entertaining’. By doing so, it is giving both practical support and a veneer of...
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Take creative action to Disarm the Gallery!

6 June 2012
The National Gallery hosted the official reception for the DSEI arms fair in 2011 and regularly hosts arms trade events. Stop the Arms Fair coalition has launched a campaign to Disarm the Gallery. We want to keep up the pressure with lots of pop-up creative actions around the gallery. Why not get together with your...
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Disarm the Gallery!

27 January 2012
The National Gallery is one of our most iconic public institutions. It is also supporting the arms trade. To put a stop to this, the Stop the Arms Fair coalition has launched the Disarm the Gallery campaign.
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Action against the arms fair in 2011

19 December 2011
Arming repressive regimes. Boosting arms company profits. Displaying the latest killing technology. The world’s biggest arms fair – DSEI – took place in East London in September 2011. In 2011, we witnessed more of the horror that comes when the UK arms repressive regimes — armoured vehicles used to suppress protest in Libya and Bahrain...
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Occupy the DLR on 13 Sept

11 August 2011
Arming repressive regimes. Boosting arms company profits. Displaying the latest killing technology. It’s an event you don’t want to miss. The world’s biggest arms fair – DSEI – is coming to East London this September. Unless we stop it. This year we’ve witnessed more of the horror that comes when the UK arms repressive regimes...