Come and scoff at the scoffers!

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Dear Friends,

Those of you who looked through our [End of Year Round Up]([link removed] will know how much we achieved in 2024: reports; exhibitions; the F-35 interactive map; involvement with parliament and the courts; media appearances – in print and live; and, of course, our campaigning and protests.

2024 was, indeed, a hugely busy year.

But the talk now in the office is that 2025 is a DSEI year, and you will know how much effort goes into that. Everything we do throughout the year also must include helping organise a huge protest over several days at one of the biggest arms fairs in the world – and we predict this year’s DSEI, the marketplace for death and destruction, will be even bigger this year.

2025 looks like being even busier – and January has really kicked the year off

Over the last week or so, we were involved in supporting these two events:

On Sunday morning, 19th January, an interfaith group set out to Challenge the Silence, walking from L3 Harris on the Strand to BAE Systems and onto Parliament.

And, on Wednesday, local groups in Farnborough protested at the International Armoured Vehicles Arms Fair. This is the fair that was successfully chased out of Twickenham last year, and features a "who's who" of the world's worst arms companies, including BAE Systems, Leonardo, Thales among others.

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This week sees an event which you might like to get involved in

The protest against the ADS Dinner, which returns tomorrow - Tuesday 28th January - at 6pm to the JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel, 86-90 Park Lane, London W1K 7TN.

Arms dealers and their guests will be gathering for this £250 per head banquet in Central London. After a year of mayhem, not least in Palestine, but also in many other conflicts around the world, arms dealers certainly should not be enjoying a "comfortable dining experience".

Our friends London CAAT and others are planning to protest at this disgraceful event. Last year’s protest was truly magnificent and really made us feel proud – and the diners surely suffered from indigestion.

Come and join us outside the main entrance!

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We hope you will be able to keep the pressure on the arms trade by joining great events like these. There will be plenty of opportunities this year.

With many thanks to all those who have set up (or increased) a Direct Debit or made one-off donations over Christmas and New Year.

We will need as much financial support as possible this year, and are very grateful for your help in so many ways. Keep us campaigning!

With best wishes from us all,

Charles and all the CAAT Staff team

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