Category Archives: arms exports

Many British MPs join 200 legislators from 13 countries in opposition to their countries’ arms exports to Israel

Posted on March 4, 2024 by admin

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Work for a more peaceful world: stop the arms trade and respect international law by withdrawing US troops from Iraq and Syria: Ben Chacko

Posted on January 30, 2024 by admin

o The killing of three US soldiers along the Jordan-Syria border risks a spiralling Middle East war, a risk heightened by the reflex blaming of Iran and the clamour for revenge driven by hawkish US politicians in an election year. … Continue reading →

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Israeli arms exports serve political ends: Loewenstein

Posted on July 8, 2023 by admin

Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza City Israel’s Ministry of Defense recently published a new record in defence exports: over $12.5 billion in 2022. Their weapons exports are a means to an end, according to … Continue reading →

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Rearmament does not create jobs: Gianni Alioti’s evidence

Posted on June 3, 2023 by admin

Weapons continue to pass undisturbed even while migrants – themselves victims of arms exported from one country to another – are prevented from landing. Weaponwatch is armed only with knowledge, international solidarity and digital technology in order to build free … Continue reading →

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Last year defence contractors warned that ESG would cause their shares to be shunned

Posted on April 20, 2023 by admin

Babcock’s aircraft carrier at the Rosyth shipyard Last year the Financial Times reported that defence contractors were becoming increasingly concerned that the ‘sweeping trend’ for ethical investment (ESG) would lead to their shares being shunned by institutional investors. David Lockwood … Continue reading →

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Global arms sales soar for the seventh consecutive year

Posted on January 26, 2023 by admin

Rising arms sales  benefit the global security elite: Feinstein   Despite all the protests against the manufacture and export of lethal weapons to oppressive regimes and the good news about Elbit systems in the last post, global arms sales have risen … Continue reading →

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Should the arms manufacturing sector fare better than health, education and social care?

Posted on December 27, 2022 by admin

  As the global economy has contracted by more than 3% as forecasted, the sales of arms and military services increased by 1.3% in real terms, compared with 2019. Ceren Sagir draws attention to the sales of the top 100 … Continue reading →

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The real enemies are upon us: big armies will hinder, not help: Denise Garcia

Posted on July 7, 2022 by admin

Ben Chacko describes Britain’s arms manufacturers exports, especially to war zones, as ‘the gift that keeps on giving’. An elderly Ukrainian woman looks on after Russian shelling in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 29, 2022 The top 100 arms companies continue … Continue reading →

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