This September, the world’s arms dealers come to London. Please join us to plan international solidarity actions to shut them down. Share ways of supporting each others’ struggles, map the arms dealers and discuss action to shut them down. 7-9pm at Friends House, Euston.
Musical Protest against the “DSEi” Arms Fair, at the ExCeL London Exhibition Centre. From Victoria Dock Road or DLR Custom House Station follow the signs to ExCeL.
The government is welcoming the world’s worst human rights abusing regimes to shop for weapons in London. WHAT WILL YOU DO?
A massive arms fair is planned to take place in the UK in September 2013. The UK government plans to invite human rights abusing regimes, such as China, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Bahrain, Russia and Saudi Arabia, to the London arms fair to court them and sell them weapons.
MUSICAL PROTEST AGAINST THE THREAT OF ANOTHER ARMS FAIR. This will be outside the ExCeL exhibition centre which is the chosen venue for another planned “DSEi” arms fair. More musicians and singers (all styles) are welcome to join us. You can also join in if you are not musical. We need people to collect a petition, hold up posters, give out leaflets etc. From Custom House DLR Station or Victoria Dock Road E.16. 3BY, just follow the signs to ExCeL. We will be at the end of the walkway just before you get to the entrance to the ExCel centre
BAE Systems is on the run but we're hot on its heels.
Arms company BAE Systems would rather its shareholders weren't reminded where their profits actually come from. It is so keen to whitewash its image, that it has moved its Annual General Meeting from a prestigious venue in Westminster back to home turf in Farnborough.
They want to hide. So it's up to us to make sure they can't.
East London Against Arms Fairs AGM. Please consider coming to this even if you don't reckon to come to the monthly planning meetings.
London Campaign Against Arms Trade Strategy Day
ELAAF planning MEETINGS unless specified are 7pm-9pm usually second Monday each month until the DSEI Arms Fairs are cancelled www.dsei.co.uk/
The Garden Community Cafe, from Prince Regent Station, Docklands Light Railway, go up Prince Regent Lane. Cundy Road is first turning on the left.
Anyone who wants to help to get the arms fair cancelled will be welcome at a meeting of EAST LONDON AGAINST ARMS FAIRS
This will be outside the ExCeL exhibition centre which is the chosen venue for another planned “DSEi” arms fair. More musicians and singers (all styles) are welcome to join us. You can also join in if you are not musical. We need people to collect a petition, hold up posters, give out leaflets etc. From Custom House DLR Station or Victoria Dock Road E.16. 3BY, just follow the signs to ExCeL. We will be at the end of the walkway just before you get to the entrance to the exhibition centre.
Anyone who wants to help to get the arms fair cancelled will be welcome at a meeting of EAST LONDON AGAINST ARMS FAIRS.
From Prince Regent Station, Docklands Light Railway, go up Prince Regent Lane. Cundy Road is first turning on the left.
This will be outside the ExCeL exhibition centre which is the chosen venue for another planned “DSEi” arms fair. More musicians and singers (all styles) are welcome to join us. You can also join in if you are not musical. We need people to collect a petition, hold up posters, give out leaflets etc. From Custom House DLR Station or Victoria Dock Road E16 3BY, just follow the signs to ExCeL. We will be at the end of the walkway just before you get to the entrance to the exhibition centre.
Arms company, Raytheon UK, will be recruiting students at the London Graduate Fair on Tuesday 16 October. Join us to expose the true nature of this company and to call on The Careers Group and TARGETjobs to stop promoting arms companies at their events. http://www.londongradfair.co.uk/autumn/
Meeting point: the square of the N1 shopping centre https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=+N1+0PS outside HMV and H&M. If you can, get in touch universities@caat.org.uk to let us know you're coming.
Got questions? Take a look at our FAQs page
http://universities.caat.org.uk/campaigns/ban-bae/faqs/
Protests have ended the National Gallery's long-standing sponsorship arrangement with arms company Finmeccanica, one year before it was due to expire. See: http://www.caat.org.uk/
Well done all!
This will be outside the ExCeL exhibition centre which is the chosen venue for another planned “DSEi” arms fair. More musicians and singers (all styles) are welcome to join us.
You can also join in if you are not musical. We need people to collect a petition, hold up posters, give out leaflets etc. From Custom House DLR Station or Victoria Dock Road E.16. 3BY, just follow the signs to ExCeL. We will be at the end of the walkway just before you get to the entrance to the exhibition centre.
At the beginning of the week that one of the world's largest arms fairs is due to take place in London, join the CAAT Christian Network in prayer and action for an end to the arms trade.
Info on CAAT Christian Network: http://www.caat.org.uk/getinvolved/christian/
Public Meeting with Vince Cable and Zac Goldsmith.
Admission Free - All are welcome.
Organised by local constituents concerned about the UK’s sale of arms to repressive regimes and how the arms trade diverts resources from health and development, both Vince Cable MP and Zac Goldsmith MP will be there to respond to your questions.
London CAAT's monthly meeting - come down to discuss future actions.
Venue is the CAAT offices in Finsbury Park. The address is Unit 4, 5-7 Wells Terrace, N4 3JU. From the Wells Terrace exit of the tube station, the office is just across the road, opposite the colourful mural and above the clothing shop called Goya; please press the buzzer to get in.
Another London CAAT meeting hovers into view! And we have a change of venue this week - we will be meeting on Tuesday at the new CAAT offices, same time of 6.30pm. The offices are at Unit 4, 5-7 Wells Terrace, N4 3JU, nearest tube Finsbury Park - come out of the Wells Terrace entrance, turn left and the offices are on your right. Any problems finding it you can call 07535 992123.
We will be making a banner for our trip down to Brighton as part of Smash EDO's Summer of Resistance (http://smashedo.org.uk/summer-of-resistance) as well as discussing other future plans.
A mass action against EDO MBM – more details to follow
The G8 is where the heads of the most powerful states in the world gather to discuss cementing social control and domination of resources. Top of the agenda will be austerity; using the financial crisis caused by the banking sector to open new markets trading our public services as commodities.
The 2013 G8 summit will be somewhere in the UK. This meeting in Brighton will be a first chance to get together and discuss how to build a network to resist the summit.
Check the website for more details. Accommodation will be provided for those coming from out of town.
