On 31st March 2012, Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) & Stop the Arms Fair (STAF) launched a campaign to ‘Disarm the National Gallery' in Trafalgar Square, London. A video of this action including never seen before footage of protests & discussions inside the National Gallery and an interview with BBC correspondent & Channel 4 reporter Paraic O'Brien at Stop the Arms Fair 2011 can be viewed …

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The Baby Show is run by Clarion Events, which also happens to run a number of international arms fairs: these include the world's biggest, DSEi, which has been held every two years at the Excel Centre in London's Docklands since 2001. The most recent one took place just last month, to which human rights-abusing regimes such as Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Algeria were invited. Nine supporters of Lond…

On episode 89 of Dissident Island Radio We had many fingers in may pies including:



- Photojournalist Guy Smallman discussing Afghanistan, war, and imperialism 10 years in to the 'war on terror'.



- Words from a member of the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) on the activities surrounding this year's DESI arms fair in east London.



- Derek from tokepure telling us about the need to break th…

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Tidal Basin Road next to Royal Victoria DLR station

Anti-arms trade protesters and CAAT (Campaign Against the Arms Trade) members demonstrated outside the 2011 Counter Terror Expo in London which is organised by Clarion Events. London, UK, 19/04/2011.

Protesters blocked the gates outside Downing St. as George Osborne exited No 11 with his red briefcase. They remained vocal and determined not to move. London, UK, 23/03/2011.

Demonstration against Lockheed Martin and 2011 UK census processing

 

A small demonstration was held outside Victoria station to raise awareness of the fact that the government has paid Lockheed Martin £150m of public money to help run the 2011 census. London, UK, 19/03/2011.

Bahrainians protested outside their Embassy in London following the use of UK supplied weapons against anti-government protesters in the capital's Pearl Square. London, UK, 19/02/2011.

UK Uncut forced the closure of Barclays Bank in Piccadilly Circus just after 11am. Yesterday it was revealed that the bank paid just 1% corporation tax in 2009 - £113m after record profits of £11.6bn. London, UK, 19/02/2011.

UK Uncut forced the closure of Barclays Bank in Piccadillly Circus just after 11am. Yesterday it was revealed that the bank paid just 1% corporation tax in 2009 - £113m after record profits of £11.6bn. London, UK, 19/02/2011.

Please show your solidarity and help keep Chris's spirits up in prison by writing cards and letters of support to:

Chris Cole (A8147A2), HMP Wandsworth, Heathfield Road, London SW18 3HS

***STOP PRESS*** There is a planning meeting in central London this Sunday, called by Campaign Against Arms Trade, for various groups and individuals to discuss how to mount effective resistance in the lead up to t…

The English Defence League (EDL) rallied outside the Israeli embassy with Orthodox Rabbi Nachum Shifren from L.A. The hope is that a connection will be forged between the EDL and the Tea Party in America. London, United Kingdom, 24/10/2010.

No action is to be taken against a firm that provided illegal Taser weapons which Northumbria Police used during a stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat.

Peter Boatman, a former policeman who was director of operations for Pro-Tect Systems, was found dead at his home in Reynard Way, Northampton, on 1 October.

The 57-year-old is understood to have killed himself three days after the Home Office r…

LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo!

Campaign Against the Arms Trade demonstrate outside the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster as the BAE shareholders demand answers from the board of directors inside. London, United Kingdom. 05/05/2010.

A small group of protesters gathered outside Kensington Olympia to speak out against the counter terror expo, sponsored by arms company Thales and organised by Clarion events. London, United Kingdom, 14/04/2010.

Around one hundred protesters attend a demonstration outside the Defence and Security Organisation (DSO) based in Kingsgate House on Victoria Street. The protest was organised by SPEAK, a network who connect young adults and students to campaign and pray about issues concerning global injustice. London, United Kingdom. 01/03/2010.

BAE Systems, Europe's largest defence contractor, is gearing up to supply the United States with new armoured vehicles for President Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan.

 

Since Clarion events bought the Dsei arms fair, that delightful cornucopia of torture equipment and corporate cash flow,?The Space Hijackers have been keen to help their marketing team?inform the existing customer base of the new shopping opportunites this expansion will yield.?

This time we took our Arms Fair marketing team to the Spirit Of Christmas Fair ...

Sometimes it baffles even the warped minds of the Space Hijackers to see what the people we battle against decide to do. It really is true that life is stranger than fiction.



Clarion Events, the largest independent exhibition organisers in the country, have obviously lost track of their common sense and moral compass. In a move which can only be described as totally bizarre, the company have decide…