Emma Cockburn, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

March 31, 2022 at 2:05 PM

CAAT News Winter 2022 Edition/Join us at CAAT

Dear friend, We have some updates for you including the latest edition of CAAT News, our statement on the war in Ukraine and some brilliant opportunities to join the team at CAAT.  Ukraine Statement CAAT condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine as an act of imperialist aggression. Russia's brutal …

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  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

March 15, 2022 at 11:34 AM

REMINDER: Online Report Launch today "Missing in action: UK arms export controls during war and armed conflict"

Dear friends,  A reminder that today 15 March at 4 pm there will be an online launch of a new research report on arming conflict, "Missing in action: UK arms export controls during war and armed conflict", by Prof. Anna Stavrianakis, University of Sussex.  The event will include an expert p…

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  Katie Fallon, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

February 21, 2022 at 7:04 PM

Lobby your MP for Yemen on 10th March

Dear friend, Next month sees the seventh anniversary of the war in Yemen, which began on 26th March 2015. It is a war that has been fuelled by British arms exports, with sales worth more than £20 billion made to Saudi Arabia since the conflict began. It is also a war that has claimed over 3…

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  Emma Cockburn, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

February 8, 2022 at 12:54 PM

CAAT: Tanks Out of Twickenham and a Secret Court Case - January E-News

  Campaign Against Arms Trade - January E-News Dear friends,  January saw us into the new year with activists in Twickenham mobilising around a local arms fair, thousands of our supporters have been collectively calling for action from the International Criminal Court and CAAT local groups …

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  Katie Fallon, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

January 14, 2022 at 11:45 AM

Justice for Yemen: tell the International Criminal Court to prosecute!

Dear friend,   For almost seven years we have been calling for justice for the people of Yemen. Meanwhile, since the bombardment began the UK has sold over £20 billion worth of military equipment to Saudi Arabia.  War Crimes in Yemen On 11 December 2019 a coalition of European and Yemeni …

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  Malak Mayet, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

December 28, 2021 at 5:14 PM

2021 Highlights: December e-news

Dear friend, We hope you’re having a restful break and are looking forward to the new year. Here’s our highlights from 2021: Resistance: Stop the Arms Fair! The DSEI arms fair saw a week of resistance in September, with theme days covering borders and migration, solidarity with Afghanistan and Pales…

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  Malak Mayet, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

December 3, 2021 at 6:35 PM

Saudi Arabia, Human Rights & the Arms Trade event and UCU strikes - November 2021 E-news

Dear friends, Here’s a round up of some of the things we’ve been up to over the last month: Call for international accountability mechanism for Yemen CAAT is among a group of over 60 civil society organisations calling on the UN General Assembly to establish a new international accountability mechan…

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  Katie Fallon, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

November 11, 2021 at 5:29 PM

Taking Action at COP26 and in the Three Counties: November E-News

Dear friends,  We saw incredible actions take place over the last month - thousands marched in Glasgow for climate justice for COP26 and campaigners in Malvern protested the 3CDSE arms fair as "farmers, not fighters". Boris Johnson, nominated by CAAT, was deservedly named a Top Spoiler of Peace in…

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  Kirsten Bayes, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

October 12, 2021 at 6:08 PM

Warton's War on Yemen: Thurs 14 Oct Premiere + Q&A

Dear friend This Thursday, 14 October, Declassified UK premieres a new film on Britain's relationship with Saudi Arabia. You can watch the film from 5pm on Declassified's YouTube channel, followed by a Q&A with the film makers at 6.30pm for which you can register (free) here. The film i…

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  Siana Bangura, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

October 8, 2021 at 12:55 PM

A Thank You and CAAT Updates

Dear friends,  THANK YOU! Before anything else, we must begin by saying a huge thank you to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, to American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Quaker Peace & Social Witness for nominating us, to our partners Mwatana for Human Rights who we shared this nomination …

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  Emma Cockburn, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

October 1, 2021 at 3:14 PM

Arms Fair Resistance and Conference at the Gates - September E-News

  Dear friends, To round off September we'll have a look at everything we've achieved together, from hundreds marching through Liverpool to demand the electronic warfare arms fair is cancelled to the various creative ways folks took direct action at DSEI in London and everything in between!…

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  Kirsten Bayes, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

September 8, 2021 at 5:57 PM

CAAT E-news September 2021: DSEi, Liverpool, Art the Arms Fair, Conference, Bolton, Afghanistan, Donate

CAAT E-News September 2021 In this edition: - Stop DSEI (East London, underway until Fri 17 Sept) - Stop the Liverpool Arms Fair (Liverpool, Sat 11 Sept) - Art the Arms Fair, incl online film premiere (Central London, 11-17 Sept) - Digital Conference at the Gates (Online, Sat 11 Sept) - B…

