Isabel and I went to the Synergy Project last night. It was great fun! We took my friend Larissa from
Ukraine along who is visiting at the moment. She said she had never seen so many alternative-looking people in one place. At the moment she is still in bed recovering from sub-culture shock .
We set [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Clubbing, Chilling and Campaigning
Posted in BAE, BAE Systems, CAAT, Reed Elsevier, activism, anti-arms, arms companies, arms trade, campaigning, central london, chilling, clubbing, peace, postcards, protest, synergy project, war on March 31, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Stop the Death Trade in London
Posted in BAE, BAE Systems, CAAT, DESO, SHUT DESO, activism, anti-arms, arms companies, arms trade, bribery allegations, central london, corruption, government, protest on March 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
London CAAT met at 11am today to start our “Central London Arms Trade Crawl” outside BAE’s headquarters. Perhaps unsurprisingly, in this first leg we were emphasising the corrupt nature of the trade in death in our home city. The secluded Carlton Gardens, where the firm that the government won’t allow to be investigated for corruption [...]
News from Bristol
Posted in BAE Systems, CAAT, Economics, Saudi Arabia, activism, arms trade, campaigning, corruption, government, legal challenge, rule of law on March 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sorry I am so late in posting this. But it is a good time for it, as we have just had a successful public meeting this evening organised by Bristol CAAT, on the title “A law unto themselves: BAE, the arms trade and corruption”. The speakers were Nick Gilby, fellow-blogger here under the name of [...]
Stop civil servants pushing arms !
Posted in CAAT, DESO, Defence, Defence Economics, Defence Export Services Organisation, SHUT DESO, UK, UK government, activism, anti-arms, arms companies, arms trade, campaigning, central london, government, peace, protest on March 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Guestpost by Anne:
Hi its Anne here – a brand new CAAT volunteer. I’ve been down at the shut DESO (Defence Export Services Organisation) demonstration yesterday. DESO is a government agency which promotes the uk arms export business. It employs about 500 civil servants. About thirty people turned up which is great for a mid-morning, mid-week demo. DESO were holding their [...]
SHUT DESO protest tomorrow
Posted in BAE, BAE Systems, DESO, Defence Export Services Organisation, East Timor, Economics, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, anti-arms, arms companies, arms trade, campaigning, cartoon, central london, christian network, pledgebank, postcards, protest, tobacco, universities, universities network on March 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is just a quick note to say THANK YOU to everyone who has signed my pledge to come to the SHUT DESO protest tomorrow.
We will be protesting at 11 am in front of DESO’s annual conference and then walk to the treasury to hand in our Shut DESO petition with over 10 000 signatures [...]
