Ne'ma's son, Essam Atta, was tortured to death in a military prison in Cairo in October 2011. The UK is still arming Egypt. Photo: Maggie Osama on Flickr.
The army and police rely on tear gas, bullets and weapons from abroad... We ask you to take action... Shut down the arms dealers. Do not let them make it, ship it.
From Tahrir Square in November 2011 (mosireen.org)
In 2011, the Egyptian junta browsed an enormous warehouse of weapons at the world's largest arms fair in London. As with Mubarak's regime before them, they were there at the invite of the UK government. We have two years to grow our movement against the arms trade to stop the fair returning in September 2013.
Fill your diary with action against the arms trade and find out what you can do right now.
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| 16 May 2012 |
Phone/Facebook/Twitter/Email blockade of arms fair organisers Clarion Events All day, wherever you are. The Spirit of Summer Fair is organised by Clarion Events, who also organise DSEi, Europe's largest weapons fair. London CAAT are organising a Twitter, Facebook, Email and phone blockade of Clarion on the first day of the fair. More info in the events section of the London CAAT website. |
19 May 2012 
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Non-Violent Direct Action Training with Stop the Arms Fair 10.30am-4.30pm, Friends House, Euston, London. The arms trade happens on our doorsteps. Most of us have an arms company site within just a few miles of where we live. If you are interested in learning more about how you could take direct action to challenge the arms trade, then come along to this training day with Stop the Arms Fair coalition. Facilitators from Rhizome will help participants explore why and how we use nonviolence and direct action, develop skills for occupying space, keeping things calm or dealing with aggression, and tactics for blockading and impeding the arms trade. The training will also be useful if you are interested in taking non-violent direct action on other issues. Please let us know if you would like to book a place! Email or call Anne-Marie from Campaign Against Arms Trade on 020 7281 0297. The day is free to attend but if you can afford it, please bring along £10 to contribute towards the trainers' expenses. |
| 22-24 May 2012 |
Meditation and prayer at the ITEC military training fair 9am-5pm each day at the Custom House entrance to the Excel exhibition centre. Its website boasts: "ITEC is the exhibition and conference to be seen at if you're involved in the military training, simulation and education sectors". It is organised by the same company, Clarion Events, and hosted at the same venue, Excel, as the world's largest arms fair DSEi. A constant vigil will be maintained suring the fair to which others are invited. If you have any questions, you can ask at the Garden Cafe, 7 Cundy Road, nearby. |
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3 June 2012
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CAAT Christian Network Day of Prayer This year's Day of Prayer will take place on the eve of the International day for Children as Victims of War. As Christians we are called to welcome children. Yet children are refugees, victims of war and want, child soldiers, victims of conflict and injustice, injured and killed by weapons and gun violence. This is not OK. Download a Day of Prayer pack and join Christians across the UK to pray for an end to the arms trade. |
| 11-15 June 2012 |
Quaker Vigil outside the Eurosatory arms fair in Paris The "Eurosatory" arms fair takes place in Paris every two years. In protest at this event, for many years Quakers have maintained a vigil. Contact us if you are interested in taking part. |
| Summer 2012 |
Smash EDO Summer of Resistance A summer of antics and opposition to Brighton's very own peddlers of death. Start working on your cunning plans now and join in! |
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9-15 July 2012
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Protest at the Farnborough Air Show The Farnborough Air Show is an arms fair. The only difference is that families are invited to come along too. Be there with CAAT to show that This is NOT OK. Contact us to let us know you'd like to take part. |
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9 July 2012
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Night at the Museum for Arms Dealers The Natural History Museum has confirmed that the official Farnborough Reception will be held in the Museum on Monday 9th July. Arms dealers will enjoy cocktails in the shadow of the Museum's famous Diplodocus. See the Airshow website. Perhaps you might like to be there to greet them? |
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September 2012
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Month of action against your local arms company Chemring, one of the companies that manufactured CS gas used against protesters in Egypt, has sites in Wiltshire, Ayrshire, Hampshire, Derby and London. Chances are there's an arms company just miles from where you live as well. We want to bring them out of the shadows by exposing what's going on. In September – one year ahead of the massive arms fair in London – take part in our month of action against local weapons company sites. Contact us to let us know you'd like to take part. |
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9 March 2013
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CAAT National Gathering Conway Hall, Holborn, London, WC1R 4RL. For those who plan very far in advance, put the date in your diary now for an important day of learning, networking and planning for action to stop the arms fair in 2013. More details in late 2012... |
| 10-13 Sept 2013 |
The DSEi arms fair returns to London's Docklands Or does it? Take action with CAAT to shut the fair down. |
Regular Events
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Noise demos at EDO MBM Every Wednesday 4-6pm EDO MBM, Home Farm Business Park, Home Farm Road, Moulsecoomb, Brighton. Come and make some noise outside EDO MBM, a Brighton-based company manufacturing electrical weapons components. For more information see the Smash EDO campaign. |
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Peace Vigil In Luton Every Saturday Weekly peace vigils every Saturday 2-3pm near the Luton War Memorial. For more information email Luton for Peace or call 07810 025818. |
| Monthly |
Medway CAAT Meeting 7.30pm at Friends Meeting House, Rochester on the last Monday of each month In Spring 2011, UK weapons were used to suppress pro-democracy protests in the Middle East & North Africa. In September, the world's arms industry arrived in the UK for a huge fair continuing their trade, arming repressive regimes and countries at risk of conflict. Join us on the last Monday of each month to discuss implications of the arms trade and what can be done to prevent further damage. |
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Vigil and leafleting of the workers at the BAE Systems site in Warton (Lancashire) First Monday of the month, between 5-6pm This vigil has been happening for about ten years. All are welcome to join in. Please contact Jan Harper on janharper1(at)yahoo·co·uk or 0151 263 6578. |
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Picket Heckler & Koch Second Monday of the month, from 4-5.30pm (or sometimes 12.30-2pm during darker months) at the gate of Easter Park, Lenton Lane, Nottingham NG7 2PX Join local activists to protest against this major manufacturer of small arms. For more information, check the Shut Down H&K website. |
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East London Against the Arms Fair meeting Second Tuesday of the month, 7.30pm-9pm at Kingsley Hall, Powis Road, E3 3HJ (Nearest tube Bromley by Bow) All opposed to Arms Fairs welcome - help campaign against the return of the DSEi arms fair in East London. For more info contact elaaf(at)hotmail·co·uk or call 07513 792705. |
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CAAT London Group Meeting Third Tuesday of the month at 6.30pm in the upstairs room at Central Station pub, near Kings Cross. The London CAAT group meets monthly to discuss arms trade issues and plan campaigns. For more information about the group or to confirm details of the next meeting, please email londoncaat(at)riseup·net. |
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Norfolk CAAT group meeting Fourth Monday of the month Norfolk CAAT group meets monthly, usually on the 4th Monday of every month, at the Friends Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, Norwich NR2 1EW (map). For more information or to check that a meeting is taking place, please email info(at)norfolkcaat·org·uk. |
The events we can list on this page are generally limited to those related to the arms trade. However, the Network for Peace has an online diary which aims to carry information on all peace movement events and also lists some other social justice events.
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