Dear friend,
Welcome to CAAT E-news for March 2024!
In this edition:
* Protest 12 March 2024, 6pm Home Office, London: No to Security and
Policing Arms Fair! (CAAT, Netpol)
* Vigil 26th March 2024 6:00 pm: Yemen Ninth Anniversary Vigil planned
at Downing Street (London CAAT)
* Action report 6th March 2024: Bristol Arms Fair Blockaded for Two days
* New report released: Weaponising Universities: Research Collaborations
between UK Universities and the Military Industrial Complex
* Materials: New leaflets and stickers
* Save the date: London CAAT Merchants of Death Tour (Gaza) 6th April,
2pm
PROTEST 12 MARCH 2024, 6PM HOME OFFICE: NO TO SECURITY AND POLICING ARMS
FAIR! (CAAT, NETPOL)
Join Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) and Campaign Against Arms Trade
(CAAT) at the Home Office in London at 6pm on 12 March 2024 [1]. We will be
saying No to the Security and Policing arms fair! No to repressive
policing! Yes to refugees and migrants! Solidarity with Gaza!
Each year the Home Office brings together cops, spies, border guards, arms
companies and delegations from other countries, many with poor human rights
records, for its Security and Policing arms fair This year participants
will include Israeli arms company Elbit Systems, BAE Systems and L3 Harris,
all of whom are deeply complicit in the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in
Gaza by Israel.
More information from the CAAT Events page [1].
VIGIL 26TH MARCH 2024 6:00 PM: YEMEN NINTH ANNIVERSARY VIGIL PLANNED AT
DOWNING STREET (LONDON CAAT)
March 26th marks nine years since the Saudi-led coalition started their
brutal assault on Yemen. In that time, thousands of Yemeni civilians have
been killed by Saudi bombs. The UN estimates that 377,000 war related
deaths occurred by the end of 2021. In total the UK has supplied at least
£28 billion worth of arms to the Saudi-led coalition attacking Yemen.
Join London CAAT as they stand in solidarity with the people of Yemen
outside Downing Street.
More info via the CAAT Events page [2].
ACTION REPORT 6TH MARCH 2024: BRISTOL ARMS FAIR BLOCKADED FOR TWO DAYS
On 5th and 6th March 2024, campaigners blockaded access to the Bristol arms
fair [3]. The Future Indirect Fires and Joint Military Training &
Simulation Stream conferences are taking place at the Ashton Gate stadium
in Bristol. Companies attending the conference include Elbit Systems and
BAE Systems who are complicit in the genocide Israel is perpetrating
against Palestinian people in Gaza. The protest was called by PSC Bristol
and Stop the War, and supported by a wide range of local groups.
CAAT’s Emily Apple who was there says, “This week people showed clearly
that they will not stand by and let arms dealers meet in Bristol, and they
will not be complicit in genocide.”
Find out more in CAAT’s news page [3]
NEW REPORT RELEASED: WEAPONISING UNIVERSITIES: RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
BETWEEN UK UNIVERSITIES AND THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
In this new report [4] commissioned by CAAT, Okopi Ajonye from Demilitarise
Education discusses the deepening ties between universities in the UK and
the arms industry and military research, which include arms industry-funded
research on campus, dedicated research centres sponsored by the arms
industry and/or the MOD and other parts of the UK security establishment,
and other ties.
Find out more and download the report from the CAAT publications page
[4]
Watch the launch event [5] on CAAT's YouTube channel, featuring the
report’s author Okopi Agonye and invited panel, hosted by CAAT's Sam
Perlo-Freeman, CAAT’s Research Coordinator
MATERIALS: NEW LEAFLETS AND STICKERS
We have new leaflets and stickers! Reply to this note, or contact
[email protected] if you would like some.
SAVE THE DATE: MERCHANTS OF DEATH TOUR (GAZA) 6TH APRIL, 2PM
London CAAT will be hosting another of their Merchants of Death walks [6]
with a focus on arms companies complicit in the Israeli attacks Gaza. More
details here [6]: sign up link and start point to follow.
Thank you for your continuing support, and efforts in resisting the deadly
arms trade!
Kirsten Bayes
CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARMS TRADE
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