Join CAAT for their first ever Reading Group series! Following their ‘Arms Trade 101 and intersecting issues’ panel, they will delve deeper into some of the profound issues connected to the global arms trade over the course of 6 weeks with the help of some of the UK’s brightest critical thinkers.
Starting by setting the landscape with an overview of the arms trade by CAAT’s very own Andrew Smith, we will move through the weeks grappling with issues including the UK’s arming of Saudi Arabia and the devastating effects on Yemen; militarised policing, borders and migration, capitalism, colonialism as well as drawing connections between the current pandemic and the arms trade.
Wk 1: Arms Trade 101 (Thursday 16th July) with Andrew Smith (CAAT)
Wk 2: Stop Arming Saudi/ Yemen (Thursday 23rd July) with Sham Murad (‘A’ is for Activism)
Wk 3: Policing & the Arms Trade (Thursday 30th July) with Dr. Adam Elliott-Cooper
Wk 4: Borders & Migration & the Arms Trade (Thursday 6th August) with Dr. Nadine El-Enany
Wk 5: Coronavirus and the Arms Trade (Thursday 13th August) with Reem Abu-Hayyeh (MedAct)
Wk 6: Climate Justice & the Arms Trade (Thursday 20th August)
Guest speaker: TBC
Sign up to all 6 sessions here