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Exposing Britain’s Covert War On Yemen
On March 15th, Yemen was battered with airstrikes, described as a “wicked” act of Anglo-American aggression by spokespeople for AnsarAllah. The blitzkrieg, which overwhelmingly targeted residential areas, killed at least 31 civilians and injured over 100 more. In a characteristically bombastic outburst, US President Donald Trump declared the “decisive and powerful military action” was launched… Continue reading
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Keir Starmer’s plan for UK growth – the Ukraine war
The Labour government’s increase in military spending and its extraordinary new agreement with Ukraine are platforms for the UK arms industry, which Labour sees as key to economic growth in Britain. Continue reading
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While Biden Gives Ukrainian Army “The Most Lethal Weapon,” War Profiteer BAE Systems Stock Soars
Sending Ukraine a $300 million shipment of powerful M-777 howitzers is a lobbying triumph for BAE Systems, one of the many war industry corporations fattening on the death and destruction of the Ukraine war Continue reading
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Who’s Behind The 5G Cull Of Humanity?
In 1999, HP scientist Richard P. Walker was granted a patent for what would become known as the internet of everything, now better known as 5G. Walker and the rest of his Silicon Valley colleagues had been fed military technology by Lockheed Martin and IBM. Continue reading
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General Atomics bring in BAE Systems to lobby for ‘Protector’ drone to fly in UK by Chris Cole
Drone manufacturer, General Atomics, hosted an event in London on 24 January in order – as its press release put it – “to recognize UK companies that are contributing to operational systems such as MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1C Gray Eagle, and the new MQ-9B SkyGuardian RPA program” (which the UK MoD is calling ‘Protector’). Continue reading
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Off the Leash: How the UK is developing the technology to build armed autonomous drones By Peter Burt
A new report published today by Drone Wars UK reveals that, despite a UK government statement that it “does not possess fully autonomous weapons and has no intention of developing them”, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is actively funding research into technology supporting the development of armed autonomous drones. Continue reading
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Arms Manufacturers In UK Classrooms
Andrew Smith discusses how schools in the UK involve the arms industry to teach school children about weapons manufacture and trade. BAE Systems invests tens of millions of pounds in order to improve its image in the eyes of school children (inc. transcript). Continue reading
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Britain, Saudi Arabia and America spend millions on execution without trial
The RAF has dropped about 3,500 bombs and missiles, which the BBC estimates has already cost £150m in munitions. Each Brimstone missile costs more than £100,000 and the RAF has already fired more than 350, according to the BBC estimate, defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said. Continue reading
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Video: Activists Acquitted in Effort to Prevent British Fighter Jet Delivery to Saudi Arabia
A UK court has acquitted two activists for breaking-in to a BAE Systems factory to disarm Typhoon fighter jets meant for the Saudi war on Yemen Continue reading
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The Rising of Britain’s ‘New Politics’ By John Pilger
Delegates to the recent Labour Party conference in the English seaside town of Brighton seemed not to notice a video playing in the main entrance. The world’s third biggest arms manufacturer, BAe Systems, supplier to Saudi Arabia, was promoting its guns, bombs, missiles, naval ships and fighter aircraft. It seemed a perfidious symbol of a… Continue reading
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Carleton University (Canada) Student Group Launches Israel Divestment Drive (Statement)
28 January, 2010 The divestment report urging Carleton University to divest from companies implicated in Israel’s occupation and grave violations of human rights is a true gem for the BDS movement. The research, argumentation, corroboration and writing style are impeccable and deeply impressive. In making the case for divestment from Israel, the SAIA report combines Continue reading
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SAIA Carleton Divestment Campaign
20 January, 2010 SAIA demands that Carleton University immediately divest its stock in BAE Systems, L-3 Communications, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, and Tesco, and adopt a Socially Responsible Investment policy. http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.4591819 more about “SAIA Carleton Divestment Campaign“, posted with vodpod Read the statement Continue reading
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It’s official, they not only forgot, they don’t give a damn By William Bowles
The report on the explosion that blew an RAF Nimrod out of the sky over Helmand Province on 2 September, 2006 in which fourteen people died, was released today and it confirms my view of British military ‘adventures’ that I expressed in ‘Lest we forget?’. The report even names names of extremely high ranking officers… Continue reading
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