March 2009 Archives

The following letter was published in the EDP on the 8th January 2009.

http://www.caat.org.uk/emailbulletin/09March/bulletin/

Plans to refurbish Trident nuclear weapons had to be put on hold because US scientists forgot how to manufacture a component of the warhead, a US congressional investigation has revealed.

http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2494129.0.how_the_us_forgot_how_to_make_trident_missiles.php

On Tuesday 24th February 2009, 40 students from the University of Manchester confiscated the entire recruitment stall for Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) - a Ministry of Defence organisation, including the backing display board. The students wore high-vis jackets with the words 'UMSU Health and Safety Inspectors' written on the back.

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/03/423691.html

1. Embassy of the United Arab Emirates Arms Fair Protest
2. Photos & brief notes from DSEi Clarion Baby Show protests at ExCel last weekend

The following letter was published in the EDP on the 23rd February 2009.

UKTI (UK Trade and Investment) through their Defence & Security Organisation helps manufacturers to promote arms exports. Essentially, it now employs civil servants to help private companies to sell arms.  This is an absolute disgrace. When I read on February 19 that BAE Systems had a pre-tax profit of £2.37bn, I felt another letter coming on.  If you feel as strongly as I do about tax payers funding the peddling of equipment to maim and kill contact The Campaign Against Arms Trade.
Andy Street
Norfolk CAAT

A THREE-DAY sit-in by students protesting against their university's investment in major arms companies has ended:
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/27/power-of-student-action-forces-university-to-divest-its-holdings-in-major-arms-companies-91466-23023077/