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  Kirsten Bayes, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

August 28, 2021 at 7:44 AM

Stop the Arms Fairs! London DSEI and Liverpool protests and events

  . Dear friend, Stop the Arms Fairs! Stop DSEI 2021 in London; Liverpool Against the Arms Fair. Stop the Arms Fair's big day of action, Tank the Arms Fair, is planned on 14th September the first day of the London DSEI 2021 arms fair. It will feature a range of protests, speakers, practica…

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  Kirsten Bayes, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

August 14, 2021 at 7:48 AM

Stop the Arms Fairs! DSEI, STAFs fund, upcoming events

  Stop the Arms Fair will be organising events from 6-16 Sept,  with the main action day on Tues 14 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…

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  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

July 14, 2021 at 5:21 PM

The UK’s hidden arms sales

  Find out more at caat.org.uk/hiddenarmssales Dear friend You may have spotted CAAT’s new report featured in The Independent today, exposing the UK's hidden arms sales. CAAT’s research shows that far from having the most ‘rigorous and robust’ arms export controls in the world, as Minister…

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  Caroline Jones, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

July 1, 2021 at 12:24 PM

Stop arming Israel: Two ways you can help

  Ask your MP to sign the EDM calling for an end to arms sales to Israel Dear friend Thanks to everyone who has already emailed their MP asking them to sign Early Day Motion 138 in Parliament, calling on the government to stop arming Israel, and to find out if UK arms were used in the rece…

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  Caroline Jones, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

June 23, 2021 at 5:44 PM

'Made in the UK, bombed in Yemen', Mon 28 June, 6.30pm

  Register for tickets now - spaces are limited Dear friend Join us for an online event launching new research mapping UK-backed crimes in Yemen. You may remember that back in December 2019, CAAT supported a case brought by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) to…

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  Emma Cockburn, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

May 28, 2021 at 5:40 PM

Take action to end UK complicity in Gaza atrocities.

Dear friend, The media may have lost interest but our activism is growing in strength and will not stop.  This month's latest bombardment of Gaza has left, to date, 219 people dead, including 63 children, with hundreds injured and over 58,000 people homeless and seeking refuge. Homes have been des…

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  Kirsten Bayes, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

May 25, 2021 at 5:44 PM

Remembering George Floyd - one year on: no to militarised policing

  Black Lives Matter protest, Seattle WA, 30 May 2020 Kelly Kline, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Dear friend One year ago today, Minneapolis police officers murdered George Floyd, a Black man, in the street sparking global protests. A subsequent investigation by Sky News revealed UK-made shields were us…

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  Dana Aboul-Jabine, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

May 22, 2021 at 3:12 PM

How UK-made arms have fuelled the bombing of Gaza

  Boris Johnson poses in an F-35 aircraft, the same type being used by Israeli forces. Dear friend, Over the last two weeks, Israeli forces have carried out a brutal bombardment of Gaza. Hundreds of people have been killed and vital infrastructure has been destroyed, making the humanita…

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  Kirsten Bayes, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

May 22, 2021 at 7:28 AM

CAAT E-news May 2021: GPT; Gaza; Arms Fairs; Training; NoWar2021; Islam & arms trade; CAAT's Sam Perlo-Freeman interviewed

CAAT E-news May 2021 In this issue: Arms company accused of corruption pleads guilty CAAT calls for arms sales to Israel to end A summer of arms fair resistance: DPRTE; Malvern; DSEI; Liverpool CAAT Training dates in June Upcoming World Beyond War conference: NoWar 2021, 4-6 June Take Action: ca…

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  Dana Aboul-Jabine, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

May 17, 2021 at 1:22 PM

CAAT Calls for Immediate Investigation: Are UK-made arms being used to Bomb Gaza

  Boris Johnson and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Dear friend, As the death toll in Gaza nears 200, demonstrators across the UK took to the streets this week to protest Israel’s relentless bombing and the ongoing occupation. Following seven days of Israeli airstrikes that hav…

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  Dana Aboul-Jabine, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

May 11, 2021 at 12:44 PM

Attacks on Palestinians: what you can do

Dear friend, You may have heard about the shocking and appalling attacks happening in Gaza, including air strikes last night that are reported to have killed 24 people including at least 9 children. The air strikes follow several days of attacks by Israeli police and settlers on Palestinians in Je…

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  Caroline Jones, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

April 29, 2021 at 5:01 PM

Day of action: Defend our right to protest

  Take action to Stop the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Dear friend Stop the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill You may have already seen news of the draconian new Bill passing through Parliament cracking down on our right to protest, and the nationwide demonstrations op…

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  Caroline Jones, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

April 26, 2021 at 11:43 AM

Defund the military

  Contact your local paper or radio station to raise awareness for the Global Month of Action on Military Spending. Dear friend New data published today by think tank SIPRI reveals that UK military spending increased by almost 3% in 2020, making the UK the 5th biggest military spender in t…

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  Sarah Waldron, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

April 22, 2021 at 3:48 PM

Arms sales back on trial!

