Military research

Early November, we joined various activists, organisers and supporters at Sands Films to mark “100 years since they said it would be the last war…” On Tuesday 6th November, we attended a film screening of Shadow World, followed by a discussion with authors and screenplays Andrew Feinstein & Paul Holden, artist and musician Lowkey, and […]

From 7th-9th September, CAAT joined other organisers and groups in the National Student Activist Weekender, held at (the v cute!) Besson St Community Gardens. The weekend consisted of various organising groups and liberation campaigns (within campuses and beyond) coming together to contribute on how we collectively build a united student movement. Discussions and workshops on […]

The conference On the 1st and 2nd September, students from across the UK came together at Manchester University Student Union to collaborate and organise in their demands for their universities to stop arming, funding and supporting Israel’s ongoing occupation and colonisation of Palestinian land, human rights abuses, and breaking of international law. The educational weekend […]

From Friday 26th Oct – Sunday 28th Oct, CAAT Unis joined peace organisers across Europe in an organising weekend named ‘Don’t militarize me!’ at the University of Kassel in Germany. Groups such as DFG-VK, IPPNW, ICAN, JunepA and ICAN came together to share the various ways in which they were working on anti-militarism. We delivered […]

Today is my last day working at Campaign Against Arms Trade! It’s been fantastic to have the chance to work with energetic and enthusiastic students all across the country who’ve been doing tons of great work to cut ties between their universities and arms companies. These have been some of the highlights of working at […]

Arms companies are currently rubbing their hands with glee as they eye up UK universities full of highly skilled students. Over at the University of Manchester, BAE Systems have been exploiting students’ labour to develop new types of drones that will have the potential to be used in conflicts around the world. At Cranfield University, […]

Students at both University College London (UCL) and Newcastle University have pushed their campaigns for arms trade divestment forwards through motions of support at their students unions. Disarm UCL, which re-formed only recently, managed to get a motion passed unanimously in their student union. The motion calls for UCL to cut research and consultancy ties with […]

UCL student campaigners won a “tremendous victory” for human rights this week, when their student union passed a BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) motion. The motion was passed with a 67% majority, after a “riveting” debate at a UCL student union council meeting. The Union is now mandated to cut ties with corporate entities directly contributing […]

Elle Spencer reports for Liverpool Life magazine about concerns over the University of Liverpool’s links with the arms trade. Students, activists and concerned citizens alike gathered in the Liverpool Guild of Students on Monday to discuss the University of Liverpool’s alleged involvement with the arms trade. Campaigner Greg Dropkin, who spoke at the meeting and […]