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Welcome to the homepage of the Bristol Campaign Against Arms Trade Group (BCAAT).

The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is working for the reduction and ultimate abolition of the international arms trade, together with progressive demilitarisation within arms-producing countries.

STOP PRESS:

* Bristol CAAT Dayschool October 27th 2007:
CANCELLED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIECE CAUSED
We hope to organise something next year.

BRISTOL CAAT MEETINGS: ALL WELCOME.

* Details of the next meeting will be posted soon.
The meetings often include presentations from members that give the backgound to issues around the arms trade.


* Clean Investment Update here

FORTHCOMING CAAT ACTIONS AND EVENTS

* All details on CAAT activities are here

IN THE NEWS

* ITV West Eye View programme on the arms trade, corruption and local industry, broadcast Tuesday 19th July, 2005, 7.30pm: Bristol CAAT's response and the letter as published are here . Interesting differences!
*Lib-Dem PPC Stephen Williams pledges to abolish arms export subsidies. Details here
*Protest over pension fund investments. Details here
*A ‘Gun Tubes’ conference was held at Keble College, Oxford, over the Easter holidays. It was sponsored by BAE and Denel amongst others - and has generated opposition from Oxford students. Information on the conference is here A story from Oxford Student is available here
* Dodgy deals: The arms trade is well known for shady dealings, yet the larger companies continue to claim that they have done nothing wrong. The Guardian recently won an important battle to bring information on bribery and corruption in arms deals by Alvis in Indonesia. Anna Stavrianakis provides a brief analysis here

PAST ACTIVITIES

* BCAAT public meeting on: "A Law Unto Themselves?: BAE, the Arms Trade and Corruption" was held on Thursday 15th March at Redland Friends Meeting House on Hampton Road, with speakers Nick Gilby, an author and CAAT activist and Nicholas Hildyard, an Anti-corruption campaigner
The publicity leaflet is available here

* Bristol CAAT Forum: Bristol and the Arms Trade: Saturday 2-6pm, 15th April 2006. 10 Priory Road, Clifton. Details here. * Corruption and the International Arms Trade: Bristol CAAT held a very successful public meeting on Friday 20th January,2006, 7.30pm at Victoria Methodist Church Whiteladies Road with speakers Joe Roeber - Transparency International and Roger Berry - MP for Kingswood. Report by Sam Perlo-Freeman here. Leaflet here.
* Dying for the Arms Trade: Bristol Students staged a protest at the Careers Fair held at the Wills Memorial Building on Wednesday 26th October 2005 12-1pm. Details here
An alternative guide to the arms companies attending was handed out at the demo and is available here. See a picture of the event here
For further information contact: please contact Maeve at mk3576@bris.ac.uk.
* Bristol University Clean Investment Campaign Bristol CAAT is Bristol University Clean Investment Campaign linked to the new CAAT University Clean Investment Campaign.
Click here for details
* Bristol CAAT Launch and Dayschool: Held on 2nd April 2005, 10.30am-5.30pm, 34 Tyndall's Park Rd, Clifton, Bristol. Report. Details.
* CAATs Call the Shots campaign, to stop the 'revolving door': Details here
* Bristol CAAT talk linked to the Throne of Weapons: Saturday 29th October 2005, 2pm, Bristol City Museum. Notes of talk on Arms Trade and Small Arms here and background here

INFORMATION

General Information:
* Information on some local companies involved in the production of arms and/or the supply chain
* CAAT guide to confronting the arms companies
* Corporate Watch website provides useful backround info on companies

Briefings:
* The Nature of UK Arms Export Policy. by Anna Stavrianakis
* Dodgy Dealings in the Arms Trade: Alvis and the Guardian by Anna Stavrianakis

Background:
* Arms Trade Offsets and Development by Jurgen Brauer and Paul Dunne
* Globalisation of Arms Production and Trade: Implications for the UK Economy Paul Dunne's CAAT lecture from 1999.
* The Economics of War and Peace, by Paul Dunne

Campaigns
*Why does the UK government continue to licence arms exports? Details here
*Bristol University and the Arms Trade Maeve Keane and Anna Stavrianakis question whether as an institution run for the public good, Bristol University should have an ethical policy about what it invests in. here

Links:
* Useful Links here


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