This morning, activists with London for a Free Palestine occupied the lobby of the Department of Business and Trade, calling on the UK government to stop arming Israel.
Activists occupy gov department over arms export licences
Tag: Arms Trade
High court blocks case against death merchants
On Monday 19th February, the High Court ruled that it wouldn’t allow the legal case against the UK government over arms sales to Israel to proceed.
CAAT release interactive map of all UK F35 component manufacturers
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has released an interactive map of all the locations across the UK where F35 components are made.
David Cameron advised continuing arms exports to Israel
He accepts Israel has a different interpretation of its International Humanitarian Law obligations
Confronting DSEI needs a long strategy
Emily Apple writes on resistance to the bi-annual arms dealing circus and where the movement against it can go next.
Students protest Manchester Uni’s complicity in Gaza ethnic cleansing
October 25th’s protest was attended by hundreds of students, staff, and community members, raising once again the call for the University to stop arming Israel.
DSEI ends today, but arms companies win
A look at some of the morbid guests of the arms fair on its last day.
Armed Forces day to be opposed locally & nationally
Local and national organisations are uniting to show their opposition to Armed Forces Day, due to be held in Falmouth on 24th June.
Students occupy Lancaster University in protest against collusion with the arms trade
Wednesday night, students protesting the University’s deep ties with arms companies occupied the Margaret Fell building, which contains the largest lecture theatre on campus with a capacity of 400 people. Earlier this year, Lancaster University signed a strategic agreement with BAE Systems, Europe’s largest arms manufacturer, to share research. In 2021, Lancaster University announced that,
Palestine Action disrupts exclusive arms industry dinner
While weapons industry representatives, government figures and other arms trade stakeholders convened in London for the TechUK’s ‘Defence Winter Dinner’, Palestine Action were busy adding themselves to the guest list. Six activists crashed the prestigious venue to disrupt the event and expose the guests facilitation of death and destruction in Palestine and elsewhere. Once inside
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SHAG fights for Sheffield’s universities to dump the arms trade
SHAG has been fighting for both of Sheffield's universities to cut all ties with the arms trade and the Ministry of Defence for over two years.
After Nazi attack, Swedish anarchist publisher says he will not be silenced
On Wednesday a meeting about antifascism in Stockholm was attacked by a group of Nazis.
Review: My Port of Beirut
When people treat each other like human beings, what they share in the aftermath of destruction is not so much the spectacle of destruction itself but the vital joy of life that has been ripped away.
Merger & Acquisition lawyers drop Elbit as a client
The law firm is the fifth company to end associations with the Israeli weapons maker in recent months.
