“You’ve arrived at a good time” I was hailed whilst I scanned the lunch table licking my lips in anticipation, and I suppose I had! Hello, my name is Todd, recent addition to the CAAT team in the capacity of a rather wet behind the ears media volunteer. So it was with some trepidation and [...]
Archive for April, 2008
High Court Ruling: Hot off the press
Posted in CAAT, activism, anti-arms, arms companies, arms trade, campaigning, peace, protest on April 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
CAAT Press Conference As CAAT Wins Landmark Case Against Government
Posted in CAAT, activism, anti-arms, arms companies, arms trade, campaigning, central london, peace, protest on April 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On the 10th April the High Court handed down a ruling in favour of CAAT and The Corner House, finding that the government had buckled under pressure from a Saudi prince and unlawfully ended the investigation into allegations of corruption surrounding arms deals with Saudi Arabia. Given the landmark status of the Court’s judgment a press [...]
Blackwater
Posted in Defence, Defence Economics, war on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The name Blackwater first seriously entered the popular consciousness on September 17th 2007 when 17 Iraqi civilians were shot dead by Blackwater employees, working as ‘security contractors’, in an affluent neighbourhood of Baghdad. The Iraqi government’s investigation found that, contrary to the claims of the Blackwater corporation, the security contractors had not been attacked. A [...]
London CAAT Map Activism Award
Posted in BAE Systems, CAAT, London CAAT, anti-arms, arms companies, arms trade, campaigning, central london on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A London CAAT map on Platial.com has won a site award in the “Activism” category. The map, called London Arms Trade, shows the locations of the offices of weapons manufacturers and distributors in London.
When the local London group was set up, it was determined to highlight the immorality of the ‘defence’ industry. The map was [...]
