DSEI – one of the world’s largest arms fairs – will return to London in September 2025 Thousands of exhibitors and buyers will gather to make deals over equipment that causes untold death and destruction worldwide. In this time of heightened global tension and atrocious wars, business is booming for the arms industry. But this is not what will keep us, or anyone, safe. This is where war and repression starts, and this is where we can stop it. Stop the Arms Fair is already organising to resist the September 2025 DSEI arms fair. They are coordinating protests and collective action, supporting local training, outreach and mobilisation, and giving shape to the resistance in the months to come.
The arms trade touches a huge range of issues and struggles. The following themed days have been set by the coalition to bring some of these connections into focus and provide structure, but they are not strict and all kinds of actions and issues are welcome on any day.
‘Set up’ week – 1st – 7th September 2025, east entrance to ExCel, next to Premier Inn Docklands
Monday 1st September – Setting up camp
Tuesday 2nd – Setting up camp &banner making
Wed 3rd – Rethinking security: police, borders and prisons at DSEI
Thu 4th – No Ecocide, No Genocide
Fri 5th – Think Global, Act Local (international struggles and solidarity)
Sat 6th – Workers against the Arms Trade
Sun 7th – Festival of Resistance (performance, creativity, party)
DSEI – 9th – 12th September 2025 – west entrance to ExCel and DLR entrances (Custom House and Prince Regent)
Tue 9th September – No faith in war
Wed 10th – No pride in genocide
Thu 11th – Migrant justice
Fri 12th – Feminist justice
Check out their website for more details and to get involved in the resistance.