Find out how UK companies contributed to violence against Black Lives Matters protesters
London CAAT wanted to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. With that in mind, we worked with Rainbow Collective to produce a video that highlighted the companies that have likely supplied weapons used on Black Lives Matter protesters as they took to the streets after the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. The companies in this video are complicit in the violent reaction to the protests and help maintain the structural racism and violent nature of the police. We posted the video on the anniversary of the death of George Floyd to highlight that not enough has changed in that time. You can take action here to call on the UK government to stop sales of anti-protest weapons to the US as well as signing this petition.
CAAT also wrote a blog post on how the UK fuels the militarisation of police globally and helps countries repress their populations. This article how the UK continued to export riot gear to the US after the protests.
There still needs to be further change, both in the US and here, to ensure that black lives truly matter – check out organisations such as Black Lives Matter UK and the United Families and Friends Campaign for ways you can get involved in the struggle for racial equality.
Join the campaign to stop and disrupt the DSEI arms fair
The Stop the Arms Fair Network is gearing up to take action against the DSEI arms fair, due to take place in September. This fair will bring military delegations from some of the world’s most repressive regimes to London to browse the latest military technology and do deals. These deals will lead to more death and destruction globally. This is where war and conflict starts and DSEI must be stopped. The network are meeting monthly online to plan how we oppose this hideous event. If you want to get involved with the network, you can email resistDSEI at protonmail.com to get on their mailing list and find out about these meetings. London CAAT are also thinking about how we can take action against the fair – come along to one of our meetings if you want to get involved – email us at londoncaat at riseup.net for details.
There is still a chance DSEI might move online this year, as have other arms fairs recently. Therefore CAAT are running a session on disrupting online arms fairs. Join the awesome Kirsten Bayes on June 17th to how we can adapt our tactics to the online space and take action against these heinous events wherever they are. More details and how to sign up here.