A walking tour that will cover some of the arms companies exhibiting at the DSEI arms fair
The DSEI arms fair is a massive bonanza of death and destruction. Arms companies will be there to hawk their deadly wares to military delegations from countries with awful human rights records or involved in conflict. It is unfortunately returning to London in September so we thought it would be a good idea to put on a walking tour to highlight some of the arms companies that will be at the fair.
We will visit these companies’ offices, hear about their disgraceful work, and get inspired to take against the heinous monstrosity that is DSEI. Join us on August 5th at 2pm – more details and how to sign up here. You can also share our Facebook event.
Plans to oppose the fair are already taking shape – check out the Stop the Arms Fair website for more details about that and email [email protected] if you want to get more involved in planning the opposition to it.
We handed in our petition about BAE’s ad on the tube to the Mayor
Last month, we popped into City Hall to hand in our 450+ petition calling on the Mayor and TfL to stop BAE System’s advertising deal with London Underground. BAE are a company heavily complicit in the war on Yemen through billions of weapons sales to the Saudi regime not to mention their involvement in nuclear missile submarines and the Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft programme.
As London CAAT members commented, it is outrageous that an arms company can have an advert in such a public space, especially on so close to government. We handed in the petition and did some leafleting around the nearby DLR station. You can read more about this here and watch a video of the hand in here.
The petition has closed but you can still email your support for removing BAE Systems ads from the Tube to the Mayor Sadiq Khan at [email protected].