Stop the Arms Fair will be organising events from 6-16 Sept, |
Dear friend
The DSEI arms fair is planning to return to London next month. It is due to begin on Tuesday 14th September. Local groups will be organising themed days of action in the run up to the arms fair, with the main action day being on the 14th (more here).
Unfortunately, DSEI is likely to be the first of a series of planned and re-arranged arms fairs this autumn, which include:
Farnborough: DPRTE (Defence Procurement Research Technology Export), 5 Oct 2021
Liverpool: AOC 2021 (Electronic Warfare) in Liverpool, 12 Oct 2021
Malvern: 3CDSE (Three Counties Defence & Security Expo), 3 & 4 Nov 2021
To support campaigners taking action against arms fairs across the country, CAAT has established a newly launched Stop the Arms Fairs (STAFs) fund. You can apply for small pots of funding (up to £500) from the fund here: https://bit.ly/STAFsFund2021
The first tranche of this funding has a deadline of 31 August, so if it might be of interest, please take a look and apply now. The goal is to help you campaign against the arms trade in a way that feels local to you, given that many people still do not feel comfortable travelling long distances at the moment.
As well as CAAT staff continuing to support these groups behind the scenes, we will also be sponsoring online training (including Know Your Rights and Legal Observer training) facilitated by our friends at Green & Black Cross (GBC), and delivering an online Conference at the Gates, just before DSEI, aimed at students, academics and anyone interested in the intersection between academia and militarism.
If you would like more information, including how to join local groups actively campaigning against these fairs, please reply to this email.
If you would like to help support and grow this work financially, and are able to make a donation, it would be hugely appreciated. You can donate to CAAT and support our work here.
Thank you for your continuing support and passionate resistance to the arms trade!
Kirsten Bayes, Local Outreach Co-ordinator,
Campaign Against Arms Trade
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P.S. For the first round of funding for the "Stop the Arms Fairs" fund, please apply by 31st August!