Action on the Invictus Games #IG2018 – #Disrupt2018 Reading Michelle Fahy below, on the insidious weapons industry, reminds us that Invictus is more that overcoming adversity for veterans. Increasing war and militarism is a much bigger danger. War is fuelled by the weapons manufacturers. The corporations require war. Their people are moving into Australian institutions:… [Read more] Take Action on Arms Traders at the Invictus Games – #Disrupt2018
War Profiteers
Facts on the Arms Trade
UK, Global, EU & US arms export data Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is a UK-based organisation working to end the international arms trade. Myths and Facts About the Arms Trade Stop Fuelling War is a secular French association created to counter the normalisation of the commerce of armaments.
Email: Sign the Petition! No War Exports to Saudis.
Australia has been dealing weapons with the Saudis. Christopher Pyne was in Saudi Arabia doing deals at the end of 2016. Human rights lawyers called it ‘a conspiracy of silence’ because they have refused to provide details. Australian defence ministers must guarantee that we are not arming Saudi Arabia. Sign the Petition Human rights abuses have been… [Read more] Email: Sign the Petition! No War Exports to Saudis.
Public Destruction of the “Australian Military Sales Catalogue”
By symbolically destroying the Australian Military Sales Catalogue today, we demonstrate our opposition to the Government spending $3.8 billion our tax money to promote the manufacture and export of weapons of war, that only bring death and misery to overseas countries. The Government’s active promotion of weapons sales must stop. We demand that… [Read more] Public Destruction of the “Australian Military Sales Catalogue”
Uni Students Locked on Against War at Melb Uni
Students at Melbourne University are locked on this morning to their administration building blocking people from getting in – they are saying no to education for war. Call Melbourne University Right Now on 136352 or send them an email at news@media.unimelb.edu.au Deputy Vice Chancellor of research Jim McCluskey Dvc-research@unimelb.edu.au Tell them: “Release to the public the… [Read more] Uni Students Locked on Against War at Melb Uni