I'm afraid I failed this week, in my defence it has been a busy one.
Here's a link to some proper coverage of the actions this week.
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I failed quite early on in my attempt to write something every day this week the arms fair is on, but I think I have a reason.
Continue reading 13 September Day of Action.
I recently read a William Blum report that included this quote:
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."
Frederic Bastiat, (1801-1850) French economist, statesman, and author*
Continue reading DSEi.
I had a nice surprise on Thursday, my copy of War: The Human Cost was waiting for me.
Continue reading War: The Human Cost.
It can hardly have escaped your notice that David Cameron is on a jaunt around the Middle East right now, arms dealers in tow.
Continue reading Cameron in the Middle East trying to support 'democracy' and sell arms.
Ekklesia report that "The government's position on arms exports is in a state of confusion
today (7 January), following reports that the new trade minister has
ethical concerns about promoting arms exports".
Continue reading Coalition in confusion after minister questions ethics of arms exports?.
Interesting article on the comment is free section of the guardian today.
Continue reading Farnborough air show.
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."
