Cordula Bieri describes how a CAAT protest took on a comic theme to highlight the absurdity of an arms company boss speaking on ethics.
On a cold and wet Thursday evening, 12 November 2009, supporters of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) gathered outside Savoy Place in central London to have a good laugh. What happened?
The Institution of Engineering [...]
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BAE boss lectures on ethics – a bad joke?
Posted in BAE, BAE Systems, CAAT, London CAAT, activism, anti-arms, arms companies, arms trade, campaigning, central london, ethical, protest on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Clarion call from “The Spirit of Christmas”
Posted in BAE Systems, CAAT, Clarion Events, ELAAF, London CAAT, activism, anti-arms, arms companies, arms fairs, arms trade, campaigning, central london, protest on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dan Viesnik explains why CAAT supporters dress up for the Spirit of Christmas and the message they are bringing to visitors.
Members of London Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT), East London Against the Arms Fair (ELAAF), the London Catholic Worker and Trident Ploughshares met vistors outside the Spirit of Christmas Fair at London’s Olympia, on 7 November 2009.
This [...]
Green markets or gun markets
Posted in CAAT, Defence Economics, Economics, Environment, anti-arms, arms companies, arms trade, ethical on October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
David Watson from Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) writes on weapons, wars and climate change for Blog Action Day on Climate Change – 15 October 2009.
On 14 October, BBC’s Newsnight asked the question “Can you be green and capitalist?”
Simon Retallack, associate director at the centre-left think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research, was asked [...]
Clown Army descend upon BAE careers fair!
Posted in BAE, BAE Systems, CAAT, UK, activism, anti-arms, arms companies, arms trade, campaigning, ethical, protest, student, students, universities, universities network on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Battlefield dispatch from General Whitewash and his brigade of rebel clowns:
Today at 1700 hours a highly militarised clown battalion laid siege to the BAE Systems stand at the Edinburgh University Careers Fair on Chambers Street. In a bid to disrupt the recruiting efforts of the world’s third largest arms company these brave clowns performed great [...]
DSEI video blog
Posted in CAAT, Clarion Events, DSEi, Defense & Security Organisation, ELAAF, London CAAT, UK government, UKTI DSO, United Kingdom Trade & Investment, activism, anti-arms, arms companies, arms fairs, arms trade, campaigning, central london, protest on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the 8 September the DSEI arms fair opened in East London. I spent the day meandering around CAAT’s demonstration outside the offices of UKTI DSO talking to all and sundry.
I wanted to see the range of reasons why such a large group of people had gathered to fight actions our government deems to be [...]
