Thousands of people gathered in London on 24 January to ‘Wrap up Trident’ and make the links between the wasted spending on Trident renewal and unmet social needs and care of the environment. Great way to start us thinking about GDAMS 2015! For more, see Pax Christi’s report and pictures.
Updates from the International Peace Bureau about GDAMS 2015. Read more about the International plans for next year and be encouraged to get involved yourself.
Great idea from the peace movement in Aotearoa-New Zealand info on project here , to be launched on 10 December, Human Rights Day. Maybe an idea to try out here in the UK?
14th April, Menwith Hill, North Yorkshire Lindis (Percy), Coordinator of Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB) reports on events at the NSA base in Menwith Hill. I went to NSA Menwith Hill at 12 – 2 pm (as it’s Global Day of Action Against Military Spending today!). The Ministry of Defence police were …
14th April, Glasgow Our first action on Monday, for the Global Day of Action on Military Spending, went really well. In the space of two hours, just under 80 people took part in our vote and many more took postcards. We thought it would be good to repeat this action at fairs/ farmers’ markets etc …
14th April, Huddersfield Huddersfield Wool Against Weapons unfurled part of a 7 mile long pink scarf for peace in St George’s Square Huddersfield as part of a global day of action calling for military spending to be redirected to meet human needs. Just part of the £34.5 billion of the annual UK military budget could …
As the Global Day of Action on Military Spending took place on 14 April 2014, tens of organisations in the UK set out their vision for a shift in priorities in this open letter. If you share its sentiment, why not adapt it and send it to your local paper too? Sir, The latest world …
Today, the Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS), it was announced that world military expenditure totals $1.75 trillion. Members of the GDAMs UK Coalition gathered in Central London on 14 April to symbolically redistribute the UK’s £38 billion military budget to government departments with greater needs. The UK has the 6th largest military budget in the world. The action …
Events were held in Coventry and Oxford as part of the Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) on 14th April 2014. Coventry In Coventry, campaigners from Pax Christi and Stop The War protested against the use of Council Tax money to invest in arms companies such as Lockheed Martin. At lunch-time, the campaigners …
Last month, another £570 million of public money for upgrading the UK’s nuclear weapons was announced (£120 million to refuel a Trident sub; £150 million more to be spent on nuclear plants making the reactors; and £300 million to refurbish the submarine yard). Budget Day confirmed that when it comes to military spending, there’s no …