Dear friends, Good news just in! We’re going back to court to challenge the UK government over the supply of weapons for the war in Yemen. CAAT has been granted permission for our legal challenge to proceed to the High Court. Thank you so much for everything you have done to help make this happen.…

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  Sarah Waldron, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

April 15, 2021 at 4:22 PM

50x increase in arms sales

Dear friend, Can you help us put more pressure on the UK government to end its support for the war in Yemen? Thousands of people have already signed our open letter to Boris Johnson – will you add your name? New figures published this week show that the UK government licensed arms exports worth mo…

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  Siana Bangura, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

April 6, 2021 at 4:55 PM

What happened at ‘It Starts Here’

Dear friend, A couple of weeks ago we held our ‘It Starts Here’ digital conference and we wanted to let you know how it went and how you can catch up on any sessions you missed.  Together we delivered an ambitious, exciting, and educational interactive programme from Friday 19th March - Sun 21st M…

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  Sarah Waldron, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

March 25, 2021 at 5:39 PM

Six years of shame

Dear friend, Tomorrow marks six years since Saudi-led forces began bombing Yemen. Six years of homes being destroyed. Six years of lives being torn apart. Six years of world leaders turning their backs on the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. As you already know, the attacks on Yemen have been ma…

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  Caroline Jones, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

March 16, 2021 at 7:23 PM

Cash for nukes but not for nurses

Dear friend You've probably already seen the headlines today covering the publication of the government's defence review. Thanks to everyone who took action in the autumn, telling the government to use this opportunity to radically rethink its defence priorities.  Together we  told the government th…

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  Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

February 19, 2021 at 1:15 PM

A Nobel Prize nomination?!

Dear friend, Campaign Against Arms Trade has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize! A few days ago we got a surprise Zoom call from The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) to let us know we’ve been nominated alongside our partner Mwatana for Human Rights, a grassroots organisation wo…

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  Siana Bangura · [email protected]

February 2, 2021 at 5:27 PM

The pandemic won’t stop us

Dear friend, 2020 was a year like no other but that didn’t stop us staying connected and making sure our activism was as powerful as possible. CAAT ran a number of popular online events last year including an “Arms Trade 101 & Intersecting Issues” panel discussion that attracted over 500 sign-…

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  Sarah Waldron, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

January 29, 2021 at 4:23 PM

Good news: US arms sales frozen!

Dear friends, Since we wrote to you last week, new reports suggest that the US administration has frozen new arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. This is great news which comes after years of pressure from anti-arms trade groups in the US – and it is an opportunity for us to pressure the UK gov…

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  Sarah Waldron, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

January 22, 2021 at 4:29 PM

Will Biden keep his promise?

"I would end U.S. support for the disastrous Saudi-led war in Yemen and order a reassessment of our relationship with Saudi Arabia." - Joe Biden in 2019. As Joe Biden gets down to business as the new US President, there are signs of hope for an end to the devastating war in Yemen. The US and the U…

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  Kirsten Bayes, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

December 18, 2020 at 11:00 AM

CAAT E-news: People Not War Podcast, DSEI, Yemen Day of Action, Seville Arms Fair Cancelled

CAAT E-News December 2020 In this issue: 1. People Not War podcast 2. Capacity Building: Changes to How We Resist DSEI 3. Yemen day of action 25 January 2021 4. Seville Arms Fair cancelled 5. Are you our next Parliamentary Coordinator? 6. ICYMI: Nine ways we challenged the arms trade in 2020 7. Co…

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  Jayde Bradley, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

December 11, 2020 at 2:51 PM

Nine ways we took on the arms trade in 2020

Dear friend, 2020 has been a year like no other, but together we’ve still had significant success in our campaigning against the arms trade:   We launched a new legal challenge to stop the sale of UK weapons to the Saudi-led coalition for use in the war in Yemen. Arms trade campaigners showed inc…

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  Jayde Bradley, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

November 20, 2020 at 4:57 PM

Did you see the news?

