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.
SHAG fights for Sheffield’s universities to dump the arms trade
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Sheffield stands with Palestine – Wave protest statement
For as long as the University is guilty of genocide, we will call it out and refuse to be complicit!
Government & arms industry complicit in war crimes
UK industry provides 15% of the components for the F35 stealth combat aircraft that Israel currently uses in the Gaza bombardment.
Four jailed for weapons factory dismantling in Wales
Three activists a 23 months sentence, and one other to 27 months, after the four were convicted of “conspiracy to commit criminal damage” against Teledyne Labtech.
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.
Palestine Action crash Make UK’s engineering awards
Palestine Action snuck their way into Canary Wharf’s East Wintergarden, to crash the ‘Make UK National Gala Awards’ Ceremony, humiliating Elbit Systems and their accomplices where they least expected it. The event celebrates the worst of Britain’s military-industrial-colonial complex, hosting a number of Israel-supplying arms companies, but chief among them was Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems,
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,
Anti-arms activists found not guilty over BAE break-in
In the second broadly positive result for the anti-arms movement, Quaker activist Sam Walton and Reverend Daniel Woodhouse have been acquitted of any law-breaking over their attempt to break into a BAE facility and disarm Typhoon fighter jets destined for Saudi Arabia. The pair were found not guilty at Burnley Magistrates Court following their arrest
Posters go up as DSEi arms fair nears
As the September 4th start date of DSEI, the world’s biggest arms fair, edges closer, early actions to draw attention to protests against the annual gathering of the merchants of death have begun to filter in. Posters have been put up around London by activists using the increasingly popular method of hijacked bus hoardings this
Cardiff peace activists set for showdown with DPRTE arms dealers
Campaigners are holding a day of protest on March 28th against controversial Cardiff event DPRTE, which they say “totally blurs the boundary between government and the arms trade.” DPRTE (Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability) is to be held at the city’s Motorpoint Arena. Although it bills itself as “the UK’s leading defence procurement event,” opponents
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