In a statement to the house on Thursday 19th November Boris Johnson committed to significant new spending on the UK’s armed forces: an additional £16.5bn – amounting to a real terms increase of £24bn when combined with the already declared increase of over £7bn by 2024-25. This is a staggering sum to spend on weaponry …
On December 3 (1pm UK Time) GCOMS will be hosting a webinar on Military Spending & Global (In)Security, in order to start a conversation about how current levels of military spending condition our responses to the global emergencies of our time. Speakers include: Michael Klare, Tarja Cronberg Walden Bello and Binalakshmi Nepram.The conference is supported …
Do use these infographics from the Global Campaign on Military Spending to share the important message: Militarisation is accelerating at an alarming rate at a time when it should be drastically reduced in order to tackle the grave challenges humanity is facing.
Print the #Move the Money banner. Fill in how you would spend the money. Take a selfie with the banner and share it online!
Sign the International Peace Bureau petition ‘We, the signatories, call on the world leaders meeting at the General Assembly of the United Nations, to dramatically reduce military spending in favour of healthcare and all social and environmental needs.’
At St Joseph’s School and site of Pax Christi office in Hendon London, staff and pupils of the school came along to cast their vote for a safer world. As well as showing curiosity about what was going on, 94 people took part in the vote and you can see the results in the photograph. …
The International GCOMS team have put together ideas, twitter messages, hashtags that can all be used by individuals and groups to help promote the week of action. You can also find info graphics here which are useful in presenting facts and alternatives to military spending . If you cannot arrange a stall or activity …
Check out these pages to see articles and resources that may help you plan for your GCOMS activities. We are trying to make links with some of the major events taking place in our world: Increased military spending, especially in the USA, on-going conflicts in South Sudan, Yemen, Syria which have links back to the …
The on-line survey for 2017 is OPEN. How would you spend £46 billion, the annual UK military budget. Take part in the survey yourself and share with others! Plan now for a stall/action between 20 – 23 April and join with others around the world marking GCOMS 2017. More ideas here
2017-18 budget announced