Dear friend, Did you see the news that the government is planning to increase the military budget by an extra £16 billion over the next four years? The Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review, which many of you fed into, will not be reporting until early next year. Howe…

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  Emma Cockburn, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

November 13, 2020 at 10:55 AM

CAAT e-news: Saudi Arabia & the G20, Nigeria and paying for the pandemic

CAAT E-News, November 2020 Beyond the Rhetoric of Reform: Saudi Arabia and the UK Online webinar 6pm, Thursday 19 November – register now! Join CAAT and a fantastic line-up of speakers next week to coincide with Saudi Arabia hosting the G20 international summit. As the Saudi authorities try to us…

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  Sarah Waldron, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

October 27, 2020 at 12:47 PM

New legal challenge launched

CAAT has launched a new legal challenge to stop the sale of UK weapons for use in the war in Yemen. Can you spread the word? Share this story, or share on Twitter and Facebook. In July, the government resumed issuing arms export licences for use in the war in Yemen: an appalling and astonishing de…

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  Emma Cockburn, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

October 19, 2020 at 12:56 PM

US State Violence, Success in Liverpool and Upcoming Events

CAAT E-News: October 2020 US State Violence New evidence has emerged of UK-made equipment being used in violent attacks by the US police. The UK Government has licenced anti-protest weapons of the type that have been used in violent attacks on protesters, journalists and others in the United States…

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  Sarah Waldron, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

September 29, 2020 at 4:42 PM

No one can say 'we did not know what was happening'

Dear friend, “After years of documenting the terrible toll of this war, no one can say ‘we did not know what was happening in Yemen’. Accountability is key to ensure that justice is served to the people of Yemen and to humanity.” This is the message for the world today at the UN Human Rights Counc…

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  Emma Cockburn, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

August 19, 2020 at 5:24 PM

Stop Arming Israel Day of Action - Saturday 22nd August - Take Action!

  This Saturday 22nd August we're calling for HSBC to end its complicity in Israeli Apartheid. Take action! Dear friends, This Saturday, people across the UK will be taking action against HSBC to mark the six-year anniversary since Israel's invasion of Gaza, which killed over 2,200 Palesti…

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  Sarah Waldron, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

August 6, 2020 at 6:35 PM

CAAT e-news: Corruption prosecution, Yemen update, US tear gas

Corruption prosecution moves ahead – thank you After years of delay the Serious Fraud Office announced it has brought charges in relations to allegations of corruption in an arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Thousands of CAAT supporters took action this year to shine a spotlight on this case – thank you…

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  Caroline Jones, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

July 17, 2020 at 8:20 AM

Labour consultation extended: last chance to call for arms to renewables

  Tell Labour to put arms to renewables in its Green Recovery proposals Dear friend, Thank you so much to everyone who was already able to feed in to the Labour Party policy consultation to push for a move from arms to renewables. The consultation has been extended until Monday 20th July, …

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  Sarah Waldron, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

July 7, 2020 at 4:49 PM

Breaking News: government resumes arms sales for the war in Yemen

Dear friends, Today the government has announced it will resume licensing arms sales to the Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen. CAAT will be exploring all options available to challenge this decision. These arms sales had been put on hold following our victory at the Court of Appeal last year. Th…

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  Caroline Jones, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

June 30, 2020 at 5:22 PM

CAAT E-News: Online events this week & campaign updates

CAAT E-News - June 2020 Online Training & Events CAAT is excited to announce some brilliant new online events.  Police, War & Empire - Wednesday 1 July 4-6.30pm Join us for a 2-part series discussing the relationship between war, arms trade, policing and empire. Speakers include the amaz…

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  Jon Nott, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

June 25, 2020 at 4:57 PM

We're back in court - help us stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia

We’re going back to court! Help us stop arms sales for use in the war in Yemen once and for all. The UK government’s appeal to the Supreme Court will be heard between 23-25 November. The government is challenging the Court of Appeal’s 2019 ruling that all new UK licences for the export of weapons to…

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  Sarah Waldron, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

June 21, 2020 at 8:16 AM

Arms sales to Saudi Arabia: to the Supreme Court

  One year after our Court of Appeal victory the government has still not complied with the Court's ruling. Read more in today's Observer about the pressure for action.  Dear friends, It’s one year since we won a landmark victory at the Court of Appeal challenging the UK’s arms sales to Sa…

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  Caroline Jones, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

June 19, 2020 at 12:20 PM

Tell Labour to include arms to renewables in its Green Recovery plans

  Tell Labour to put arms to renewables in its Green Recovery proposals Dear friend, The Labour Party is in the final weeks of a policy review, where it is consulting on proposals for a Green Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. If Labour’s vision is for the UK to rebuild its economy and m…

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  Caroline Jones, Campaign Against Arms Trade · [email protected]

June 4, 2020 at 10:32 AM

Stop the UK arming US state violence

Dear friend, We stand with protestors outraged and sickened at the death of George Floyd, yet another black man killed by racist police. President Trump has responded to the furious protests at continued state violence with still more violence, threatening to deploy the military and seek ‘total do…

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