Arms Trade Crawl, Monday 19th March
London Campaign Against the Arms Trade's launch event is a series of protests outside arms dealers in Central London, highlighting the fact that the international arms trade is corrupt, indiscriminate and part of the UK establishment. Click on pins in the map to read more about each company. 11 am BAE 12 noon LRLIH 1 pm MATRA London, our home, is the global hub of the arms trade. CAAT London hopes you will join us in peacefully protesting this trade in death, which is corrupt, indiscriminate and part of the establishment. Corrupt The Serious Fraud Office is looking into a number of cases concerning corruption, sometimes involving countries with serious records of human right abuse. Recently Tony Blair ordered the SFO to halt its investigation into BAE Systems military contracts with the Saudi Government. CAAT and The Corner House have launched a legal challenge. Indiscriminate The trade deals in death. It has no qualms about who it sells to. Companies with HQs in London sell military equipment to regimes with atrocious human-rights records and UK made Bedford trucks have been used by the genocidal Janjaweed in Darfur. CAAT is a coalition of groups and individuals working for the reduction and ultimate abolition of the international arms trade. Establishment Heads of the industry are seconded into the government’s Defence Export Services Organisation, which employs nearly 500 civil servants to sell arms and lobby across government for military exports. As well as politically, the major arms companies are physically part of the establishment, with offices throughout the heart of London. CAAT is calling for the closure of DESO, located in Bloomsbury. www.caat.org.uk To get involved with CAAT London group or find out more: londoncaat@riseup.net Robin 07939 159283