Interesting article on the comment is free section of the guardian today.
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Norwich Peace Camp took place on 26 June at the forum.
Continue reading Norwich Peace Camp 2010.
Should the government be increasing support for the arms industry when
public services are facing cuts?
Continue reading Cutting services, funding arms sales.
The latest medialens alert is an excellent analysis of high tech military spending - Trident, Israel's new Iron Dome - and the media's response.
"In reality, the logic of military spending has been reversed. It is not that awesome weapons are required to counter awesome threats - threats are needed to justify high-tech weapons. There is no terrifying Soviet, Muslim or Martian plan to conquer the West. There is despair and anger expressed using the poor person's weapon of war - labeled "terrorism" by our own high-tech terrorists - that would vanish, instantly, if Western elites stopped inventing motives and machines for attacking innocent people."
"In reality, the logic of military spending has been reversed. It is not that awesome weapons are required to counter awesome threats - threats are needed to justify high-tech weapons. There is no terrifying Soviet, Muslim or Martian plan to conquer the West. There is despair and anger expressed using the poor person's weapon of war - labeled "terrorism" by our own high-tech terrorists - that would vanish, instantly, if Western elites stopped inventing motives and machines for attacking innocent people."
Continue reading CAAT National Gathering .
"Warfighters around the
world rely on Brimar products every day," a small company from
Manchester in northwest England boasts on its publicity material.
Brimar makes screens and viewfinders which allow helicopter pilots and
tank gunners to carry out their bloody jobs in Gaza, Iraq and
Afghanistan. But a new local campaign is looking to turn Brimar's boast
on its head, and it's just one of a number of British campaigns
confronting the companies which arm the Israeli military.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10773.shtml
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10773.shtml
I arrived at Norwich Peace Camp around lunchtime, so unfortunately I missed not only the setting up of the CAAT stall (as you can see from the photos it looked great thanks to the hard work of Andy and Derek) but also meeting a volunteer I didn't know and the visit of Councillor Evelyn Collishaw, the Lord Mayor of Norwich.
I gather it had been quite a busy morning
but luckily for me the afternoon also had a buzz about it. I met Bryan, a CAAT
member from Dereham for the first time. Bryan
When we
weren't manning the stall we all managed to have a look around and take
advantage of the great opportunity for us to meet other organizations and share
information. It was an excellent day thanks to everyone involved. In particular
thanks to Shan for organising such a great event, Andy and Derek for all their
work on getting the resources and making the early start to set-up the stall
(and Andy for taking it down all on his own!) and to Bryan, Christine, Mary, Peter and Simone for manning the stall
and encouraging so much support for CAAT's work.
Corporate Watch have written an excellent and detailed article on the arms companies that export weapons and other military equipment to Israel, with a focus on the campaign groups that are targeting this trade.
http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=3192
http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=3192
See Arms Trade - a major cause of suffering on the Global Issues for articles on social, political, economic and environmental issues that affect us all.
