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.
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...
A radio appearance, and forward… 19 October 2011 The coverage didn’t stop after the week of action. Check out this Dissident Island radio episode (at about 18:50 in) to hear a London CAAT member discussing DSEI. Preparations to stop the next DSEI are already under way, as there’s no rest for the wicked. If you’ve got some free time and you’re London-based, do...
Grassroots coverage of the day of action 20 September 2011 See Indymedia’s post Disrupting DSEI – Monday to Wednesday for a run-down of the actions at the start of DSEI, including a timeline of the day of action. Below we’ve brought together a stream of posts from Twitter from the day of action, starting at 7am.
Press coverage of the arms fair 16 September 2011 11 Sep Britain Arms giant plans to show off new drone, Morning Star Campaigners have condemned plans by BAE Systems to showcase a new “autonomous” unmanned drone at this week’s London arms fair, citing evidence that the existing Reaper models have killed civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan. [Link] Super warship targeted by protesters, British Forces...
Warships blockaded on Saturday! 12 September 2011 Protesters confront battleships en route to world’s largest arms fair Today (Saturday 10th Sept), warships en route to the world’s largest arms fair were disrupted by protesters angry at a trade that inflicts untold misery and death across the planet. Protesters manoeuvred kayaks in front of the ships to prevent them gaining access to Royal...
There’s Big Profits in the Killing Biz (video) 10 September 2011 Bexley, Lewisham and Dartford’s Food not Bombs group has made a parody video as part of their action against DSEI, to the tune of Pulp’s Sorted out for Es and Whiz. The lyrics are: Oh is this the way that arms dealers are meant to deal? Or just some fat cats making a killing on...
Pass on this message with final details! 9 September 2011 STOP THE ARMS FAIR DAY OF ACTION: TUESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER! It’s only four days till the DSEI arms fair opens its doors and the global arms trade arrives in London. There is a wave of actions planned for the first day of the fair, September 13th. You can find the full list at www.stopthearmsfair.org.uk. STAY...
